Sucre had never really been on our itinerary but after hearing so many rave reviews of the place from other travellers we thought we would check it out on our way to Uyani and the Salt Lakes. You can’t really pass over a city with four names (Sucre, La Plata, Characas, and Chuquisaca) quickly so we spend quite a bit of time here. We ended up staying a week enjoying the warm weather, change of pace, being able to cook for ourselves, hot chocolates and exploring the beautiful museums and churches that the city is famous for. Most of the inner city of Sucre is a UNESCO cultural heritage sight and the architecture is pretty impressive. Sucre was founded by the Spaniards in the 16th century with lots of Spanish colonial influence in the grand buildings and churches. The white wash walls typical of the historical buildings are very clean and we saw more than one building being repainted to keep the effect. I would assume with it being a cultural heritage site there would be some pretty strict criteria around this though. The city is also very important as it is where the freedom movement for Latin America began and continues to be of significance to Bolivia today as the constitutional capital.