🇵🇾 Asunción

📍 About Asunción

The most authentic Latin American capital: the Cabildo, the Metropolitan Cathedral, and the Guaraní atmosphere.

🗺️ What to do & see in Asunción

• ✅Walk through the historic center and Plaza de los Héroes
• ✅Stroll around the illuminated Palacio de López at dusk
• ✅Visit the Manzana de la Rivera and its colonial houses
• ✅Explore the Panteón Nacional de los Héroes
• ✅Discover the nearby Jesuit ruins of Trinidad
• ✅Try Paraguayan cuisine at a traditional market

🏛️ Must-see attractions in Asunción

• ⭐Palacio de los López
• ⭐Panteón Nacional de los Héroes
• ⭐Catedral Metropolitana de Asunción
• ⭐Manzana de la Rivera
• ⭐Costanera de Asunción
• ⭐Estación del Ferrocarril

🍽️ Local cuisine in Asunción

• 🍴Sopa paraguaya, a savory cornmeal and cheese bread
• 🍴Chipa, a cassava starch and cheese bread
• 🍴Mbeju, a fried cassava starch and cheese cake
• 🍴Paraguayan asado, grilled meat
• 🍴Tereré, a cold herbal infusion made with yerba mate

💡 Travel tips for Asunción

• 💡The best time to visit is from May to September, avoiding the extreme summer heat
• 💡Summer heat can be intense—stay well hydrated
• 💡Drink tereré constantly to beat the heat
• 💡The city is affordable compared to other capitals
• 💡Guaraní is co-official alongside Spanish