Sucre: Bolivia鈥檚 Ancient Capital, Sucre, Bolivia

Bolivia鈥檚 beautiful ancient capital Sucre, is also known as the聽鈥渨hite city鈥� for its stunning white-washed architecture. This truly is an ancient city of Bolivia. With traces of human settlement around Sucre dating back to 10,000 BC, later, Spanish聽conquistadors named an indigenous settlement group occupying this region for a long period:聽鈥淐harcas鈥�. In the mid-14th century, the Incas colonised the Charcas鈥� territory and so it goes on鈥�

Hoping for the best with the arrival of an actual bus in聽Potos铆, we are pleasantly surprised that the bus is almost on time. Don鈥檛 forget your earplugs whenever you travel by bus in Bolivia, as the music blares out at alarming decibels. The few hours in the public bus is without incident as we descend from Potos铆鈥檚 4,000-plus metres, and down in to Sucre鈥檚 much lower level. I must apologise in advance for the lack of architectural photos in this post. The only reason I can think of for this lapse, is that I found the faces and markets much more interesting. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Sucre: Bolivia鈥檚 Ancient Capital
Guide Location: Bolivia » Sucre
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Nilla Palmer
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