Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco), Tiahuanaco

Advantages: Beautiful scenery, lovely people, charming cities, cheap and safe
Disadvantages: Breathing at altitude!

...is the setting off point for a visit to Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca. You can walk around the island - a beautiful 10-mile walk - taking in views reminiscent of Greek Islands....but with Inca ruins. But despite the vistas, you are in no danger of forgetting that you are more than 3000m above sea level as even the slighest incline on the path takes your breath away...literally. La Paz is crazy but fascinating...I'm not sure there is many capital cities with extensive witchcraft markets. The views as you wind down the road from El Alto, the city that has sprung up around the basin in which La Paz sits, are amazing. While you are there take a day trip to Tiahuanaco - a collection of impressive temples build by the enduring Tiahuanaco-Huari civilisation many hundreds of years before the Incas stole their thunder...and many of their building techniques... Read review

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