Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.This eaterie allows you to choose the music as well as the food. In the lighthouse-shaped restaurant of Hotel La Cupula on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca, the menu comes with a playlist ranging from Mozart to Pink Floyd to Cuban divas. The cooking is a mix of Bolivian, Peruvian and international dishes. As a starter, try the beetroot tortilla or papa a la huancayna (potatoes with fried cheese served in a tasty peanut dressing). The house speciality, though, is fish from the high-altitude lake, especially trucha criolla, one of the world's largest trout. Other options include kingfish with a quinoa salad and trout fondue for two. If you can stomach it, follow this with the chocolate fondue and wash it all down with a frothy pisco sour. Or coca tea, if being 3,820m above sea level is affecting you.
THE VIEW
On a shady slope above Lake Titicaca, La Cupula also takes in the perfect curve of the bay framed by low-lying hills. Canoes and pedaloes ply the lake while makeshift beachfront restaurants cook fried trout. The smell of eucalyptus wafts in through the arched windows, which mirror the lavish Moorish-style architecture of Copacabana's cathedral. The town frequently holds a curious benedicion de movilidades, or blessing of the cars, in front of the cathedral where a priest sprinkles holy water on new vehicles. For the best views of the lake, come at lunchtime and sit on the sunny restaurant terrace in one of the sculpted, high-backed iron chairs. After lunch, enjoy an afternoon siesta to the gentle lapping of waves in one of the hotel's colourful hammocks, strung up in the garden below.
THE BILL
Bolivia is very inexpensive and you'll get a real feast for under £10. Soup of the day is 8 Bolivianos (£0.54); other starters are around 20 Bolivianos (£1.36). Main courses start from 23 Bolivianos (£1.56) with the trout fondue costing 80 Bolivianos (£5.42) for two people. Expect to pay around 10 Bolivianos (£0.68) for dessert. Open daily, except Tuesday lunchtimes, 7.30am-3pm and 6pm-10pm.
Hotel La Cupula, Michel Perez 1-3, Copacabana, Bolivia (00 591 2 862 2029; www.hotelcupula.com)
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments