Send Flowers to Cochabamba, Bolivia

Bolivians call Cochabamba the city of eternal spring, and its valley climate, mild by day and cool at night, is the reason so many of the country's cut flowers are grown nearby. The city spreads beneath the Cristo de la Concordia statue on San Pedro hill, with the leafy avenue El Prado, the residential north around Cala Cala, Queru Queru and La Recoleta, and the huge open-air market of La Cancha to the south.

Cochabamba has a special claim on Bolivian Mother's Day: 27 May honours the women who defended the city on the Coronilla hill in 1812, and local families mark it with real feeling. Many orders also come from cochabambinos working in Spain, the United States, Argentina and Brazil who want to send flowers to Cochabamba for birthdays, anniversaries and the Urkupiña season in August. Students at the Universidad Mayor de San Simón are frequent recipients too.

A local florist makes each arrangement by hand and delivers to homes, offices and apartment buildings across the city. Order before 11:00 am Cochabamba time for same-day delivery from Monday to Saturday; later orders are delivered next day, and Sundays are not available. Give the zona, the street and number, and a landmark, since residents direct visitors by plazas and avenues rather than by postal code.

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