The Potosí Department is a region of the Bolivian Altiplano.
Cities
- 🌍 Potosí – A high-altitude mining town, once one of the wealthiest cities in the world due to its silver mines. Popular for its mining tours.
- 🌍 Atocha – Merely a stopover between Uyuni and Tupiza, but checkout the market and nearby mining landscape.
- 🌍 Llallagua
- 🌍 San Juan
- 🌍 San Pedro de Quemes
- 🌍 Tupiza – With interesting trails and sights nearby, and gateway for some Salar de Uyuni tours and into Argentina.
- 🌍 Uncía
- 🌍 Uyuni – A tourist town, which serves as the main gateway to Salar de Uyuni besides San Pedro de Atacama in Chile.
- 🌍 Villazón
Other destinations
- 🌍 Salar de Uyuni – The most spectacular and popular landscapes in Bolivia along the largest salt flats in the world.
- 🌍 Torotoro National Park – Popular with travellers that head to Cochabamba for its dinosaur foot prints and remnants, large cave that you can climb into, and vast hiking opportunities.
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