Delightful La Paz: the world's longest cable car

The first branch of the cable car in La Paz was opened in 2014, and today the total length of this transport line is more than 10 kilometers. The road connects the Bolivian capital with the neighboring town of El Alto, and an exciting funicular journey takes about 25 minutes. There is a bus service between these settlements, but in this case it takes about 1.5 hours, and frequent traffic jams can increase this time. The cable car was built specifically to save the time of the Bolivians.

In general, the problem of transportation in the Bolivian capital is very acute, and the question of the location of the capital of Bolivia is also not completely clear, but more on that later. La Paz is located in the highlands, and the chaotic buildings and narrow streets significantly complicate the transport situation in the city. The population of the city is growing steadily and, together with the surrounding settlements, the number of the metropolitan region leaves more than 1.5 million people. For this reason, the construction of the cable car has become an excellent alternative to ground transportation, and the locals even call it the “air metro.”

The cable car booths have wireless Internet access, and you can enjoy stunning views of the Andes mountain system from the window. Passengers of the cable car in La Paz are moving at a speed of 18 kilometers per hour.

In addition to the city of La Paz, there are cableways in other parts of Bolivia, and the total length of highways, on which about 150 thousand Bolivians move daily, is 30 kilometers. But the country's leadership is not going to stop there, by 2030 it is planned to double the passenger traffic.

As for the capital of Bolivia, we can say that there are two of them - the city of La Paz and the city of Sucre. Most of the government buildings and the presidential residence are located in La Paz, which is the unofficial capital, and in the city of Sucre there is only the Supreme Court, but it is considered the official capital of the country. Even on many geographic maps, you can see that two cities are indicated by the capital at once.