Need to know
Rooms
75 rooms and one penthouse suite.
Check–Out
12 noon. Check-in is 2pm. Both are flexible, with free courtesy check-in from 10am and check-out until 3pm when availability permits. Check-in from 7am and check-out until 6pm can be arranged for an additional fee.
More details
Rates include breakfast in the Dominga Restaurant, served between 7am and 10.30am. Expect a heaving buffet of fruits, breads, hams, cheeses, eggs, pancakes, yoghurt and cereals complemented by à la carte options such as avocado toast and omelettes.
Also
Much of Met Hotel La Paz is accessible. Door frames have been widened and the open-plan lobby (also home to the bar and restaurant) has an elevator providing access to all floors. Rooms haven't been specially adapted, but most are spacious enough to accommodate wheelchair users.
At the hotel
Free WiFi throughout. In rooms: 50-inch smart TV, minibar, kettle with tea and coffee, free bottled water, desk, remote-controlled curtains and blackout shades.
Our favourite rooms
Because La Paz is encircled by mountains, you’re basically guaranteed a view from your spacious room, which features all mod cons (remote-control blackout curtains, 50-inch smart TV, WiFi) and textiles that nod to Bolivia’s ancient Tiwanaku culture. But for the best bragging rights, you’ll want to go right to the top of the hotel for the Met Suite’s penthouse vistas, not to mention a decadent bath tub and oodles of extra space.
Poolside
There’s a small L-shaped pool in the spa, open 8am–9pm.
Spa
The 350sq m wellness club comprises a sauna, steam room, pool, jacuzzi, hammam and garden area, and there’s a treatment room for massages and facials.
Packing tips
High altitudes can knock wind from the sails of the most seasoned traveller. Pack potassium-rich dried fruits – apricots, banana chips, prunes – and a good, voluminous water bottle to counter the worst of the effects of that rarefied mountain air.
Also
Met Hotel La Paz lays claim to the biggest hotel gym in town, open 24 hours for guests. The hotel also has a partnership with nearby La Paz Golf Club, the highest golf course in the Americas, with an elevation of 3,260 metres.
Children
Children are welcome but there are no specific kid-friendly facilities at the hotel.
Sustainability efforts
Met Hotel La Paz has its eco credentials down to a fine art, from the colourful Bolivian paintings that adorn its walls to the locally sourced produce that supplies the kitchen. There’s a full recycling programme in place (including rainwater) and single-use papers and plastics are generally avoided. Energy is generated through solar panels and conserved via use of LCD lighting and motion sensors throughout the hotel.