Bolivian Spanish word

hotel de sal

Meaning: salt hotel

Other meanings

  • the salt hotel

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How it is used in Bolivia

A simple lodging on the edge of the Salar whose walls (and often beds and tables) are built from blocks of salt. On the 3-day tour it's usually the first of the two included nights; you can still confirm that with the agency.

Near the Salar, some lodgings are literally built from cut salt blocks, walls, beds, tables. On the 3-day tour it's the first night and one of the clearest differences from the day trip.

Lodging near the Salar built largely from blocks of salt, where the group spends the first night, the day's schedule is timed to reach it before dark.

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