UNESCOMust-see
Trinidad · Itapúa
Misión Jesuítica de la Santísima Trinidad del Paraná
Paraguay's best-preserved Jesuit reduction: reddish stone, musician angels and an evening light show.
398 kmHalf a day
Editorial selection by Asunción City, with data checked in September 2026.
Misiones 9
UNESCOMust-see
Jesús · Itapúa
Misión Jesuítica de Jesús de Tavarangue
A colossal church that was never finished: trefoil arches in the middle of the countryside, a World Heritage Site.
408 km2-3 hours
Must-see
Encarnación · Itapúa
Encarnación
The Pearl of the South: riverfront promenade, river beaches, carnival and the perfect base for the Jesuit missions.
365 km2-3 days
Must-see
Encarnación · Itapúa
Costanera y playas de Encarnación (San José, Mbói Ka'ẽ y Pacu Cuá)
Miles of promenade and sandy beaches on the Paraná: this is the capital of the Paraguayan summer.
370 kmHalf a day
Must-see
San Cosme y Damián · Itapúa
San Cosme y Damián: misión y Centro de Interpretación Astronómica Buenaventura Suárez
The mission where a Jesuit studied the stars in 1703; today, a planetarium, telescopes and dark skies beside the Paraná.
335 km1 day
Must-see
Humaitá · Ñeembucú
Humaitá: ruinas de la iglesia de San Carlos y la fortaleza
The shell-torn church that became a national symbol, next to the fortress that held back three armies.
270 kmHalf a day
Must-see
Encarnación · Itapúa
Carnaval Encarnaceno (Sambódromo de Encarnación)
Paraguay's biggest carnival: comparsas (parade troupes), feathers and drumming every Saturday in January and February.
370 km1 day
Must-see
Bella Vista · Itapúa
Ruta de la Yerba Mate (Bella Vista)
From plantation to gourd: factories, immigrant museums and a mate bar in Paraguay's National Capital of Yerba Mate.
410 km1 day
Must-see
San Ignacio · Misiones
Tañarandy y la procesión de Viernes Santo (Yvága Rape)
Paraguay's most beautiful Good Friday: thousands of candles, traditional Passion chants and a living altarpiece.
225 km2-3 hours
Asunción 8
Must-see
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Palacio de López (Palacio de Gobierno)
The palace Carlos Antonio López had built for his son, now the seat of the executive branch overlooking the bay.
1 km1 hour
Must-see
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Panteón Nacional de los Héroes y Oratorio de la Virgen de la Asunción
The domed shrine where the great names of Paraguayan history rest, watched over by soldiers in full dress uniform.
30 min – 1 hour
Must-see
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Museo Casa de la Independencia
The colonial house where Paraguay's independence was plotted on the night of May 14, 1811.
1 hour
Must-see
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Costanera de Asunción
Kilometers of waterfront promenade along the bay for walking, cycling and watching the sun set over the Chaco.
1 km2–3 hours
Must-see
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Mercado 4 (Mercado Municipal N.º 4)
Asunción's biggest and most chaotic market: herbs for tereré, no-frills eateries, Guaraní and haggling in every aisle.
3 km2–3 hours
Must-see
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Centro de Artes Visuales / Museo del Barro
The country's finest museum: Indigenous, folk and contemporary Paraguayan art under one roof.
9 km2–3 hours
Must-see
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Villa Morra, Paseo Carmelitas y el eje Aviadores del Chaco
Modern Asunción: restaurants, bars, malls and hotels along tree-lined avenues.
7 kmHalf a day
Must-see
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Barrio Loma San Jerónimo
Asunción's first official tourist neighborhood: colorful little houses, stairways, murals and home cooking on a hill by the river.
2 km2–3 hours
Gran Asunción 7
Must-see
Areguá · Central
Areguá
Capital of pottery and strawberries, with historic mansions stepping down from the church to the lake.
29 km1 day
Must-see
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
Must-see
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
Must-see
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
Must-see
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
Must-see
Itauguá · Central
Itauguá
The capital of ñandutí: handmade 'spiderweb' lace, sold right along Route PY02.
34 km2-3 hours
Must-see
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
Cordillera 8
Must-see
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
Must-see
Tobatí · Cordillera
Tobatí
Paraguay's craft capital: potters, carvers of saints and sandstone hills with a natural stone arch.
74 kmHalf a day
Must-see
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
Must-see
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
Must-see
Paraguarí · Paraguarí
Eco Reserva Mbatoví
Suspension bridges, two ziplines and rappelling in Atlantic Forest, with views of the Paraguarí hills.
76 kmHalf a day
Must-see
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
Must-see
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
Must-see
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
Este 6
Must-see
Ciudad del Este · Alto Paraná
Ciudad del Este
The great shop window of the Triple Frontier: shopping, a cosmopolitan buzz and the gateway to Itaipú and the Monday Falls.
327 km1 day
Must-see
Hernandarias · Alto Paraná
Central Hidroeléctrica Itaipú
One of the world's largest hydroelectric plants, free and guided: colossal engineering on the Paraná River.
340 kmHalf a day
Must-see
Presidente Franco · Alto Paraná
Saltos del Monday (Cataratas del Monday)
Three main drops of about 40 meters amid Atlantic Forest, just minutes from the bustle of Ciudad del Este.
340 kmHalf a day
Must-see
Yguazú · Alto Paraná
Lago Yguazú y Circuito Vivencial del Mundo Guaraní
A trail through Guaraní gods, myths and medicine on the shores of a large lake ringed by Atlantic Forest.
300 kmHalf a day
Must-see
Villa Ygatimí · Canindeyú
Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú
Paraguay's largest continuous Atlantic Forest: 64,000 hectares of rainforest, clear streams and 400 bird species.
310 km2–3 days
Must-see
Hernandarias · Alto Paraná
Tekotopa Centro Ambiental (Sendero del Jaguareté y Museo de Itaipu Tierra Guaraní)
Jaguars, tapirs and harpy eagles of the Atlantic Forest, plus Itaipú's great museum of nature and Guaraní culture.
335 km2–3 hours
Guairá 5
Must-see
Villarrica · Guairá
Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
The 'wandering city' that moved seven times: capital of Guairá, cradle of poets and home of the Guairá Carnival.
172 km1 day
Must-see
Independencia (casco urbano: Melgarejo) · Guairá
Colonia Independencia
A German-founded colony at the foot of the Ybytyruzú: waterfalls, hills, grapes, ice-cold draft beer and Chopp Fest.
179 km2–3 days
Must-see
Independencia · Guairá
Salto Suizo (Parque Ecológico Salto Suizo)
A waterfall of more than 60 meters deep in the Ybytyruzú forest, with ziplining, rappelling and nights in wine barrels.
192 km1 day
Must-see
General Eugenio A. Garay · Guairá
Cerro Tres Kandú
The roof of Paraguay: 842 meters and a demanding trail through Atlantic Forest and rock.
215 km1 day
Must-see
Caazapá · Caazapá
Caazapá
The most important Franciscan mission in the Río de la Plata region and the legendary spring of Friar Luis de Bolaños.
230 km1 day
Norte 5
Must-see
Concepción · Concepción
Concepción
The Pearl of the North: grand old mansions, a port with fiery sunsets and a gateway to the Paraguay River.
418 km1 day
Must-see
San Alfredo · Concepción
Arroyos Tagatiyá
Turquoise water over a limestone bed: the 'Paraguayan Bonito', where you float among the fish.
478 km1 day
Must-see
Vallemí · Concepción
Vallemí y sus cavernas
Paraguay's cement capital hides more than 50 limestone caves, with stalactites and macaw-filled forests.
568 km2-3 days
Must-see
Cerro Corá · Amambay
Parque Nacional Cerro Corá
Where the Great War ended: hills, forest and the stream where Marshal López fell.
420 km1 day
Must-see
Santa Rosa del Aguaray · San Pedro
Laguna Blanca
White sand, see-through water and cerrado all around: Paraguay's most unexpected beach.
286 km1 day
Chaco 7
Must-see
Filadelfia · Boquerón
Filadelfia (Colonia Fernheim)
The Mennonite capital of the Chaco: wide streets, pioneer and cooperative museums, and the best base for exploring the region.
470 km1 day
Must-see
Colonia Menno (distrito Teniente Irala Fernández) · Presidente Hayes
Laguna Capitán y lagunas saladas del Chaco Central
Salt lagoons deep in the Chaco where flamingos, coscoroba swans and hundreds of waterbirds spend the winter.
480 km1-2 days
Must-see
Boquerón (Neuland) · Boquerón
Fortín Boquerón
Trenches, cemeteries and a museum where Paraguay's victory in the Chaco War began.
500 km2-3 hours
Must-see
Del Puente Remanso a la frontera con Bolivia · Presidente Hayes
Ruta Transchaco (PY09)
A road trip of some 780 km through palm groves, marshes and thorny scrub, from the Paraguay River to Bolivia.
20 km2-3 days
Must-see
Fuerte Olimpo · Alto Paraguay
Fuerte Olimpo
A colonial fort from 1792 and three hills above the Paraguay River: the gateway to the Pantanal.
780 km2-3 days
Must-see
Bahía Negra (acceso por Madrejón) · Alto Paraguay
Parque Nacional Defensores del Chaco y Cerro León
Paraguay's largest protected area: dry forest, jaguars and Cerro León rising above the endless plain.
700 km2-3 days
Must-see
Bahía Negra · Alto Paraguay
Bahía Negra y el Pantanal paraguayo
The last Paraguayan town upriver: caimans, capybaras, otters and Yshir culture in the Pantanal.
900 km2-3 days