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City in Potosí Department, Bolivia
Photo: Luca Galuzzi (Lucag), CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
Uyuni is a tourist town in Potosí Department, Bolivia, which serves as the main gateway to Salar de Uyuni, the enormous salt flat nearby.
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Closed for construction as of December 2017. Within the Tonito Hotel, backpackers congregate here in the evenings (enter through the hotel reception, this keeps wandering petty thefters from entering). Large variety of pizzas (including spicy llama), great breakfast, English-speaking owner, travel-book library. Just don't arrive too early for dinner - the people running the hotel were incredibly rude and refused to let us wait 30 minutes in the lobby for the place to open.
Centrally located restaurant with a variety of options, including pizza, Mexican food, and vegetarian dishes. Free wifi.
Clean and inexpensive in the town center, near tour operators. Only two hot showers, but the door to one is often locked.
Mid-range hotel in town. Rooms are situated around an internal atrium area. Clean rooms, solar or electric-heated showers, transportation from train station available, book ahead in the high season. New rooms with solar showers and heating. Very slow wifi, American buffet breakfast.
Salar de Uyuni, High-end hotel at the entrance of the Salar de Uyuni. Walking distance from the salt flats. Offers glamping and spa possibilities.
By bus
Uyuni doesn't have a real bus station, just a cluster of different bus company offices on Avenida Arce a few blocks from the train station.
By train
The train station is centrally located and an important landmark.
By car
You can also rent a car in La Paz and drive. After Challapata the road signs are scarce to find Uyuni, in the rainy season the rivers grow and it's dangerous to come in a car that is not a jeep 4x4.
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