Tourism & attractions
Your complete guide to tourism in Paraguay: national parks, historic cities, cultural routes and outdoor adventures. Plan your trip with ViaParaguay.
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Areguá — Ceramic Capital and UNESCO City
UNESCO Creative City 30 km from Asunción, renowned for artisan ceramics, colonial streets and the July-August Strawberry Fair.
Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora del Pilar
Declared a minor basilica by papal decree, this church in Pilar was the first in the country to receive that rank. Its interior is clad in Italian marble.
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Milagros de Caacupé
Paraguay's most important Marian shrine; the current basilica was commissioned in 1939, its cornerstone laid in 1945, and construction completed in 2006, before Pope Francis elevated it to Minor Basilica status in 2015.
Monday Waterfalls
Paraguay's most visited waterfalls (40m high, 120m wide) with panoramic elevator, zip-line and natural pools.
Catedral - Parroquia Espíritu Santo Villarrica
The Espíritu Santo Cathedral is the seat church of the Diocese of Villarrica, created in 1929. Its current structure dates from 1891 and its tower keeps a bell cast in 1781.
Catedral Metropolitana Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Seat of the first diocese of the Río de la Plata; neoclassical cathedral blessed in 1845, with a silver-clad main altar, visited by Popes John Paul II (1988) and Francis (2015).
Lambaré Hill (Cerro Lambaré)
A 156 m volcanic hill on the banks of the Paraguay River in Asunción, crowned by the Monument to Victorious Peace and a statue of Chief Lambaré. It offers one of the best panoramic views of the capital.
Itaipú Binacional Tourism Complex
The world's largest hydroelectric dam by energy output, with tours, museum and nature reserve in Hernandarias, Alto Paraná.
Asunción Waterfront (Costanera)
8-km linear park on the Asunción Bay with cycle paths, open-air amphitheater, sports areas, restaurants and views of the Paraguay River.
Encarnación Waterfront
27 km of renovated waterfront with artificial beaches, gastronomy and Paraguay's largest carnival in January-February.
Fortín Boquerón
A historical-military site in the Chaco, scene of the 1932 Battle of Boquerón during the Chaco War; a free field museum with trenches, cemeteries, and the Potez 25 TOE aircraft.
Three Borders Landmark (Hito Tres Fronteras)
Tricolor obelisk and viewpoint in Presidente Franco, at the confluence of the Paraná and Iguazú rivers, where Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet. At night it offers a dancing-waters light show.