- Address: Centro, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
- Phone: +591 75551551
- Date of restoration: 2005.
Despite the fact that Bolivia is considered a developing country, there are many civilized places for recreation. You can see this by visiting Plaza 24 de Septiembre, located in Santa Cruz , just 1.5 km from the most famous local hotel, Hotel LP Santa Cruz. Its name was received in honor of the city's founding day. It was around this area, which is almost five centuries old, that Santa Cruz began to be rebuilt in its time.
What is interesting about the square?
This place by right can be called the quietest and quietest in the city: automobile traffic is strictly prohibited on both sides of the square. But, nevertheless, the square is the real "heart" of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. From it almost all the main thoroughfares of the city depart. Also there are such important institutions and cultural institutions as:
- The Cathedral of St. Lawrence, in which two museums are opened - natural history and religious art with a unique collection of church vests, medallions, icons and original gold and silver relics of the Jesuit missions of Guarajos;
- a monument to Ignacio Varnes - the famous Bolivian fighter for the country's independence;
- cinema "Cine Palace";
- The ancient basilica of Menor de San Lorenzo , built in 1845;
- Zoo, considered the best on the whole continent;
- hotels of high comfort;
- banks;
- city Council;
- office of the mayor;
- shops Paseo Artesanal La Recova, Arte Campo, Manjar de Oro and others;
- expensive and not very, but very cozy restaurants and cafes (Duda Bar, Bym'z Bar, Comic Pub, Pallet Bar, nightclubs Maroon Club, San Bartolo SC, etc.);
- respectable offices of major travel agencies (Ruta Verde Tours, Samaipata & Amboro National Park Tours, Amboro Tours, etc.).
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If you like to get acquainted with new sights , start studying the city from here. Not far from the square on September 24 there are beautiful parks, famous monuments, as well as souvenir shops where tourists are offered to buy very popular badges with the inscription "We are autonomous!".
A distinctive feature of the square is the presence of a large number of shops, on which tired travelers can rest.
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How quickly to get to the square?
Since city buses to Santa Cruz do not go very often, it is easiest to get here by booking a taxi or renting a car. The square has a square shape, so from the north it can be reached via the streets of Libertad and on September 24, from the west - along the streets of Junin and Aikucho, in the east - along the streets of Bolivar and Sucre, and in the south - along the street of Reno Moreno.