Paraguay travel guide
Before you go to Paraguay
- Currency
- PYG ₲
- Emergency number
- 911 / 911
- Plug type
- C
- Tap water
- bottled_recommended
- Tipping
- modest_optional
- Bargaining
- Common
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard
- ATM fees
- PYG 25,000-50,000 flat per withdrawal for foreign cards regardless of amount
Cities in Paraguay
- Asunción Capital and largest city of Paraguay, on the east bank of the Paraguay River — one of South America's oldest cities ("Mother of Cities"),…
- Ciudad del Este Paraguay's second-largest city in Alto Paraná, a major tax-free border-shopping hub at the Triple Frontier. Gateway to the colossal Itaipú…
- Encarnación Capital of Itapúa on the Paraná River opposite Posadas, Argentina. Known as "the Pearl of the South," it is Paraguay's premier summer/beach…
- San Bernardino Lakeside resort on the west shore of Lake Ypacaraí, founded 1881 by German immigrants (originally "Nueva Baviera"). Known as "Sanber,"…
- Trinidad Small Itapúa village ~28 km NE of Encarnación, home to the UNESCO-listed La Santísima Trinidad del Paraná — the largest of the 17th-century…
- Areguá Historic artisan town on Lake Ypacaraí (~30 km from Asunción), famed for ceramics, strawberry farms, cobblestone streets and colonial…
- Filadelfia Largest town of the Paraguayan Chaco and seat of the Fernheim Mennonite Cooperative, founded by German-speaking Mennonites in 1930 ~460 km…
- Concepción Northern river-port city on the Río Paraguay, "La Perla del Norte," with early-20th-century mansions, a working river port and a lively…