Asunción
South America's least-visited capital: low, hot, and built along a river with a pink presidential palace facing it. Worth coming for the fact that virtually nobody does.
Asunción in eight slides
Wikipedia · 4 Sep 2026
Things to do in Asunción
Where to stay in Asunción
Asunción in a day, two days, three
- Day 14 stops
- Asunción Cathedral
- Casa de la Independencia
- Museo del Barro
- Museo Memoria de la Ciudad
- Day 23 stops
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
- Palacio de los López
- Panteón Nacional de los Héroes
Landmarks in Asunción
Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, immediately north northeast of the confluence where it is joined by the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River separates Asunción from the Occidental Region of Paraguay to the northwest, and from Argentina to the southwest.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Robert Servin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Casa de la Independencia Museum is a history museum and historic house located in Asunción, Paraguay.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Fernando Boccia · Public domain
Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, immediately north northeast of the confluence where it is joined by the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River separates Asunción from the Occidental Region of Paraguay to the northwest, and from Argentina to the southwest.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Robert Servin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Museum of the Memory of the City is located in the Viola House, one of the nine buildings that make up the architectonic complex Manzana de la Rivera, in front the Government house, in Asunción, capital of Paraguay.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Casalin c · CC BY-SA 4.0
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Asunción, located on Mcal. Estigarribia and Iturbe St. in Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay, displays over 650 works of art, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, photographs, Paraguayan and international artists. As well as antique coins, furniture and various objects that belonged to its creator.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Casalin c · CC BY-SA 4.0
Palacio de los López, officially titled Palacio de Gobierno is a neoclassical manor in Asunción, Paraguay, that serves as a workplace for the President of Paraguay, and as the seat of the government of Paraguay. The president does not reside in the palace, and is instead housed at Mburuvicha Róga, some 2.5 km to the southeast.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
Fotografía tomada por "globevisions" usuario de Flickr. · CC BY 2.0
The National Pantheon of the Heroes, whose full name National Pantheon of Heroes and Oratory of the Virgin of the Assumption is a building and landmark of Asunción, Paraguay, and a national monument of Paraguay. Located between Palma and Chile streets in the downtown area of the Paraguayan capital, it is considered of great architectural, artistic and cultural heritage.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 7 Aug 2026
Felipe Antonio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, immediately north northeast of the confluence where it is joined by the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River separates Asunción from the Occidental Region of Paraguay to the northwest, and from Argentina to the southwest.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Robert Servin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Casa de la Independencia Museum is a history museum and historic house located in Asunción, Paraguay.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Fernando Boccia · Public domain
Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, immediately north northeast of the confluence where it is joined by the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River separates Asunción from the Occidental Region of Paraguay to the northwest, and from Argentina to the southwest.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Robert Servin · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Museum of the Memory of the City is located in the Viola House, one of the nine buildings that make up the architectonic complex Manzana de la Rivera, in front the Government house, in Asunción, capital of Paraguay.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Casalin c · CC BY-SA 4.0
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Asunción, located on Mcal. Estigarribia and Iturbe St. in Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay, displays over 650 works of art, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, photographs, Paraguayan and international artists. As well as antique coins, furniture and various objects that belonged to its creator.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Casalin c · CC BY-SA 4.0
Palacio de los López, officially titled Palacio de Gobierno is a neoclassical manor in Asunción, Paraguay, that serves as a workplace for the President of Paraguay, and as the seat of the government of Paraguay. The president does not reside in the palace, and is instead housed at Mburuvicha Róga, some 2.5 km to the southeast.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
Fotografía tomada por "globevisions" usuario de Flickr. · CC BY 2.0