Museo San Francisco — Attraction in La Paz

The collection itself boasts some rather interesting examples of religious painting, but you don’t really get to enjoy them as the museum’s administration is ridiculously overprotective. Not only you are not allowed to take photos with or without flash (which I can totally understand and accept although I don’t really find necessary), but even visiting the place without a museum staff member is strictly forbidden meaning that you will not have enough time to look closely at the objects and read the labels. After the tour I tried to negotiate for permission to revisit some of the rooms by myself, but they won’t let me do it. So unless you are a fan of running through museums at a rate of knots while listening to totally superficial and non-informative explanations this is a...

Definitely recommend visiting the museum and cathedral if you are staying in La Paz. Good activity to do on a slower / quieter day. Tour guides take you around the museum and part of the cathedral. Tours are available in English. Our tour was slightly rushed so a few rooms we didn't have time to read all the information about the place and purpose of each room. The tour did however take us to the top of the cathedral which we were not expecting so was a nice surprise. Good view of the plaza from the top and of...

The place is filled with history, they’ll take you around from one room to the next and try to retain as much of the information as possible. It’s amazing how detailed and well maintained they were.

My guide was amazing, she’s a linguist so she’s working well with getting all the correct terms, and her history knowledge is amazing (she’s a history snob...