Southern Paraguay: Places to Explore

Quintessential border town Ciudad del Este mixes a bit of sleaze with a lot of shopping (and, reputedly, an equal amount of smuggling). Expect little in the way of history here—the city dates only... Read more

Encarnación was the site of the long-gone Itapúa mission, but you'd never know it today. Linked by bridge to the Argentine town of Posadas, Encarnación is a somewhat dreary border... Read more

Famous throughout Paraguay for its ceramics, Itá is the place to come for its distinctive black clay pottery. You'll pass a government-run handicraft exhibition before you reach town. On February... Read more

Farms give way to rolling grasslands as you approach Villa Florida, the grazing grounds of white Nelore cattle. Cowboys in wide-brim hats tend the herds on horses saddled in sheepskin, while goats stealthily... Read more