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Copacabana has a wide array of hotels, hostels, international cafés, and bars and pizza joints, which reflects its popularity as a weekend destination from La Paz and as the crossing point for travelers from Peru. There's a lot of competition, but most places offer the same dishes, none of which are prepared in a particularly me
Copacabana has a wide array of hotels, hostels, international cafés, and bars and pizza joints, which reflects its popularity as a weekend destination from La Paz and as the crossing point for travelers from Peru. There's a lot of competition, but most places offer the
Copacabana has a wide array of hotels, hostels, international cafés, and bars and pizza joints, which reflects its popul
Copacabana has a wide array of hotels, hostels, international cafés, and bars and pizza joints, which reflects its popularity as a weekend destination from La Paz and as the crossing point for travelers from Peru. There's a lot of competition, but most places offer the same dishes, none of which are prepared in a particularly memorable—or recommendable—way. The best thing to do for lunch or dinner is wander along Avenida 6 de Agosto and window-shop first. The market has tasty, inexpensive coffee, fruit juices, and sandwiches for breakfast, and different choices of completo (a super-cheap, S/5, set menu that includes soup, a main dish, and a drink) until 6 pm. You can find the famous trout dishes everywhere.
Experience real Italian food in a quiet backstreet off Copacabana's main tourist drag. With a very limited menu of pizza, gnocchi, polenta, and tagliatelle and only five rustic wooden tables, Sapori d'Italia attracts with its homey and simple taverna-style setup, warmly furnished to resemble the dining hall of an Italian countryside home. The atmosphere is simple but intimate, and the food is the most authentic Italian you can find this side of the Titicaca. It's open daily only from 5:30 to 9 pm.
Set inside the inner courtyard of Hostal Sofía, this Peruvian fusion restaurant, with tables that spill out onto the marbled tiles up front, has somewhat of a comforting Middle Eastern feel. Not luxurious by any means, it's still one of the town's best midrange options—one where you can escape the backpacker hordes for a quiet meal. The crunchy pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven and the tasty trout lasagnas are standouts on a menu ranging from pasta and seafood to alpaca and beef-based mains.
Touted by many as the best in town, this maritime-themed restaurant with a terrace puts a creative spin on trout dishes, including spinach-and-bacon or Tex-Mex versions. Although it makes those ubiquitous pizzas, you can take a break from the usual fare with Andean falafel dishes, curries, or crepes.
It may look like the typical cookie-cutter traveler bistro from the outside, but don't dismiss Pan America, which offers thin-crust pizzas, European-style coffee, and delicious quinoa tiramisu. The homey interiors are decorated with vintage furniture and memorabilia, but it's best to sit at one of the few tables out on the cobbled main square, so you can dine while looking up at the cathedral.
Renovated in 2020, this hip vegan bakery packs in travelers who come for the pizzas, focaccias, gluten-free tortillas, empanadas, proper espressos, and filling breakfast platters. Next door, their side business, Baguette About It, prepares yummy sandwiches that mix South American and international flavors—think avocados, mango chutney, and spices—and has a good selection of cocktails and beers.
16 de Julio, Copacabana, La Paz, Bolivia
591-737–417–49
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Vegan options
Traveler friendly
Neighboring sister establishment with a good selection of cocktails and beers
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