La Paz
For a one-of-a-kind souvenir head to Walisuma, which works with 59 different Bolivian artisans. Star items include gorgeous (and ultrasoft) alpaca and…
Must-see shopping in Bolivia
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La Paz
For an excellent market experience don’t miss the massive Mercado 16 de Julio, which stretches for many blocks along the main thoroughfare and across…
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Sucre
A fascinating, sprawling market that's easy to get lost in, wandering row after row of goods from mundane everyday products to traditional foods. It might…
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Amazon Basin
Local Beni crafts, including weaving, woodwork and masks, are sold at the Centro Artesanal Moxos, 300m southwest of town by the cemetery. Look out for the…
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Santa Cruz
The best place to find fine artesanías (locally handcrafted items), this store provides an outlet for the work of 1000 rural cruceña women and their…
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Sucre
This weavers' and artisans' cooperative has an impressive array of high-quality handmade crafts, not all from the Sucre area. Prices are high, but this is…
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Bolivia
The Madres de Clarisa Convent sells homemade cakes, 10 types of creatively flavored biscuits and ridiculously sweet wines. You’ll find it down the steps…
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Amazon Basin
It's moved next door into the toy store, but this beloved shop still offers a wonderful selection of Sucre's most delicious chocolates, wrapped with love…
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La Paz
A gorgeous old-school bookstore with floor-to-ceiling shelves and great titles on local art and history. There's a chilled-out coffee shop in the front…
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Amazon Basin
The Centro Cultural Tacana has a handicrafts store and celebrates the Tacana people’s cosmovision. It's located on the southwest side of the main plaza in…
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Spitting Llama Bookstore & Outfitter
Lake Titicaca
A great collection of secondhand books in English, German and French, as well as plenty of Lonely Planet titles. Also sells trekking maps and camping…
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Cochabamba
International brands of camping equipment and trekking clothing and gear for sale or rent, and foreign-language books, including Lonely Planet guidebooks.
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Amazon Basin
Chonta-wood plates, jipijapa baskets and organic coffee from Pilón Lajas are but a few of the intriguing Amazonian products on offer.
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La Paz
A community-focused project that specializes in export-quality handmade dolls, original alpaca products and other beautiful items.
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La Paz
The best of Illampu's many outdoor stores, with backpacks, tents, hiking shoes, coats, pants and other trekking gear.
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Mistura Manifestación Creativa
La Paz
Stop by this lovely little concept store for silver jewelry, bowler hats, alpaca sweaters or local wine and gin.
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Cochabamba
Expensive but reliable Asarti, on the ground floor of an office building, makes export-quality alpaca clothing.
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La Paz
Offers export-quality, fair-trade llama, alpaca and artesanías (handcrafts) from around the country.
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La Paz
Chocoholics mustn’t miss El Ceibo, an ecologically friendly producer of fantastic local chocolates.
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Sucre
Gallery shop selling local artists' works, from paintings to ceramics and jewelry.
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Bolivia
The impressive Mercado Tradicional in the middle row of Mercado Fermín López has more dried llama fetuses and amulets than a voodoo master has pins. The…
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Amazon Basin
The cheap clothing stalls along Pando are a good place to pick up hamacas (hammocks; single/double B$120/250) and finely woven cotton and synthetic…
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Bolivia
Starting at the train station, this street market extends north along Av Serrano, swallowing whole blocks on Thursdays and Saturdays.
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Uyuni
The big market day in Uyuni is Thursday when Av Potosí gets taken over by stalls selling anything from arts and crafts to television sets; Sunday is a…
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Bolivia
The mercado negro (black market) has a mishmash of consumer goods, and occupies an entire block between Avs Santa Cruz and Regimiento Chichas.
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Santa Cruz
Sleek, modern mall out by the fourth anillo, with a huge choice of international chain stores, bars, restaurants, banks and a cinema.
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Bolivia
This place offers a small selection of high-quality, cooperatively produced handicrafts from four communities in Oruro.
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Santa Cruz
An alleyway packed with little stores selling both authentic and fabricated handicrafts at reasonable prices.
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La Paz
For passport-sized photos and printing. The helpful staff can also arrange someone to fix a broken camera.
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Sucre
A trip to this market, around the junction of Mujía and Reyes, will keep clothes junkies busy for hours.
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Bolivia
The central Mercado de Ferias has lots of produce stalls and comedores (dining halls) upstairs.
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La Paz
All kinds of products and stimulants, because despite the altitude, you just might wanna get it on.
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La Paz
Award-winning, high-altitude Bolivian vintages are available at this small wine-and-liquor store.
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Bolivia
This popular local Sunday market in the north of the city deals in imported Argentinian products.
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La Paz
Shop at the store of this Tarija winery, best known for its malbec and riesling.
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