Looking for a place to stay in La Paz? Then look no further than Copacabana Hotel, a budget friendly hotel that brings the best of La Paz to your doorstep.
Free wifi is offered to guests, and rooms at Copacabana Hotel offer a minibar.
During your stay, take advantage of some of the amenities offered, including a concierge and room service. Guests of Copacabana Hotel are also welcome to enjoy an on-site restaurant.
Nearby landmarks such as Plaza Murillo (0.4 mi) and Calle Sagà rnaga (0.5 mi) make Copacabana Hotel a great place to stay when visiting La Paz.
While you’re here, be sure to check out some of the barbeque restaurants, including The Steakhouse, Parrilla Casa Argentina, and Sabor Gaucho, all of which are a short distance from Copacabana Hotel.
La Paz is also known for some great architectural buildings, including Iglesia de San Francisco and Presidential Palace, which are not too far from Copacabana Hotel.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Copacabana Hotel as you experience everything La Paz has to offer.
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HOTEL STYLE
Classic
Budget
Location
Avenida 16 de Julio 1802, La Paz Bolivia
Copacabana Hotel
43 reviews
Getting there
Good for walkers
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In the very center of La Paz, nice and old hotel. Helpful and nice staff : they gently helped me when I get mountain sickness. Very clean rooms. It was in this hotel that Ernesto Che Guevara had stayed, under a fake name, in early 1967, before to go on guerrilla rampage in the sierra, and meet his fate. He stayed on room 504, ask the staff to visit it (they plan to renovate the room as a small museum).
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Date of stay: February 2015
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Trip type: Traveled on business
Room Tip:Â The street is a bit noisy, so ask a room in the highest floors.
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Spent two nights comfortably here,enjoyed a hot bath, first in nearly five weeks. Hubby also enjoyed catching up with CNN/BBC news.The simple things in life! We were on the 9th.floor,I read the other reviews,about the expected theft attempts,would that have put me off,if I had seen it before staying,yes,ofcourse! But, we didn't have any such experience, thankfully! We found the staff,especially the door man,helpful. Location was great for all we wanted to see and do. There is a nice curbside bar,outside,belonging to the hotel to enjoy a beer or two. We really enjoyed LaPaz,a great city,and glad we swopped hotels.It cost us 300bvb.a night.
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Date of stay: May 2013
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Â check the locks on the door
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Loved here for 3 weeks with Remote Year. Room was pretty big and loved the closet space. Staff was also very nice and they always had free hot coca tee downstairs which was nice. They also have free filtered water on each floor. Kind of old looking. Could use an upgrade. Restaurant is really good and cheap for lunch on the second floor.
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Date of stay: November 2016
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Read all the reviews before booking this place so thought we had gone to a different hotel as the reviews did not match! Got to this hotel late evening after a long bus journey from Cusco to Copacabana then to La Paz. The man at reception bombarded us with tours which he insisted us on booking now. He also started to work out how much we owed him and wanted payment now! He insisted that we went for dinner at a certain place too. At this stage I was getting angry as all we wanted to do was to check in, get to our room and have a wash. Told him we will sort it out later and to give our key. Got to our room which was dark, dingy and gloomy, however we did have a hot shower which lifted our spirits. The next morning went down for breakfast which wasn't even worth getting up for. At reception was a lady who was on the phone all the time and therefore did not give us any advice as to where to go or give any maps, so we just made our own way around and found the hotel to be very central and close to everything. There are other nicer hotels nearby which I would book rather than this place.
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Date of stay: September 2014
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
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We stayed here twice during our time in La Paz. The location was very good - not far from where our bus dropped us off, and a short walk from the markets and some really good restaurants. The Wifi signal was weak but usually good enough for basic stuff like booking tickets/accommodation.
Our first stay was ok. We got a surprisingly spacious room on the 9th floor, which was high enough that the street noise wasn't too loud (the hotel is right on the main road of La Paz). The room was comfortably warm and the hot water worked fine.
On the downside the breakfast was really really awful, practically inedible - a choice of sugary kid's cereal, cold toast, or stale bread rolls that seemed several days old.
But given that many hotels in the price range had reviews about issues with cold rooms and no hot water we decided to stick with this hotel when we came back to La Paz from visiting Uyuni.
Unfortunately our second stay was poor. When we booked we asked for the same room on the 9th floor, but we were given a smaller one on the 3rd floor instead. It was much closer to the street noise and the windows didn't shut properly so it was loud all day and all night.
The website advertises a safe in the room but neither room we stayed in had one. I just read Amber Y's review to my partner who reminded me that we had a similar experience. Someone tapped quietly on the door while I was in the shower, and when my partner answered it a few seconds later nobody was there. Seems like there may be a problem with thieves hoping to sneak in while guests are in the shower?
The reception staff are certainly not going to deter thieves - they always looked bored and half asleep. One time we stood waiting for five minutes trying to get our room key from a staff member who was napping with headphones on, while the two other staff behind the desk just smiled and did nothing. We left our bags with reception for a few hours after checkout and when we returned they didn't know where they were - it took them 20 mins to locate our bags and bring them out.
The desk staff refuse to phone for a radio taxi, instead they just send the porter out onto the street to hail one. If you're lucky one will come by quickly, if not the porter gets bored and just hails a regular street taxi instead.
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Date of stay: August 2012
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Â Insist on a top-floor room. Lock your valuables away at all times, and jam a chair under the...
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This hotel should be a top choice for the budget conscious traveller. The room was clean and has large windows with views of El Prado and the city. Foods served in the restaurant was fresh and tasty. Staffs are always ready to help you.
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Date of stay: December 2016
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Trip type: Traveled solo
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My friend and I came in at 4 in the morning and they readily received us. Even though we only stayed one night, the management allowed us to use it as our base while we traveled around the country (we left our bags, stopped in to use the bathrooms and wifi, etc.). The beds and bathrooms were clean.
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Date of stay: January 2015
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
Room Tip:Â The wifi comes from the lobby, but we were on the 2nd floor above the front desk and could still...
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ok - so to begin with, my husband and I were very safety conscious and weary of security due to reviews the guide books give travelers about Bolivia. La Paz was our first stop in Bolivia and due to this we wanted to stay somewhere safe, central and in 'the thick of it'. Central and excellent location must be granted to this hotel. You couldn't be more central to all the city's main landmarks and being on the Main Ave de Julio you are certainly right in amongst the action. We checked in and were allocated a room on the 9th floor. Even on the 9th floor - our room overlooking Ave de Julio was really noisy due to traffic (car horn tooting is a form of communication in Peru/Bolivia!) and street noise. Lucky we travel with ear plugs! On entering our room my husband said "this room has been broken into before - see the lock and the door frame has been repaired" At this point we should have immediately asked to switch rooms. But I thought, no, lets give this place and Bolivia the benefit of the doubt and as long as it locks now, hope we don't come to the same fate. We were backpacking and didn't really have any valuables anyway. The room was large and very spacious, as was the bathroom. All went well the 1st night (with our ear plugs in!) and it wasn't until the next morning when things went downhill when someone tried to break into our room. My husband and i were just getting up, organised, and preparing to shower and dress for the day when we heard a faint knock at the door. So faint we actually thought it might have been at the room next door. So we ignored it and continued to get ready. Then when my husband was in the shower - someone was trying to come into our room. Like really forcefully jigging the lock. I called out - "hang on a minute" thinking it was housekeeping and I went to open the door for them. But when I did know one was there???. I closed the door, came back into the room and said to my husband, "that was weird someone was just trying to come into our room, but when I went to open the door know one was there" he said "was there anyone on the landing or in the corridor??" I said "no - not that I could see" which was weird because it had only been a matter of seconds until I got to the door after calling out and opened it. So I went out to investigate. Sure enough I found an older, middle aged Bolivian man hiding around a dark, dead end of the corridor past the lift. I challenged him and asked if he was trying to get into our room (along with some sign language and sound effects!). He didn't speak English, but shook his head said no and then ran away down the stairs. I immediately went back into our room, closing and locking the door told my husband, who promptly got out of the shower and also went to investigate - but by now the guy had ran away. I rang reception and told them. They totally brushed me off saying it must have been housekeeping, or another hotel guest which had got their room confused. I said no way. None of those explanations where plausible. Why was nobody there then when I went to look, and why was the man hiding around the corner in a dark, dead end corridor?????? My husband then paid more attention to the lock on the door and found that it certainly had been broken into before and that it was actually faulty and he could open our door with his credit card!!!!!!!!!! Obviously this dodgy man I confronted knew this room had a faulty lock and came to help himself to the rooms belongings that day - which would have been ours had we have been down at breakfast or already set off sightseeing for the day!!!!!!!! We immediately packed up and marched down to reception to check out after night #1 of a booked 3 night stay. We explained the whole story to reception who were claiming they were going to charge our credit card for the whole 3 nights because we were booked for that period, and they stuck to their explanation saying the attempted room entry must have been legit or an honest mistake. We asked to get the police involved but no way did the hotel want any involvement in that. They strongly resisted. My husband eventually convinced the receptionist and the housekeeping Manager to go upstairs so he could show them how the lock was faulty and how easily he as an honest person could get into our room. Only then they conceded that they wouldn't stay there (in that room). However - we still got charged that 1st night and they only waived the 2 following nights!! AND we left without getting our included breakfast. We just wanted out of there! So it was a very bad first impression of La Paz. After that we thought safety and security was paramount and checked into one of the nicest 5* hotels in town. It was worth every $$$ and completely turned our experience around. If you want 100% piece of mind - pay for it. Beware. If you stay here - check your room lock very carefully to ensure security and don't leave any valuables in your room.
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Date of stay: April 2012
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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This hotel is amazing because it is right in the center of El Prado. The location is convenient because you have restaurants, pharmacies, banks, and stores all footsteps away from the lobby! The staff was very respectful and welcoming, but especially Miguel, he was the best! I can also add that room service did such a great job as well. This hotel includes free breakfast which was delicious. Lunch is not included, but the lunch comes at a very good price and the food was beyond amazing. The view from the hotel was beautiful, especially at night. There is a good variety of shows on the TV, but only channels 44 and 48 were in English. The WiFi was not really a problem but it worked fine in the end. I would definitely come back to this hotel because it exceeded my expectations! I would say this is the best hotel in Bolivia!
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Date of stay: August 2019
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I stayed here for 3.5 weeks in April 2016, and it was a very good choice for this part of La Paz. You're basically halfway between Zona Sur and El Alto, and the nearby Sopocachi neighborhood has tons of things to do and see. The hotel had Coca Tea available in the lobby, and had a pretty tasty restaurant on the mezzanine floor -- so popular that it was packed with locals pretty much every day. My room had a lot of storage, and a very clean bathroom. I actually took a bath here, and I normally wouldn't do that! My only advice was that you should be sure you have enough blankets, as it can get fairly cold (35-40 deg F) and there's no central heat.
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Date of stay: April 2016
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
Room Tip:Â Go high up to get the best view and avoid the minibus noise
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LOCATION
BoliviaLa Paz DepartmentLa Paz
NUMBER OF ROOMS
53
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