Bolivia is hardly known for its foodie scene but that hasn’t stopped the founder of one of the world’s best restaurants opening an outpost in La Paz.
Standing at 3,600m above sea level at its centre, La Paz is one of the highest cities in the world, and you’ll need to take time to acclimatise on arrival. One way to do this, locals will tell you, is to drink mate de coca (coca tea), made from leaves of the coca plant and consumed across the Andes, especially in Bolivia, Peru and Argentina. The locals, of course, are already well acclimatised. Bolivia may not have a very successful national football team but when visiting teams come to play in La Paz – even football giants Brazil and Argentina – they often lose because of the difficult conditions.
