La Quiaca
The two border towns Villazón in Bolivia and La Quiaca in Argentina are a pair spreading across the two countries. Most visitors just hurry across the border and on to their next destination, but it's worth stopping for at least a few hours or even a night, for an experience of the real culture of the region and a change from the touristy towns in the Quebrada de Humahuaca and near the Salar de Uyuni. Wikivoyage
Population 22,211 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around La Quiaca. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Fin de la Mítica Ruta 40 Attraction · 250 m
- Ruta 40 Km 5080 Attraction · 270 m
- Calesita Attraction · 490 m
- monumento a la batalla por malvinas Monument · 510 m
- Monumento a Sarmiento Monument · 540 m
- Monumento a la Madre Aborigen Monument · 690 m
- Reverencia a las Tribus Aborígenes Monument · 710 m
- Paso de Los Andes San Martín Monument · 740 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Somewhere to run
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