La Paz - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a "shopping post"? Are there interesting handicrafts, artwork, antiques, or other items that people typically buy there?
Souvenir shopping is decent. You can find alpaca wool products, some affordable local paintings, wood products, indigenous crafts. And it's all affordable. - Jan 2024
Some cool crafts at local markets. - Aug 2022
Great weavings and other nice art. There is also pretty jewelry made from Bolivianite. - Dec 2019
This is a good place to buy alpaca everything, and aguayo fabric. We have bought tons of tiny llama pens and llama pins and llama magnets to give as gifts. One Christian ministry here (Word Made Flesh) has equipped women to come out of prostitution by employing them in making lovely purses and handbags (Sutisana). - Feb 2019
Nah. There is plenty of artisan works to purchase, but it doesn't really float my boat. Silver and alpaca. - Sep 2016
Clothing and accessories made of alpaca and leather. Art. - Apr 2015
Not much. The decent alpaca stuff is actually imported from Peru. Silver is available but not especially cheap. - Nov 2014
Beautiful llama, alpaca and vicuna wool products, leather bags, textiles, ceramics, silver jewelry with local Bolivianita stones (amethyst/citrine combo), artisanal chocolate, coca tea. - Jan 2014
Alpaca, Bolivianitas. - Jul 2013
Alpaca. - Jun 2013
Alpaca clothing. - Jul 2012
Leather and custom made clothing, traveling to Peru and Argentina. - Feb 2012
Textiles - Aug 2011
Arts and crafts, lessons on anything and everything, massages, dinners out, movies, shopping, and traveling - May 2011
Alpaca coats and sweaters. - May 2011
Beautiful alpaca sweaters, wraps, leather goods, silver and pewter crafted items. Even pretty local paintings and other artwork. - Mar 2011
Coca tea. - Aug 2010
Recommendation take a look at the Artezzano line of clothes made from Alpaca. They are excellent quality and good price. - Jan 2010
Alpaca, wood products, silver, masks, clothing, leather products. - Aug 2009
