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Paraguay at a glance
Paraguay is a country in South America; its capital is Asunción. People mainly speak Guarani and Spanish. The currency is the Paraguayan Guarani (PYG). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here, including 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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- Capital
- Asunción
- Region
- South America
- Languages
- Guarani, Spanish
- Currency
- Paraguayan Guarani (PYG)
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Before you go: official information
Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Paraguay’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.
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Places to see in Paraguay
12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.


Ruins of Jesús de TavarangueUNESCO
Misión de Jesús de Tavarangüé
Ruins · Itapúa Department
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.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Falk2 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de TavarangueUNESCO
Patrimonio Mundial Misiones jesuíticas de La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná y Jesús de Tavarangüé
Park & nature · Itapúa Department
The Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue are located in the Itapúa Department, Paraguay, and are religious missions that are still preserved and that were founded by the Jesuit missioners during the colonization of South America in the 17th century.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Falk2 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

Asunción
City
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.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Asunción Paraguay.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map


Encarnación
City · Itapúa Department
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.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Revirow (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map
San Lorenzo
City · Central Department
San Lorenzo is a city in the Central Department in Paraguay. It is a suburb of Asunción, and the third most populous city in Paraguay, with a population of 252,561. The National University of Asunción campus is located in San Lorenzo, that's why it is sometimes known as "Ciudad Universitaria".
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Robslpy (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

Palacio de los López
Fort
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.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Fotografía tomada por "globevisions" usuario de Flickr (CC BY 2.0). Map

Cerro Tres Kandú
Cerro Pero
Mountain · Guairá Department
Cerro Tres Kandú is the highest point in Paraguay, with an elevation of 842 meters (2,762 ft). It is located in the municipality of General Eugenio Garay, Guairá Department, in a hill range named Ybytyruzú.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Felipe Méndez (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map


National Pantheon of the Heroes
Panteón de los Héroes
Religious
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.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Felipe Antonio (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles
Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora de los Milagros de Caacupé
Religious · Cordillera Department
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles, also Caacupé Cathedral, is the religious building that functions as the Catholic cathedral of the city of Caacupé, Paraguay, and also as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caacupé that was created as a territorial prelature in 1960 and was…
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Signals (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map
A few words in Spanish
From VoyaKin’s free Spanish lessons in the app, with audio there.
- HolaHello / Hi
- Buenos díasGood morning
- Buenas tardesGood afternoon
- Buenas nochesGood evening / Good night
- ¿Cómo está?How are you? (polite)
- Bien, gracias. ¿Y usted?Fine, thanks. And you?
- AdiósGoodbye
- Hasta luegoSee you later / Bye
Keep exploring
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Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.
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