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.
Trinidad · Itapúa
Paraguay's best-preserved Jesuit reduction: reddish stone, musician angels and an evening light show.
Jesús · Itapúa
A colossal church that was never finished: trefoil arches in the middle of the countryside, a World Heritage Site.
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
The domed shrine where the great names of Paraguayan history rest, watched over by soldiers in full dress uniform.
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
The colonial house where Paraguay's independence was plotted on the night of May 14, 1811.
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
The palace Carlos Antonio López had built for his son, now the seat of the executive branch overlooking the bay.

Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Kilometers of waterfront promenade along the bay for walking, cycling and watching the sun set over the Chaco.
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Asunción's biggest and most chaotic market: herbs for tereré, no-frills eateries, Guaraní and haggling in every aisle.
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
Modern Asunción: restaurants, bars, malls and hotels along tree-lined avenues.
Asunción · Asunción (Distrito Capital)
The country's finest museum: Indigenous, folk and contemporary Paraguayan art under one roof.
Luque · Central
The home of South American football: trophies, championship jerseys and interactive exhibits, with free entry.
Del Puente Remanso a la frontera con Bolivia · Presidente Hayes
A road trip of some 780 km through palm groves, marshes and thorny scrub, from the Paraguay River to Bolivia.
Areguá · Central
Capital of pottery and strawberries, with historic mansions stepping down from the church to the lake.
Areguá, San Bernardino e Ypacaraí · Central y Cordillera
The lake behind Paraguay's most famous guarania: sunsets, sailboats and historic towns along its shores.
Areguá · Central
Five- and six-sided sandstone columns: a geological rarity with few equals anywhere in the world.
Itauguá · Central
The capital of ñandutí: handmade 'spiderweb' lace, sold right along Route PY02.
Itá · Central
One of the oldest towns in the country and a capital of pottery, with a clay tradition recognized by UNESCO.
Yaguarón · Paraguarí
A jewel of Guaraní Baroque: 18th-century altarpieces and a candidate for UNESCO World Heritage status.
San Bernardino · Cordillera
An 1881 German colony on the shores of Ypacaraí and Paraguay's summer capital: lakeside promenade, bars and long nights.
Caacupé · Cordillera
Paraguay's spiritual capital: a Marian basilica, the Virgin's spring and the country's largest pilgrimage.
Piribebuy · Cordillera
Heroic town of 1869 and home of the 60-stripe poncho para'i, recognized by UNESCO as intangible heritage.
Tobatí · Cordillera
Paraguay's craft capital: potters, carvers of saints and sandstone hills with a natural stone arch.
Paraguarí · Paraguarí
Suspension bridges, two ziplines and rappelling in Atlantic Forest, with views of the Paraguarí hills.
Sapucai · Paraguarí
A railway town among the hills: British workshops from 1894, steam locomotives and tea in the English Village.
Ybycuí (Minas Cué) · Paraguarí
Atlantic Forest, cold-water falls and the ruins of the La Rosada iron foundry, from 1854.
La Colmena (compañía Isla Alta, límite con Borja, Guairá) · Paraguarí
A curtain of crystal-clear water over rock walls, hidden in the forest between Paraguarí and Guairá.
Villarrica · Guairá
The 'wandering city' that moved seven times: capital of Guairá, cradle of poets and home of the Guairá Carnival.
Independencia (casco urbano: Melgarejo) · Guairá
A German-founded colony at the foot of the Ybytyruzú: waterfalls, hills, grapes, ice-cold draft beer and Chopp Fest.
Independencia · Guairá
A waterfall of more than 60 meters deep in the Ybytyruzú forest, with ziplining, rappelling and nights in wine barrels.
General Eugenio A. Garay · Guairá
The roof of Paraguay: 842 meters and a demanding trail through Atlantic Forest and rock.
Caazapá · Caazapá
The most important Franciscan mission in the Río de la Plata region and the legendary spring of Friar Luis de Bolaños.
Humaitá · Ñeembucú
The shell-torn church that became a national symbol, next to the fortress that held back three armies.

Santa Rosa del Aguaray · San Pedro
White sand, see-through water and cerrado all around: Paraguay's most unexpected beach.
Yguazú · Alto Paraná
A trail through Guaraní gods, myths and medicine on the shores of a large lake ringed by Atlantic Forest.
Villa Ygatimí · Canindeyú
Paraguay's largest continuous Atlantic Forest: 64,000 hectares of rainforest, clear streams and 400 bird species.
Ciudad del Este · Alto Paraná
The great shop window of the Triple Frontier: shopping, a cosmopolitan buzz and the gateway to Itaipú and the Monday Falls.
San Cosme y Damián · Itapúa
The mission where a Jesuit studied the stars in 1703; today, a planetarium, telescopes and dark skies beside the Paraná.
Hernandarias · Alto Paraná
One of the world's largest hydroelectric plants, free and guided: colossal engineering on the Paraná River.
Presidente Franco · Alto Paraná
Three main drops of about 40 meters amid Atlantic Forest, just minutes from the bustle of Ciudad del Este.
Encarnación · Itapúa
The Pearl of the South: riverfront promenade, river beaches, carnival and the perfect base for the Jesuit missions.
Encarnación · Itapúa
Miles of promenade and sandy beaches on the Paraná: this is the capital of the Paraguayan summer.