La Paz's most eccentric market deals in bizarre ritual ingredients—dried llama fetuses, herbs, and mysterious specimens used in traditional Aymara medicine and building blessings. A genuinely strange, memorable browse through local spiritual culture.
“The Witches Market (Mercado de las Brujas) is a labyrinth of curiosities. Vendors sell obscurities such as dried llama fetuses, frogs, dried snakes, starfish, soapstone figurines,...”
– Afar Magazine
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"The city’s most unusual market lies along Calles Jiménez and Linares between Sagárnaga and Av Mariscal Santa Cruz, amid lively tourist artesanías (stores selling locally handcrafted items)." Full review
Fodor's
"have your fortune told through the reading of coca leaves, or if you are building a new house, you can buy a dried llama fetus to bury in the yard for good luck." Full review
National Geographic
"La Paz's Mercado de las Brujas, or the Witches' Market, is a hot spot for spiritual workers, who read fortunes and facilitate cha'llas ("offerings") to Pachamama. Vendors sell items like..."
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