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Ciudad del Este

Ciudad del Este is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River.

Ciudad del Este
Ciudad del Este · Ezarate (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

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. It is the largest city within the Triple Frontier region, which borders Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and Puerto Iguazú, Argentina. The Itaipú Dam, one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world, is near Ciudad del Este, as is Iguazu Falls.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ciudad del Este

9 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.

  1. 01
    Friendship Bridge

    The Friendship Bridge is an arch bridge connecting the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu and the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este.

    1.7 km · deck arch bridge between Brazil and Paraguay in South America · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi

    The Antonio Aranda Stadium, known until 2013 as Estadio Tte. Cnel.

    1.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Tancredo Neves Bridge

    The Tancredo Neves Bridge, better known as Fraternity Bridge, is a bridge that connects the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu with the Argentine Puerto Iguazú, spanning the Iguazú River. Measuring 489 meters long, 16.5 meters wide, and 70 meters high, it began with a 1972 letter of intent and officially opened on November 29, 1985.

    9.8 km · bridge in Foz do Iguaçu to Puerto Iguazú · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Mosque

    The Omar Ibn Al-Khatab Mosque is a mosque located at Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil. It is situated in the city near the Iguaçu Falls.

    3.8 km · mosque in Brazil · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Acaray Dam

    The Acaray Dam is a hydroelectric dam situated in Hernandarias, Paraguay. It has an electrical output of 210 MW, supplying 3% of Paraguay's electricity demand.

    6.5 km · dam in Hernandarias, Paraguay · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Saltos del Monday

    The Municipal Park Monday [monˈdaɨ] and its main attraction – approximately 45 m tall and 120 m wide waterfall named Saltos del Monday – are located in the Presidente Franco District, Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay, located around 25°33'40.6"S latitude and 54°38'00.1"W longitude, occupying an area of 1.6 hectares.

    5.2 km · waterfall · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana

    The Federal University for Latin American Integration is a public university located in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, at the tri-national border shared by Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. UNILA emphasises natural resources, social studies and language, international relations and areas considered important for development and regional integration.

    5.9 km · public federal university in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Buddhist Temple of Foz do Iguaçu

    The Chen Tien Buddhist Temple in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, was built in 1996 by Chinese communities in the triple frontier region of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It is associated with the Pure Land school of Buddhism.

    5 km · building in Brazil · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Mezquita del Este

    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.

    900 m · mosque in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Itaipú
  2. 02
    Scale model
  3. 03
    Itaipu Museum Guarani Land
  4. 04
    Salto del Monday
  5. 05
    Three Borders Landmark

From Wikivoyage: Ciudad del Este, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Refugio Biológico Tati Yupi

From Wikivoyage: Ciudad del Este, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Due to the premium placed on street-front property, Ciudad del Este's eateries and dining establishments are commonly found inside multi-leveled shopping malls and are relatively scarce on the main street of San Blas. As a consequence of considerable immigrant populations, Ciudad del Este has a diverse variety of ethnic food options that one can take advantage of.

  1. 01
    Govinda Restaurante Veg

    Abay.

  2. 02
    Gouranga Restaurant

    Av.

  3. 03
    Mister Burguer

    Av.

  4. 04
    Burger Star Ucraniano

    Av.

  5. 05
    Churrasqueria Recanto Tropical

    Av.

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Go there

Getting to Ciudad del Este

Airports
Cataratas (IGU), 15 km · Guaraní (AGT), 23 km · Teniente Ramon A. Ayub Gonzalez (ENO), 226 km
  • Encarnación → Ciudad del Este
    237 km · quickest by road, 5h 4m · $22–30
    GuideToday
  • Asunción → Ciudad del Este
    302 km · quickest by road, 5h 52m · $26–36
    GuideToday
  • Resistencia → Ciudad del Este
    483 km · quickest by road, 10h 35m · AR$37,400–49,850
    GuideToday
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ciudad del Este

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 Ciudad del Este. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inA couple of km south of Ciudad del Este, where Rio Paraná and Rio Iguaçu join, is a ferry crossing to Puerto Iguazú in Argentina without crossing Brazilian territory.
  • Get inThe ferry runs hourly during daylight hours for AR$5.
  • Get inGeneral Bernardino Caballero), take a bus labeled Tres Fronteras (destination, not the company name) and ask to be dropped at la balsa (the ferry).
  • Get inBoth countries have immigration facilities on their respective side of the river, so the ferry can be used not only for day tours but also for official border crossings.
  • Go nextThere is a ferry (balsa) to Argentina from Presidente Franco, just outside Ciudad del Este.

From Wikivoyage: Ciudad del Este, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Ilha GrandeBR

    10 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,090 km
  2. 02
    Uyuni and the Salar de UyuniBO

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    1,370 km
  3. 03
    San Pedro de AtacamaCL

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    1,407 km
  4. 04
    RurrenabaqueBO

    8 ways of moving, 37 sources

    1,825 km
  5. 05
    Morro de São Paulo and Ilha de TinharéBR

    9 ways of moving, 31 sources

    2,125 km

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