Cities · Cordillera · Greater Asunción and Lake Ypacaraí

San Bernardino

Central European-style mansions, tree-lined streets on rolling hills and the lake out front: San Ber, as everyone calls it, has been the lakeside resort of Asunción families for more than a century. From December to mid-February it fills up with holidaymakers, music and nightlife; the rest of the year it's a quiet town for strolling the promenade and climbing up to the Bella Vista lookout. The Hotel del Lago, dating from 1888, still carries the air of the founding colony.