Potosi · Things to do

A working Carmelite convent turned museum, with a guided tour on cloistered life and colonial religious art.

A mestizo-baroque portal carved with mermaids and Andean motifs, one of the finest facades in the Americas.

Fruit juices, salteñas and llama-wool knits, plus the miners' market nearby selling coca leaf and dynamite.

Thermal pools 25km from town, and a rare chance to be properly warm in Potosi. Combine with Ojo del Inca.

The surviving colonial gateway into the old city, a good marker for where Potosi's walls once ran.