Cities · Central · Greater Asunción and Lake Ypacaraí

Limpio

Limpio, north of Asunción, is hat-making country: hats woven from the leaves of the karanda'y palm are its best-known craft. Downtown, the parish church of San José keeps an 1850 facade. Toward the Paraguay River, the landscape changes: the Piquete Cue lagoons, with irupé (Victoria cruziana), a water lily with enormous floating leaves; Castillo El Peñón, a 1932 lighthouse on a rock in the river; and the Salado River, which drains Lake Ypacaraí and is a spot for fishing and boat trips.