Asunción
Asunción is the capital and the largest city of 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. The eastern part of the city is surrounded by the Central Department.
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Worth seeing in and around Asunción
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estadio Defensores del Chaco
The Estadio Defensores del Chaco is a multi-purpose stadium in Asunción, Paraguay. Located in the Sajonia neighbourhood, it is the owned by the Paraguayan Football Association and used mostly for football matches.
2.7 km · multi-purpose stadium in Asunción, Paraguay · Wikipedia - 02Estadio General Pablo Rojas
Estadio General Pablo Rojas, locally known as La Olla or La Nueva Olla and for sponsorship reasons known as Estadio ueno La Nueva Olla, is a football stadium in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, Paraguay. It is the home of Cerro Porteño.
2.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asunción
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption It is the main Catholic church in Asunción. It is located in the neighborhood La Catedral, in the historic center of the capital of Paraguay.
300 m · church in Asunción, Paraguay · Wikipedia - 04National Library of Paraguay
The National Library of Paraguay was created in 1887. It is the legal deposit and copyright library for Paraguay.
2.3 km · national library · Wikipedia - 05Estadio Ueno Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb
The Estadio Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb, officially known Estadio ueno Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb due to sponsorship, is a football stadium in Asunción, Paraguay. It is the home venue of Club Olimpia and is named after former club president Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb.
2.9 km · football stadium in Asuncion, Paraguay · Wikipedia - 06National Pantheon of the Heroes
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.
300 m · church building and national monument in Asunción, Paraguay · Wikipedia - 07Estadio Dr. Nicolás Léoz
The Estadio Tigo La Huerta is a hybrid grass football stadium in Asunción, Paraguay.
2.4 km · football stadium la cancha es de 102 x 66u · Wikipedia - 08Universidad Americana
The Universidad Americana is a private university located in Paraguay. Founded in 1994, the university has two teaching facilities in Asunción, one in Ciudad del Este and one in Encarnación.
3.5 km · Paraguayan university · Wikipedia - 09Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Asunción
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Asunción, located on Mcal. Estigarribia and Iturbe St.
1.6 km · art museum in Asunción, Paraguay · Wikipedia - 10Casa de la Independencia Museum
The Casa de la Independencia Museum is a history museum and historic house located in Asunción, Paraguay. The museum was inaugurated on May 14, 1965, and showcases pieces of history that date back to the independence of the country.
200 m · museum in Asunción, Paraguay · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01National Congress of Paraguay
One of the more impressive new buildings in the city.
- 02Metropolitan Cathedral
Next to the broad and picturesque plaza Independencia.
- 03Panteón Nacional de los Héroes
Houses the tomb of the unknown soldier along with other national heroes from Paraguay's history, also commemorative plaques for heroes of the Triple Alliance and Chaco War.
- 04Centro Cultural El Cabildo
Avenida República y Alberdi (at one edge of Plaza de la Independencia), contacto@cabildoccr.gov.py.
- 05Casa de la Independencia
14 de Mayo esquina Presidente Franco (one block down from Palma Street), info@casadelaindependencia.org.py.
- 06Palacio de López
Houses the Paraguayan executive branch government.
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Things to do
Trade fair. Every July. An exhibition booths, food, music and liquor. This is a good way to learn about what goes on in the country, the exhibitors range from agricultural suppliers to liquor manufacturers. Keep an eye out for the many free samples of food, soap, drinks, etc.
- 01Ñu Guazu
Spend the day or enjoy a picnic at Ñu Guazu, Asunción's biggest park.
- 02Running
Lots of elite Asunceños work off the stresses of their days at Parque Ñu Guazú, just outside Asunción in the city of Luque, on the way to the airport.
- 03Jardín Botánico y Zoológico
Visit the botanical garden and zoo - it's a very peaceful place filled with trees and nice paths.
- 04Estadio Defensores del Chaco
42,354 capacity stadium which is home of the Paraguay national football team, Club Guaraní and Club Olimpia.
- 05Estadio General Pablo Rojas
45,000 capacity stadium home to Cerro Porteño.
- 06Loma San Jerónimo Mirador Ita Pyta Punta
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Where to eat
At lunchtime there is no shortage of cheap restaurants to dine in or take away – you can't miss them. The places where you help yourself and pay by weight are usually very cheap and a decent option besides the slightly more expensive restaurants with their daily menu. At dinner time only very few eating places are still open and finding a good deal – especially if you are budget-conscious – is a lot harder.
- 01Burger King
Palma between 14 de Mayo and 15 de Agosto.
- 02Ña Eustaquia
421 Palma, past Lido's and the hall of martyrs, near Burger King.
- 03Seoul
Chile, near the intersection with Oliva (Plaza de los Heroes) and opposite an Esso petrol station.
- 04El Bolsi
- 05Lido Bar
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Getting to Asunción
- Airports
- Silvio Pettirossi (ASU), 12 km · Resistencia (RES), 280 km · Teniente Ramon A. Ayub Gonzalez (ENO), 281 km
- Encarnación → Asunción288 km · quickest by air, 4h 31m · $160–240
- Ciudad del Este → Asunción302 km · quickest by road, 6h 4m · $26–36
- Resistencia → Asunción276 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · AR$18,950–25,250
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Asunción
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Asunción. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAlso, some major hotels have their own private minibuses.
- Get inCopanatra car ferries link Asunción to Argentina crossing the river Paraguay between the at the end of Avenida Perón on the southern edge of the city with Puerto Pilcomayo, on the Argentinian side, every 30 min M-F 06:30-17:30, and Sa and holidays 07:00-13:30.
- Get aroundThe old is at the riverside end of calle Colón and El Paraguayo Independiente, where small motor boats and car ferries make the 25-minute river crossing to Chaco'í, a small town on the other side of the river where good views of Asunción can be observed.
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