Potosí (department)

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

🌍 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.

Uyuni Airport (UYU^IATA)

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