San Miguel de Velasco

San Miguel de Velasco is a town in the eastern Bolivia, Santa Cruz department.

Understand

San Miguel is best known as one of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Get in

By bus

There is one or two buses going daily from San Ignacio to San José through San Miguel.

By taxi

You can visit San Miguel by taxi on a day trip from San Ignacio.

Get around

A typical sand/dirt street in Chiquitania towns.

By foot

San Miguel is small enough to walk on foot.

See

The church of San Miguel.

• The church (At the main square). 

Eat

There is some places at or near the main square, one of them being a block from the side of the main square that is opposite to the church.

Go next

Continue to the missions of San Rafael or San José. You can jump in the buses that leave from San Ignacio - they pass San Rafael later and go to San José.