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Photo: La Santísima Trinidad del Paraná — ogwen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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.

Check your own government’s travel advice before you go.

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.

  • La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná

    La Santísima Trinidad de ParanáUNESCO

    Misión de La Santísima Trinidad del Paraná

    Ruins · Itapúa Department

    La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná, or the Most Holy Trinity of Paraná, is the name of a former Jesuit reduction in Paraguay.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: ogwen (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Ruins of Jesús de Tavarangue

    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 Tavarangue

    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

    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

  • Ciudad del Este

    Ciudad del Este

    City · Alto Paraná Department

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

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Cmasi (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Encarnación

    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

    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

    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 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

  • Ypacaraí Lake

    Ypacaraí Lake

    Lago Ypacaraí

    Lake · Central Department

    Ypacaraí Lake is a major body of water located in Paraguay, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of the capital, Asunción.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Steve (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • National Pantheon of the Heroes

    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

    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

Also in South America: Brazil · Colombia · Argentina · Bolivia · Bouvet Island · Chile · Ecuador · Falkland Islands

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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