La Paz is known as Bolivia’s administrative capital. The city is located at a high altitude and thus the sight from an airplane is quite amazing and breathe taking. It is considered to be the highest capital city across the world. The city was built on a canyon by Choqueyapu River. The city is well connected by several airports with the rest of the world.
Among the La Paz airports, El Alto is the highest airport in the world and is located at a much higher altitude. As a result of higher altitude the airplane take off procedure requires a quite long runway as the air at such an altitude is thin. Several airlines serve this La Paz airport round the clock.
There are several other means of transport like bus, taxi, car rentals that connects different places with the capital. The funny thing about taxis there is that those are not metered and hence travel is upon pre negotiation of travelling price. At La Paz airport the car rentals serve a greater public circle and are considered to be one of the prosperous businesses there.
There are many local attractions to witness at La Paz.
While coming on a tour to a foreign land, it is always a desire in the mind of a tourist to see everything there. In this respect self –guided tour on a public transport or hiring car rentals is quite interesting and entertaining. There is lot to see and do while coming to this place. There are several museums that speak out the old history of the place and there are many traditional engagements which are hard to avoid for a traveler. It is like La Paz airport serves as a bridge connecting the place with the rest of the world.