Must-see
Areguá · Central
Areguá
Capital of pottery and strawberries, with historic mansions stepping down from the church to the lake.
29 km1 day
Editorial selection by Asunción City, with data checked in September 2026.
Gran Asunción 19
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Areguá · Central
Monumento Natural Cerros Kõi y Chororĩ
Five- and six-sided sandstone columns: a geological rarity with few equals anywhere in the world.
30 km2-3 hours
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Areguá, San Bernardino e Ypacaraí · Central y Cordillera
Lago Ypacaraí
The lake behind Paraguay's most famous guarania: sunsets, sailboats and historic towns along its shores.
29 kmHalf a day
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San Bernardino · Cordillera
San Bernardino
An 1881 German colony on the shores of Ypacaraí and Paraguay's summer capital: lakeside promenade, bars and long nights.
53 km2-3 days
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Luque · Central
Museo del Fútbol Sudamericano (Museo CONMEBOL)
The home of South American football: trophies, championship jerseys and interactive exhibits, with free entry.
14 km2-3 hours
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Itauguá · Central
Itauguá
The capital of ñandutí: handmade 'spiderweb' lace, sold right along Route PY02.
34 km2-3 hours
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Itá · Central
Itá
One of the oldest towns in the country and a capital of pottery, with a clay tradition recognized by UNESCO.
37 kmHalf a day
Ypacaraí · Central
Ypacaraí
The town that gave the lake its name and home of the Lake Festival, Paraguay's great showcase of folk culture.
41 km2-3 hours
Luque · Central
Luque
Capital of gold and silver filigree and birthplace of guitar and harp makers, minutes from the airport.
16 kmHalf a day
Luque · Central
Parque Ñu Guasu
The big green lung between Asunción and the airport, with a 5 km loop for walking and running.
11 km2-3 hours
Capiatá · Central
Capiatá
A colonial-era church dedicated to Our Lady of Candelaria and a museum of Guarani myths, right on Route PY02.
23 km2-3 hours
Capiatá · Central
Museo Mitológico Ramón Elías
The Pombero, the Kurupi and the Luisõ turned into sculpture: Guarani mythology as imagined by Ramón Elías.
23 km2-3 hours
Limpio · Central
Limpio
Karanda'y palm hats, a church with colonial roots and lagoons of giant water lilies beside the Paraguay River.
23 kmHalf a day
Lambaré · Central
Lambaré
Asunción's neighbor at the foot of Cerro Lambaré, home to the legend of a Guarani chief and the much-loved burreritas.
10 km2-3 hours
Villeta · Central
Villeta
A colonial port on the Paraguay River, scene of the December 1868 campaign, with a brand-new riverside promenade.
36 kmHalf a day
Ypané · Central
Ypané
A former Franciscan mission town on the Paraguay River, with the great monument to the Battle of Ytororó.
29 km2-3 hours
Guarambaré · Central
Guarambaré
A sugarcane town with 19th-century mansions and a mill that exports organic sugar.
33 km2-3 hours
Fernando de la Mora · Central
Kamba Kua (comunidad afroparaguaya)
Descendants of Artigas's lancers have kept the drums and the feast of San Baltasar alive since 1820.
14 km2-3 hours
Mariano Roque Alonso · Central
Expo Mariano Roque Alonso (predio de la Asociación Rural del Paraguay)
Every July, the country's biggest fair: show cattle, Paraguayan industry, food and entertainment.
14 kmHalf a day
Cordillera 24
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Caacupé · Cordillera
Basílica de la Virgen de los Milagros de Caacupé
Paraguay's spiritual capital: a Marian basilica, the Virgin's spring and the country's largest pilgrimage.
54 km2–3 hours
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Tobatí · Cordillera
Tobatí
Paraguay's craft capital: potters, carvers of saints and sandstone hills with a natural stone arch.
74 kmHalf a day
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Piribebuy · Cordillera
Piribebuy
Heroic town of 1869 and home of the 60-stripe poncho para'i, recognized by UNESCO as intangible heritage.
73 km1 day
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Yaguarón · Paraguarí
Templo de San Buenaventura de Yaguarón
A jewel of Guaraní Baroque: 18th-century altarpieces and a candidate for UNESCO World Heritage status.
48 km2–3 hours
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Paraguarí · Paraguarí
Eco Reserva Mbatoví
Suspension bridges, two ziplines and rappelling in Atlantic Forest, with views of the Paraguarí hills.
76 kmHalf a day
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Sapucai · Paraguarí
Sapucai
A railway town among the hills: British workshops from 1894, steam locomotives and tea in the English Village.
88 kmHalf a day
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Ybycuí (Minas Cué) · Paraguarí
Parque Nacional Ybycuí
Atlantic Forest, cold-water falls and the ruins of the La Rosada iron foundry, from 1854.
150 km1 day
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La Colmena (compañía Isla Alta, límite con Borja, Guairá) · Paraguarí
Salto Cristal
A curtain of crystal-clear water over rock walls, hidden in the forest between Paraguarí and Guairá.
150 km1 day
Atyrá · Cordillera
Atyrá
Billed as Paraguay's cleanest town: leatherworkers, Franciscan altarpieces and country inns in the Cordillera de los Altos.
61 kmHalf a day
Altos · Cordillera
Altos
The 'nation's terrace': a Franciscan town with German heritage, timbó wood carvings and the Kamba Ra'anga masked festival.
60 kmHalf a day
Emboscada · Cordillera
Emboscada
A town of stone and Afro-Paraguayan heritage, where feathered Guaikurú dancers honor San Francisco Solano every July.
39 km2–3 hours
Piribebuy (compañía Chololó) · Cordillera
Chololó
A clear stream tumbling over rocks through the forest: the classic swimming spot on the Piribebuy–Paraguarí road.
85 kmHalf a day
Piribebuy (colonia Piraretã) · Cordillera
Salto Piraretã
A hidden waterfall in the Piraretã farming community, with a stream, family campgrounds and fresh forest air.
85 kmHalf a day
Eusebio Ayala · Cordillera
Eusebio Ayala (Barrero Grande)
The republic of chipá: some fifty chipa bakeries and the memory of the child soldiers of Acosta Ñu.
72 km2–3 hours
Caraguatay · Cordillera
Parque Nacional Vapor Cué
An open-air naval museum: the ships the Paraguayan fleet scuttled in 1869 beside the Yhaguy River.
95 km2–3 hours
Valenzuela · Cordillera
Valenzuela
The pineapple town: a Franciscan church from 1783 with statues from the 1600s, and streams for cooling off.
107 kmHalf a day
Paraguarí · Paraguarí
Paraguarí
A town of hills and trains where Belgrano was stopped in 1811: lookouts, railway museums and rail bikes.
66 km1 day
Acahay · Paraguarí
Cerro Acahay (Monumento Natural Macizo Acahay)
An ancient volcanic complex visible from Asunción: trails, rock outcrops, caves and a crystal-clear stream on its slopes.
100 kmHalf a day
Carapeguá · Paraguarí
Carapeguá
Capital of poyvi: loom-woven blankets, hammocks and ponchos on the banks of the Caañabé stream.
80 km2–3 hours
Quiindy · Paraguarí
Quiindy
The ball capital: whole families hand-stitch balls for football, volleyball, rugby and pikivóley.
109 km2–3 hours
Caapucú · Paraguarí
Caapucú
A town of colonial houses and the Casa Stewart, with white-sand beaches on the Tebicuary River.
141 kmHalf a day
Quiindy (acceso por la compañía Niño–Tacuary) · Paraguarí
Lago Ypoá
A vast wetland of floating islands and lagoons, a little-explored Ramsar site south of Asunción.
135 km1 day
Arroyos y Esteros · Cordillera
Arroyos y Esteros
The 'emerald of the hills': rivers, wetlands and the birthplace of Paraguay's organic sugar.
67 km1 day
La Colmena · Paraguarí
La Colmena
Birthplace of Japanese immigration to Paraguay: orchards, apiaries and a hill nicknamed 'Colmena Fuji'.
130 km1 day
Este 1
Coronel Oviedo · Caaguazú
Coronel Oviedo
The old Villa de Ajos, Paraguay's crossroads: Rosary festivities, its own orchestra and farms for unplugging.
132 kmHalf a day
Chaco 1
Villa Hayes · Presidente Hayes
Villa Hayes
The gateway to the Chaco, half an hour from Asunción, named after a president of the United States.
31 kmhalf a day