Upon becoming a guest at the Hotel Rosario you can count on many services that will help you with your stay and with the planning of your trips around Bolivia or wherever you need to go. Welcome to Hotel Rosario. Cultural Interpretation Center Ayni. A warm reception: As soon as you arrive at the Hotel you will feel that you are a long time friend. Our receptionists speak English and Spanish and will welcome you warmly. By paying only the local charge, from the reception desk you will be able to confirm tickets or reservations at other hotels or restaurants. Free Internet access: The Hotel has 6 computers with free Internet access for our guests. Telephone booth for national and international calls: If you prefer not to call from your room you may use the booth in the lobby. Artisan store: Behind the reception area there is the AYNI artisan store with fair trade prices which benefit the artisans. You will find many goods at a fair price. Travel agency TURISBUS: The Hotel has its own travel agency which will help plan your travels, confirm tickets and confirm reservations at other hotels. Internet Bar Jiwhaki. Important Information. Children are welcome. We have information about parks and distraction for them in the city. Starting January 2007 is not allowed to smoke in any place of the Hotel. Pets are welcome if they are small and well trained.No minimum stay. We speak English and Spanish.

Offers a variety of International food and typical cusines. Our specilities are the trout from Lake Titikaka, and llama meat accompanied with the finest wine in Bolivia. On Fridays and Saturdays try typical food: silpancho and chairo. A variety of steaks, poultry, pasta and vegetarian food. For dessert try our chocolate mousse and the apple strudel. If you stay Fridays or Saturdays enjoy live bolivian music from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The breakfast is served from 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The room rate includes a continental breakfast buffet with fresh tropical fruits, natural juices, hot-cakes, marraqueta (traditional bread of La Paz), many kinds of breads, tea, coca leaf tea, coffee, yogurt and musli. If you add USD 1.00, you can choose two eggs cooked any style. Bar Internet Jiwhaki. In the afternoon you can enjoy the view of Illimani and the city of La Paz in the Bar JIWHAKI. We offer you Pacea Beer, sodas, sandwiches, wine, coffee and many kinds of tea.

There are 42 rooms in the colonial Hotel Rosario. The dcor features many motifs from the Aymara and Quechua cultures. One block of rooms is in the restored area of the original colonial building. The other blocks are new but follow the design and decoration of the colonial section. The last renovation was done in 2006. All of the rooms contain: Twin beds or double beds. Telephone for local, national and international calls. Wi-Fi in most of the rooms. Cable TV with 64 channels. Safety deposit box within the room. Private bathroom with hot showers all day, towels, soap and shampoo. Hair dryer if desired. Check in time: 13:00 p.m. If there is room, the time of occupation of the room is 9:00 a.m. Check out time is 11:00 a.m.

As you can read above the original entrance door the house in which Hotel Rosario is located today was built at the beginning of the last century, in 1928. The faade that you can see on the picture that showed towards Calle Illampu had two floors made out of adobe and had been built with the help of acmilas (donkeys) who helped to carry materials. The original wooden balconies were taken out of the old faade in order to put them into the new faade, that had to be moved for 6 meters, because of the enlargement of the street. The original house was owned by Claudio Pary and Josefina Arostegui, grandparents of the current owners. The house was one of the houses from the republican time with a great central yard at the front and another at the back. The rooms of the lower and the first floor were used as business rooms and offices. On the second floor there was the flat of the owners. There was a bakery with two ovens fired with wood in the front yard. The kolisas were well-known for producing bread in form of squares with many layers of paste. At the back there was a building with three floors and small departments with a separate entrance from the Calle Graneros, meant for flats. In 1963, Horacio and Fidelia Vera Loza started to run a family residence with 10 rooms. It was the beginning of Residencial Rosario. Short time after it became more and more successful. In 1979, the first reconstruction works with consideration for the original sizes were made: reconstruction of the front yard - the current Patio de la fuente - and of a part of the surrounding rooms that still have the original ceilings as before. One oven was pulled down and the new cafeteria was built at the same space which the oven had occupied before. At the front part of the yard there was the lobby, offices and flats which were transformed into hotel rooms later. In the year 1988, the new faade had been constructed with consideration for the ceilings in the dining-room. The main building consisting of three floors is the original and its walls are made out of adobe. Finally, the back part of the building that shows to Calle Graneros was reconstructed into hotel rooms with bathrooms. Furthermore, the sauna had been transformed into a Internet caf, according to the current requirements and for offering a higher comfort to our guests. In year 2001 Residencial Rosario changed to Hotel Rosario, because it met all the requirements to be categorized as an hotel with tree stars.

This pages will show what are saying our guests about Hotel Rosario. This are photos, comments in the guest book, quotations from travel books, articles in the newspaper. Saturday, 20 January 2007. I just wanted to say a big 'Thank You' to yourself and all the staff at the Hotel Rosario. I have been staying at your hotel for over 4 years with groups of volunteers from Airline Ambassadors while we work with disabled children and their parents in La Paz and surrounding towns. Each time we visit La Paz, the Hotel Rosario has been a welcome refuge after long days distributing wheelchairs, and school supplies, meeting with administrators,and visiting hospitals and clinics. Saturday, 29 April 2006. Everything was great about Hotel Rosario: comfortable beds, warm showers, great breakfasts, excellent wireless Internet, etc. But far and above these things are the employees, who make the hotel truly special. Benito, Ricky, Eduardo, Juan Jos, Fernando, Rolando, Lourdes, and everyone else are really amazing people. We spent six weeks in the hotel while doing research in La Paz, and can't say enough about how warm and friendly the people are. We'll be back!. Kevin (U.S.) and Marcela (Mexico). Tuesday, 20 September 2005. Sr. Topoco is a Bolivian-Netherland that visit Hotel Rosario every two years. Saturday, 01 January 2005. Landed here due to lack of space at nearby (cheaper) hotels - we are so happy they were full. Tjasa and Damir, Lubljana/Slovenia. Thursday, 11 November 2004. The Hotel Rosario is one of the best deals we have ever found. Not only is the price reasonable, but the hotel is super clean, well appointed, great breakfast, unique atmosphere and above all, a courteous staff willing to ensure we enjoy our time in La Paz and surroundings. Thank you Hotel Rosario!!!. Tim and Lana Skeey, Calgary/Canada

Rate in USD (American Dollars). Breakfast buffet in the Tambo Colonial Restaurant. Free Internet access. Free entrance to the cultural intepretation center AYNI. Hot herbal teas at any time of the day or night. (coca, anis, camomile, fruit and flower teas). Map of the city of La Paz. Free loan of tourist books in Spanish or English

Our Colonial Architecture. Hotel Rosario del Lago. Turisbus - Travel Agencie. New7Wonders of Nature. Help Bolivia to promote Bolivias natural wonders in the world contest organized by NewOpenWorld Foundation. Bolivia is very rich in natural wonders. We are in nominated for: Salar de Uyuni, Salt Flat. Madidi, National Park. Laguna Colorada, Lake. Ulla Ulla National Reserve, National Park. Amazon River, River/Forest. Please make your nomination entering the web site www.natural7wonders.com. Our colonial Architecture. The original house where now Hotel Rosario is located was built in 1928. It's first name was Residencial Rosario. Non-Smoking Hotel in 2007. Starting January 2007 Hotel Rosario is a non-smoking hotel. All rooms are non-smoking plus the common areas of the Hotel. | © Hotel Rosario ***, Av.Illampu 704 T +591 2 2451658 La Paz, Bolivia |

Within its ecological mission, the Hotel Rosario includes water treatment and the saving of energy. All hot water is heated by solar panels. At this altitude and with the splendid La Paz sun the water is rapidly heated. When the weather is cloudy for several days, natural gas heaters are used. Toilets and showers have water saving devices. The detergents we use are biodegradable and we use a minimum of plastic glasses and bags. Plastic bottles are recycled and picked up by an orphan. Paper is used in both sides. Envelopes are reused for internal communications. Left over paper is recycled at the toilet paper factory. We donate used blankets, towels and tablecloths to homes for the elderly and orphanages as well as to natural disaster campaigns.

La Paz situated 3800m asl disposes of a very old culture and spectacular landscapes. Within the city of La Paz exists a combination of native cultures and foreigners, this causes an unforgettable result. Map of the main tourist attractions in the centre of La Paz, Bolivia. When showing weather on La Paz, Bolivia most sites are actually showing the weather at the International Airport of El Alto, temperature in La Paz is normally 4 C° to 5 C° higher. See current weather conditions in La Paz, Bolivia. Google Map of La Paz. San Fransisco Church. Main places of La Paz marked and organized with interaction with Google Map. High Altitude Sickness. High Altitude Sickness (AMS) has been know to strike some persons in elevations of 3000 m / 9840 ft upwards. In higher elevations, the air is reduced and until you become acclimatized, your blood does not absorb oxygen as it does in lower altitudes.

 Luggage storage
 Central situation
 Credit cards accepted
 Currency exchange service
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Access to internet
 Licensed bar
 Around-the-clock recetpion
 Restaurant
 Safe deposit box
 Shop on premises
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Tea and coffee making facilities
 Phone at reception
 Phones in rooms
 TV sets in rooms
 Patio, summer terrace
 Cheques accepted
 Common room with a TV set