--- title: "Encarnación – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Encarnación, Paraguay: Encarnación is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/encarnacion" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/encarnacion.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/J38_025_Encarnaci%C3%B3n%2C_Avenida_Costanera_Republica_del_Paraguay.jpg/3840px-J38_025_Encarnaci%C3%B3n%2C_Avenida_Costanera_Republica_del_Paraguay.jpg" --- District and city in Itapúa, Paraguay # Encarnación 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. ![Encarnación](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/J38_025_Encarnaci%C3%B3n%2C_Avenida_Costanera_Republica_del_Paraguay.jpg/3840px-J38_025_Encarnaci%C3%B3n%2C_Avenida_Costanera_Republica_del_Paraguay.jpg) Encarnación · Wikimedia Commons The place 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. The city was originally named Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación de Itapúa. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarnaci%C3%B3n%2C_Paraguay), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Encarnación 5 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. San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge The San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge iis an international cable-stayed road-rail bridge that spans the Paraná River, connecting the cities of Posadas, Argentina, and Encarnación, Paraguay. Originally proposed in 1977 as compensation to Paraguay for territorial flooding caused by the Yacyretá Dam, the 2,550-meter structure features a 570-meter main span and a 1,595-meter approach viaduct, accommodating both vehicular traffic and the Posadas-Encarnación International Train. 4.9 km · international bridge between Argentina and Paraguay · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Roque_Gonz%C3%A1lez_de_Santa_Cruz_Bridge) 2. St. Joseph's Cathedral, Posadas The St. Joseph's Cathedral, also called Posadas Cathedral, is the main Catholic church in the city of Posadas, capital of Misiones province in the South American country of Argentina. 4.2 km · church in Posadas, Argentina · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posadas_Cathedral) 3. Cathedral of the Incarnation, Encarnación 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. The current structure dates back to the efforts that began in 1913 and continued between 1928 and 1938 when it was opened. 1.5 km · church in Encarnación, Paraguay · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Incarnation,_Encarnaci%C3%B3n) 4. Universidad Nacional de Itapúa National University of Itapua is a Paraguayan national university with a range of degree offerings. UNI's campus is located on the Itapúa Department in the city of Encarnacion. 2.7 km · university in Encarnación de Itapúa, Paraguay · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Nacional_de_Itap%C3%BAa) 5. Estadio Villa Alegre Estadio Villa Alegre is a football stadium located in Encarnación, Paraguay. The stadium has a current spectator capacity of 16,000 people, with plans to expand to 30,000 at a later stage. 3.7 km · football stadium in Encarnación, Paraguay · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Villa_Alegre) 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. Go there ## Getting to Encarnación **Airports:** Teniente Ramon A. Ayub Gonzalez (ENO), 12 km · Guaraní (AGT), 233 km · Cataratas (IGU), 238 km\ - Ciudad del Este → Encarnación 237 km · quickest by road, 4h 10m · $22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ciudad-del-este-to-encarnacion) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ciudad+del+Este&to=Encarnaci%C3%B3n) - Asunción → Encarnación 288 km · quickest by road, 6h 2m · $29–40 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/asuncion-to-encarnacion) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Asunci%C3%B3n&to=Encarnaci%C3%B3n) - Foz do Iguaçu → Encarnación 236 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · R$80–105 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/foz-do-iguacu-to-encarnacion) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Foz+do+Igua%C3%A7u&to=Encarnaci%C3%B3n) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Encarnaci%C3%B3n) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Encarnación 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 Encarnación. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Go next Esteros del Ibera - can be reached by hiring a private 4x4 with driver for ~AR$1,000 one way. From [Wikivoyage: Posadas](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Posadas), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Ilha Grande](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ilha-grande) BR 10 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,265 km 2. [San Pedro de Atacama](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/san-pedro-de-atacama) CL 8 ways of moving, 30 sources 1,333 km 3. [Uyuni and the Salar de Uyuni](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/uyuni) BO 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 1,349 km 4. [Rurrenabaque](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rurrenabaque) BO 8 ways of moving, 37 sources 1,874 km 5. [Ollantaytambo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ollantaytambo) PE 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 2,312 km If you know how people move in Encarnación – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cencarnacion&title=Encarnaci%C3%B3n&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fencarnacion), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Encarnación Encarnación is 8 km from [Posadas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/posadas), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Posadas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/posadas) city in Argentina 4.4 km - [Loma Plata](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/loma-plata) human settlement 1.4 km - [San Juan del Paraná](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/san-juan-del-parana) district in Itapúa, Paraguay 8.7 km - [Cambyretá](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cambyreta) district in Itapúa Department, Paraguay 9.8 km [The place page for Encarnación](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/encarnacion) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Paraguay](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-PY) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/encarnacion, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. 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