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La Paz · Sagárnaga & Rosario

Cafés in Sagárnaga & Rosario

Uphill from San Francisco: traveler cafés on Sagárnaga, Linares and Murillo, the Witches’ Market and coffee until 01:00.

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Calle Sagárnaga climbs from the Plaza de San Francisco, beside the basilica whose Franciscan convent was founded in 1549.3 The street honors Juan Bautista Sagárnaga, a hero of the 1809 revolution, and was first known as the calle del hospital, after a hospital the cabildo founded beside the convent in 1555.1 After the Second World War, Jewish refugees moved into many of its houses and ran businesses there until the 1960s.1

Today it is one of the main tourist streets of La Paz.1 Its cafés spread onto Calle Linares, which crosses it, and onto Calle Murillo and Calle Tarija nearby. Several are café-restaurants, and some open early or close late: Café Restaurante Banais on Sagárnaga and PADIOR Coffee at Calle Melchor Jiménez 872 both open at 07:00 every day.

Local tip: For coffee after 22:00, Sol y Luna on Calle Murillo serves until 01:00 daily, and El Caldero Chorreante on Calle Linares stays open until 02:30 from Thursday to Saturday.5

At a glance

24Cafés listed
11With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
02:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Café del Mundo, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–22:00).
  • Closes latest: El Caldero Chorreante Cafe Embrujado, until 02:30 (Mon–Wed 11:30–22:30 · Thu–Sat 11:30–02:30).
  • Most listed streets: Calle Sagárnaga (2).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (38%), open late (25%), vegetarian options (25%).

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The Witches’ Market on Calle Linares

The Mercado de las Brujas (Witches’ Market) runs along Calle Linares near the basilica. Yatiris, Aymara healers, sell potions, dried frogs, medicinal plants and sullus, dried animal fetuses buried beneath the foundations of a new house as an offering to Pachamama, the earth mother.2

El Caldero Chorreante, a themed café, is on the first floor of the Coca Museum on Calle Linares; by its own account it opens 11:30–22:30 Monday to Wednesday and 11:30–02:30 Thursday to Saturday.5 Coca Cafe shares its address at Linares 906, Cafe Berna is at 943 and El Pueblito Coffee Restaurant at 880 opens 09:00–18:00 Monday to Saturday.

Café del Mundo and Sagárnaga’s traveler cafés

Café del Mundo, at Sagárnaga 324 beside Hotel Sagarnaga, was opened by Elin, a Swedish traveler who had seen more than 100 countries by the age of 28 and settled in La Paz; her travel photographs cover the walls.4 Its own site gives daily hours of 07:00–22:00 and a menu that runs from vegetarian dishes to burgers and shakes.4

Luna’s Restaurant Coffee Pub, at Sagárnaga 289, opens 08:00–22:00 daily, and Café Restaurante Banais keeps 07:00–22:00. Vegetarian Salad & Juice Cafe, at number 311, and Catchyourbreath both have Wi-Fi, and Cafe Clarisas is at 129.

Calle Murillo and Calle Tarija

Sol y Luna, on Calle Murillo, keeps the latest regular hours in the area, 09:00–01:00 every day. Café con Pan, at Murillo 826, opens 09:00–19:30 on weekdays and 10:00–16:00 on Saturday, and Blessed Coffee is at Murillo 902.

On Calle Tarija, Higher Ground Restaurant Cafe is at number 229, Kumara at 263 with daily hours of 10:00–21:00, and Anti Cafe at 328.

San Francisco and the Galería República

The present basilica was begun in 1743 and consecrated on 23 April 1784; the carving of its facade was finished in 1790, and Pedro Domingo Murillo is buried inside.3 Several buildings around Sagárnaga are national monuments, among them the Galería República and the Ferretería Kautsch building.1

Ichuri Coffee Restaurant, which describes itself as a company with a social purpose, is on the seventh floor of the Galería La República, at Avenida Mariscal Santa Cruz and Sagárnaga, and opens 10:00–22:00.6 Il profumo di caffe faces the square at Plaza San Francisco 503.

Sources

  1. Calle Sagárnaga, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  2. Mercado de las Brujas, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  3. Basílica de San Francisco (La Paz), Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  4. About: our story, Cafe del Mundo, accessed October 2026
  5. El Caldero Chorreante: menú, horarios y ubicación, El Caldero Chorreante Café Embrujado, accessed October 2026
  6. Ichuri Coffee Restaurant: sucursales, Ichuri Coffee, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Sagárnaga & Rosario cafés: questions

Where is the Witches’ Market in La Paz, and which cafés are near it?

The Witches’ Market runs along Calle Linares near the San Francisco basilica, where yatiri healers sell herbs, potions and offerings to Pachamama. El Caldero Chorreante is on the first floor of the Coca Museum on Linares, Coca Cafe is at Linares 906 and El Pueblito Coffee Restaurant at Linares 880.

Which cafés around Calle Sagárnaga in La Paz open early?

Café Restaurante Banais on Sagárnaga and PADIOR Coffee at Calle Melchor Jiménez 872 open at 07:00 every day, as does Café del Mundo at Sagárnaga 324, according to its own site. Luna’s Restaurant Coffee Pub at Sagárnaga 289 opens at 08:00.

Which cafés near Calle Sagárnaga in La Paz stay open late?

Sol y Luna on Calle Murillo is open until 01:00 every day. El Caldero Chorreante on Calle Linares stays open until 02:30 from Thursday to Saturday. Café del Mundo, Luna’s Restaurant Coffee Pub and Café Restaurante Banais close at 22:00, and Ichuri Coffee Restaurant also serves until 22:00.

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