We had a good English tour, the museum has quite a good mix of different things. Of course there is a lot related to the old mint, like the machines they used in the different points in history and a lot of old coins. There is a historic library with important, old books for Potosí. Also some minerals, paintings, religious things, etc. Overall the whole building is also nice to see. Maybe they could improve a bit by defining clear start times of the tours. Some people joined the tours 10 minutes after the start.

A quite interesting museum. My wife and I visited it in October 2025. At this time the entry was 40 BOB for foreigners. We were happy to find out that this automatically included an English-speaking guide. However, as with most museums in the country, there is no clear logic as to how the exhibits are organized. The rooms jump from religious paintings to old coins, from UNESCO-Certificates to old coin-stamping machines. Still it is definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in Potosi.

The museum is great. But the guide qasn’t really happy to be there. Also the direction of the room didn t makes sense sometimes, like not in chronological order. Appart from that it’s good to lesrn about the history of the coins.

English tour was brilliant and provided an insight into the history of Potosí and the beginning of the mint. The grounds are beautiful, you must pay extra if wanting to take photographs. Tour lasts around 1.5 hours and was 40 bolivianos per person.

Beautiful museum with lots of history about the history of silver in Potosi. I think the 20BoB extra cost for taking photos is quite steep. I came to Potosí for the mines and the museum tour, but I feel like the museum tour is quite rushed especially in the furnace rooms with actual silver history. There's also just too much talk about Catholicsm and paintings of virgin Mary, I prefer to spend more time on the actual silver tour and less on religion. All in all, it's a nice tour with beautiful artifacts and coin collections.

Interesting and well set up museum, but unfortunatelly, there were no tours in English and most of the information was only in Spanish. It means that as a foreigner you pay double what the locals pay and have to walk with the group (cannot explore on your own) and not understand anything. Not sure it is really worth the 40 BOB entrance ticket + 20 BOB for using the camea + almost 2 hours of your time.

Fantastic tour here—one of the best in the country. The guides were funny and knowledgeable and offered real insights into the life and times of Potosi’s heyday, and the exhibits inside the Mint are maintained well so that visitors can understand the conditions of the workers and the historical progression of the minting over the centuries. Certainly a tour worth taking.

The markets are vibrant with lots of stalls, indigenous artefacts, and many women selling traditional items in and around the area. While it’s fun and colourful it must be vert difficult for many of the predominantly women trying to make a living. The markets are only a short walk from the central square.

Fun place to wonder about, then have lunch upstairs. I ate here three days in a row and never became ill.

Nice area with lots of little stores etc.

I have this special relationship with local markets, obviously because they are the liveliest places in every city! The small market "Mercado central" in Potosi is one of them, love it! Even not all the small shops were open, it was still nice to walk around! Interesting place to spend some time in the Center of Potosi!

Make sure to look hard for eating options. There are great food options in the basement and top floors. API & pastels are served in the basement in the afternoon from around 16:00 until the evening. This market doesn’t contain too much fresh fruit and vegetables for sale.

If you love markets around the world, you'll love this place 😊. Cheap food available too !

Local market, fresh produce, good cheap meals for lunch or dinner.

Very beautiful cathedral. For an entrance fee of 20 bolivianos you get accompanied into the cathedral by the receptionist and you can choose whether you want to walk around by yourself and take some pictures or whether you want to get a short guided tour (which I recommend), during which you can take your photos as well, of course. In the end you get to get up the church tower on your own from where you will have a stunning view over all of the city of Potosí and the Cerro Rico. Definitely a must see and located super centrally.

Roman Catholic. Climb the bell tower for excellent views.

Not open.

Stunning cathedral, Highly recommended 👍

(Translated by Google) It was my favorite tour of Potosi. We had Ivan as our guide, he handled the information very well and made the tour very interesting. Hiring the tour gives you the opportunity to climb the bell tower where there is an impressive view of all of Potosi and Cerro Rico. It was 20 BOB very well spent. (Original) Fue mi tour favorito de Potosi. Nos toco Ivan de guia, el manejaba muy bien la información e hizo el tour muy interesante. Contratarar el tour da la oportunidad de subir al campanario donde hay una vista impresionante de todo Potosi y del Cerro rico. Fueron 20 BOB muy bien gastados.

(Translated by Google) Magnificent cathedral! It is superbly well maintained and it is possible to go to the top of the bell towers. There is an extraordinary view of the city and the Potosi mountain. It is accessible through the museum. I highly recommend! (Original) Cathédrale magnifique ! Elle st superbement bien entretenu et il est possible d'aller en haut des clochers. Il y a une vue extraordinaire sur la ville et la montagne potosi. C'est accessible grâce au musée. Je recommande vivement !

(Translated by Google) One of the most beautiful tours we did in Potosí. They told us everything about the construction of the church. We were able to see the first image of the Virgin of Copacabana. We also visited the old mausoleum of the church. The tour includes going up to the viewpoint, which is one of the bell towers. We had an incredible view of the city and Cerro Rico between the bells of that majestic cathedral. A unique experience. (Original) Uno de los tours más lindos que hicimos en Potosí. Nos contaron todo sobre la construcción de la iglesia. Pudimos ver la primera imagen de la virgen de Copacabana. También visitamos el viejo mausoleo de la iglesia. El recorrido incluye subir al mirador, que es uno de los campanarios. Tuvimos una vista increíble de la ciudad y el Cerro Rico entre las campanas de esa majestuosa catedral. Una experiencia única.

This is interesting both from a historical and museum point of view. The Carmelite convent in Potosí, Bolivia, is actually the Santa Teresa Convent founded in 1685 by the Order of the Discalced Carmelites in honor of Saint Teresa of Avila. It was originally a home for Carmelite nuns, a cloistered home for young women from wealthy families, who entered at the age of 15 and lived in strict isolation, dedicating themselves to prayer, scripture, and tasks like baking and sewing. The convent was richly endowed with gifts from families, including paintings, jewellery, and furniture, which are now part of its museum collection showcasing religious art and historical items including stunning Baroque altarpieces, artworks by prominent painters and macabre relics such as self-flagellation tools.

It's an extremely sad tour. It tells the story of how the terrible catholic institution not only made enslavement happen in America but also made millions of women being nuns that had to live away from society, not talking to their own family. They even show the self torture instruments and where the nuns' bodies were buried. It takes 1 hour and a half for the whole tour and it's very slow rhythm since the guide locks and opens each of the hundreds of rooms you have to get in. For 30 bobs I believe you better do something else.

Was placed in a tour group that started 40 minutes prior, with the explanation that i could catch the beginning with the following tour. The tour guide was so dreadfully trite that simple plaques next to each item could've taken her job. No English tours were available. I left after 15 minutes.

Saint Theresa Museum and Convent is incredible. Lydia provides an awesome tour in English. Teenage girls were only accepted into the convent if their family was wealthy enough to give a dowry of paintings or other valuables worth 2,000 pieces of gold. Once the girl entered, she never left the building for her entire life and could not see or talk to an outsider. Sounds horrible, but it was an honor. Amazing stories, amazing art. Amazing rooms.

Interesting place but more as a museum of christian religious art than as a monastery. Actually very little is disclosed about the monastic lives of the nuns.

Very interesting, very well preserved. And the guide was very good at her job ! One of the highlights of the city.

2 hour tour for about 4 USD. Worth the price. Tour guide wasn't very friendly, seemed very standoffish.

People who worked at Mine are Heroes Unforgettable experience.

Life-changing experience. Don’t cheap out: hire a local guide and buy gifts for the miners who let you visit, and el tío if that’s your thing. Maybe a few scraps of bread for the dogs, too. Again, hire a guide. Spending $15-20 to visit the right way is absolutely worth it.

Very eye-opening experience to take a tour here. Astonished how miners work the same way as they did hundreds of years ago. Koala tours is recommended as they are a responsible agency.

Visiting the mines is not a joke but it's such a strong experience and I believe shouldn't be missed while in Potosi.

Fascinating place with lots of history.

This place is arguably one of the most painful and intensely violated place I’ve been: this mountain is the symbol of a century-long robbery that has been going on since the discovery of its silver, and it is the grave of thousands of people that poison themselves by working tirelessly in its dark caves chasing easy money. Its energy is one of illusion, it’s scarred face is the totem of a culture based on a very very volatile value. Go by all means and walk into a mine, you will never forget it, ever.

Iconic mountain with a dramatic history dominating the city centre. Lots of mines are still functioning these days: try to visit them with a local guide and buy some presents for the poor miners as an expression of respect, solidarity and interest

Only cafe that serves breakfast on Sunday morning. Breakfast was good, fast and cheap. We came back for lunch. After 40min of waiting we asked if we could have our order in the next 30 minutes, because we had signed up for a tour in the afternoon. They told us they could not serve us on time. There was a large group that came in after us and were served before us. We left without food or drinks.

The chocolate cake and apple pie were great. The cafe is very quaint and cute, really enjoyed the atmosphere. Located right in the heart of Potosí. The coffee wasn’t great, but other than that, a really nice find for an afternoon snack or cake.

Nice burger, fast Wifi. Restaurant is very tiny and upstairs.

Small place on First Floor. Fully vegetarian but not the best veggie food ever….

Nice little restaurant with loads of vegetarian options and meat options. I recommend the vegetarian lasagne (very tasty) and the vegetable omelette (nice, a few more vegetables would have been better). The cappuccino was good too.

Two stars for the lemonade which was nice and fresh and for it being in a central location. However, the vegetarian burger was just about edible, the vegetarian soups were alright and the veg lasagne was tasteless. But the worst thing of all were the veg crepes - whatever you do, do not order these. The crepe itself was cold but the veg was just boiled and completely flavourless and unseasoned. It really was a shame - we wanted to like this place so much. Perhaps the meat options are better.

It is really good for Vegetarians. We had lassana and lentil burger both of them were good and price was nice. The ambience is small but sweet. Service was fast. For the price in the lunch you can get cheaper options but I think they have more variety.

We had BBBQ Bolivian "barbeque" meal where you deep fry marinated beef at your table and best beer in Bolivia - Prost weissbier. If not the high altitude would definitely come again to ear and drink more.

We had a really lovely evening here. The meat fondue sharer dish was absolutely delicious. Would highly recommend. The waiter recommended a great red wine for us, they were really friendly and we were enjoying the music they were playing too. And it wasn't expensive either. Great vibe.

We loved the meat fondue and the atmosphere. The workers were very nice.

Very friendly service, great food and lovely atmosphere at this colonial pub restaurant.

Very tasty and well cooked food, top service (fast and friendly) and nice atmosphere. Totally recommended!!

Nice old colonial building, live music, ok food. Note that you will be charged 20 Bs p.p. for the music

Of course these touristy restaurants are overpriced, but I expect to get a decent meal in return. However my milanese had no taste at all, probably it's simply heated up frozen food. Two stars because of nice decor and music. For food go somewhere else, for drinks this place should be fine.

Only place open on a Sunday, about five other people were in the restaurant when we were there but still a 20 minute wait for two bottled drinks and an hour for two food dishes. I ordered plain rice and veg (coeliac) and it came out as a mixture of lukewarm and cold, whilst my partner ordered a pizza and said it was ok, but doughy. Prices ok.

Hair in two dishes. Long wait. Wrong beer and wine order. Sauces in packets. No paper to dry hands. NIT 354345020 I worked in the industry for years and this isn't the right colour. (and it's not for display) Don't get me started on the food!!! And when we wanted to complain because we were being overcharged because they mixed up the order, twice! 3 people came out of nowhere 😅😅

Many options to choose from. Service was great and helpful. We ordered pasta (very good), lomo borracho (very good), chicken (very good) and Steak (not the best but ok). Good option to go in a big group!!

Amazing food, the weather outside was freezing and inside was so warm and cozy, the food was delicious and perfect for the weather. One of the best Kalapurcas I ever had

Dinner stopped on our road trip in town. My llama steak was tasty and tender! The food was so big we couldn't finish it. There was a big function going on that night so everything was quite slow.

Save your money and your time. Service was extremely slow despite there being only one other table and 3 staff members on the restaurant floor. Our drinks took 25 minutes to arrive - one of the two drinks was a bottle of water… We had to remind them about our drinks. Our chicken wing starter came out bloody and undercooked. After showing the waitress, they took them back to re-cook. However we received no apology for neither the drinks delay nor the undercooked wings. A smile or something would have been nice. The bacon and tomato pasta sauce tasted like barbecue sauce. Avoid.

We waited an hour and a half for our food, they kept telling us 20-30 minutes and the food was mediocre

Quaint little local restaurant in Potosí serving absolutely delicious and great value K’alapurka hot stone soup. It’s a tiny restaurant and fills up so be prepared to wait. On top of that the service is incredibly slow so there’s not a high turnover of guests. If you can handle that the food is worth the wait.

Nice local stone soup for a good price. Large portions. Pretty long wait to get seated and for the food though. Also not much seating as others mentioned

Delicious food! Vegetarian K’alaphurca (traditional soup from Potosi) was really really delicious! 10/10. And the staff.. so kind.. they gave us a little gift. 100% recommend

We went here due to good reviews online. It was busy and the staff were very rude to another table telling them they should have ordered all their food at once rather than ordering some and then more. Zero atmosphere, felt very stressed. Food was not that good and more expensive than other places in Bolivia. Tacos particularly bad and greasy. Maybe has changed owners?

The best place for meal in Potosi. The famous soup was the best I had. Big portion and very friendly staff.

The vegetarian stone soup is worth every meter in altitude and every minute waiting. The hype is real. The soup is a prime example of comfort food, and reminds me of grits but with Andean flavors. Don’t miss the chance to enjoy this dish.

This is a great, home cooking style restaurant. Definitely have to try the K'alaphurca but the pollo a la lena was very good too, having really enjoyed the chicken in Peru this was just as well done. Would recommend if you're stopping in Potosi. Great value too. Joe & Heidi