Copacabana, on the southern shores of Lake Titicaca, a pilgrimage point for the site of Inca creation and the patron saint of Bolivia alike, is partial to the occasional momentous fiesta.…

Tarabuco, south-east of Sucre, and home to a colourful Indian craft market, stages raucous, all-night Independence celebrations. The celebrations commemorate the battle of Jumbati in 1816…

On the Day of the Holy Cross, Oruro (and other towns in Bolivia) decorate the Plaza de Armas and surrounding streets with coloured streamers and beautifully decorated crosses made of flowers.

One of the most important festivals in the Bolivian capital's festive calendar, the Fiesta del Señor del Gran Poder (Feast Day of the Almighty Lord), is a loud and rhythmical gathering of…

On the first Sunday in September devotees in Tarija start off a month of sunday celebrations by carrying a finely clothed effigy of their patron saint in a lively and dramatic procession…

On the first Sunday in September devotees in Tarija start off a month of sunday celebrations by carrying a finely clothed effigy of their patron saint in a lively and dramatic procession…

Oruro, home to Bolivia's Devil Carnival and the centre of the mining communities of the Altiplano, holds some of the more eye-opening Amerindian-Christian ceremonies linked to Christian feast days.

On the first Sunday in September devotees in Tarija start off a month of sunday celebrations by carrying a finely clothed effigy of their patron saint in a lively and dramatic procession…

The colonial town of Potosí in south-west Bolivia, at 4070m, is the highest city in the world and has been declared a "cultural asset of humankind", by UNESCO.

In south-west Bolivia, at 3653 metres above sea level, lies the vast Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt desert in the world and the brightest spot on Earth visible from space.