Send Flowers to Oruro, Bolivia

For most of the year Oruro is a hard-working Altiplano city of miners, traders and railway yards, set at around 3,700 metres on the road between La Paz and Potosí. Then Carnival arrives, and the Carnaval de Oruro, recognised by UNESCO as intangible heritage of humanity, turns the streets into a river of diablada, morenada and caporales dancers on their pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Virgen del Socavón.

Orureños are scattered across Bolivia and the world, and many return home in spirit with flowers: for Mother's Day on 27 May, for a parent's birthday, or as a gesture of thanks around Carnival and Todos Santos. Flower delivery in Oruro reaches homes around the central Plaza 10 de Febrero, the neighbourhoods near the Conchupata lighthouse, the Universidad Técnica de Oruro, and the city's hospitals. A phone number is essential, because many houses sit behind high walls and the florist will usually call ahead.

If you order before 11:00 am Oruro time, a local florist delivers the same day, Monday to Saturday. Later orders are taken out the following day, and nothing is delivered on Sundays or on main national holidays such as the Carnival Monday and Tuesday. The air is cold, thin and dry, and winter nights often drop below freezing, so bouquets belong indoors.

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