La Casona

La Paz


A solid bet in the luxury boutique category, La Casona has 47 rooms in a beautifully restored colonial-era building surrounding a small courtyard. The rates have ballooned in recent years, but the rooms with high ceilings, exposed wood beams and thoughtful Andean textile accents are certainly welcome retreats. The rooftop stained-glass cupola is popular for weddings.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby La Paz attractions

1. Museo San Francisco

0.03 MILES

The cloisters and garden of the Museo San Francisco, adjacent to the basilica, beautifully revive the history and art of the city’s landmark. There are…

2. Iglesia de San Francisco

0.03 MILES

The hewed stone basilica of San Francisco was founded in 1548 by Fray Francisco de los Ángeles. The original structure collapsed under heavy snowfall…

3. Mercado de las Brujas

0.11 MILES

The city’s most unusual market lies along Calles Jiménez and Linares between Sagárnaga and Av Mariscal Santa Cruz, amid lively tourist artesanías (stores…

4. Museo de la Coca

0.13 MILES

Chew on some facts inside the small, slightly tired Coca Museum, which explores the sacred leaf’s role in traditional societies, its use by the soft-drink…

5. Museo Nacional del Arte

0.17 MILES

This colonial building was constructed in 1775 of pink sandstone and has been restored to its original grandeur, in mestizo (mixed) baroque and Andino…

6. Museo de Etnografía y Folklore

0.18 MILES

Anthropology buffs should check out this museum, one of the city's best. The building, itself a real treasure, was constructed in 1720 and was once the…

7. Catedral Metropolitana

0.19 MILES

Although it’s a relatively recent addition to La Paz’s religious structures, the 1835 cathedral is impressive – mostly because it is built on a steep…

8. Museo Tambo Quirquincho

0.22 MILES

This intriguing museum, a former tambo (wayside market and inn), houses 10 rooms of temporary art exhibitions that change monthly. Past exhibitions have…