Paraguay
The least visited country in South America, with Jesuit ruins in the south and a capital nobody photographs. Bilingual in Spanish and Guaraní, genuinely.
Paraguay in ten slides
Wikipedia · 4 Sep 2026
Best time to visit Paraguay: May–Sep
Where people go in Paraguay
- Asunción2 days is about right
- Ciudad del Este2 days is about right
- Encarnación2 days is about right
What people go to see in Paraguay
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
Ciudad del Este is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km (203 mi) east of Asunción, the capital, and is adjacent to the border with Brazil, to which it is connected by the Friendship Bridge on the Paraná River.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Overkill53 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ciudad del Este is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km (203 mi) east of Asunción, the capital, and is adjacent to the border with Brazil, to which it is connected by the Friendship Bridge on the Paraná River.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Overkill53 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. It is the third-largest hydroelectric dam in the world in terms of produced energy.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 29 Aug 2026
Jonas de Carvalho · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Mezquita del Este, is a mosque and Islamic cultural center located in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. It serves as both a house of worship and a cultural hub for the Muslim community in the Triple Frontier region.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
Cmasi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ciudad del Este is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km (203 mi) east of Asunción, the capital, and is adjacent to the border with Brazil, to which it is connected by the Friendship Bridge on the Paraná River.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Overkill53 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Cathedral of the Incarnation Also Encarnación Cathedral Is the name that receives a religious building affiliated to the Catholic Church that is located in the center of the city of Encarnación that is the capital of the Department of Itapúa in the southern end of the South American country of Paraguay.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Jul 2026
Rodney Damián · CC BY-SA 3.0
Encarnación is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 274 km2 and a population of 106,842, and the Greater Encarnacion area has a population of around 200,000. Encarnación is the third-largest city of Paraguay.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jesús de Tavarangue was a Jesuit Reduction located in what is now Itapua, Paraguay. The ruins of the mission, together with those of Trinidad were designated a UN World Heritage Site designated in 1993.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Jul 2026
Lars Curfs (Grashoofd) · CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
Encarnación is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 274 km2 and a population of 106,842, and the Greater Encarnacion area has a population of around 200,000. Encarnación is the third-largest city of Paraguay.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Encarnación is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 274 km2 and a population of 106,842, and the Greater Encarnacion area has a population of around 200,000. Encarnación is the third-largest city of Paraguay.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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