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Carmen del Paraná

Carmen del Paraná looks out over the Yacyretá reservoir with an 8-10 km promenade that forms a peninsula: along some stretches you can't see the far shore and the river feels like the sea. It has three beaches — Tacuary, the busiest, Ybycu'i and Pirayú — and a small-town feel, surrounded by rice paddies and silos. The old railway station houses a history museum with locomotives and remains of the bridge over the Tacuary stream, scene of a key battle in 1811.