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relaxed lifestyle, friendly people, suns always out
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get ready to sweat...really humid
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Great city for Shopping and Nightlife is GREAT!!
1 Review and 51 Opinions We found it difficult to find budget or cheap accommodation in Asuncion. There didn't seem to be any...
2 Reviews and 15 Opinions Hotel Westfalenhaus is a very good place to stay. My last stay there was for 90 days. No matter...
chris_i79 Says: Another option for getting around Paraguay and Asuncion is to hire a private driver. The advantage of hiring a driver is he has a lot of knowledge of the area,...
The Granodos Park Hotel: Great Value
Pete.Gibson Says: Very comfortable hotel, central to all the sights asuncion has to offer good fitness centre and nice rooftop pool (although very cold in July) excellent...
Hotel Bavaria: Best value in Asunción
fool_moon Says: Rooms are air-conditionned which is in Asunción generally necessary. Best breakfast buffet in Paraguay (comes with German ham specialities). Very friendly...
the CHACO- where wildness is still wild!
fitforfun Says: Have you ever been gone to the CHACO in Paraguay? Not? Have you never heard about dove shooting? I must say, not everyone wants to do that, it depends on the...
Bar@ka bar: Perfect meat and Services, Nice for football games
kicksfet Says: In the city center, in front of the Vice president building, Bar@ka is a Bar / Restaurant doing buffet for lunch, and you've also have pasta, pizza and other...
Apar-T-otel Porta Westfalica: Asuncion Paraguay good B&B
kicksfet Says: I've been there for something like 6 month and it's a very good and familiar place. All is included, the room, mini bar, swimming pool, sauna, hamam,...
Pete.Gibson Says: This memorial to Paraguays fallen heroes, is modeled on the les Invalides in Paris, Francisco solano lopez is buried here along with the unknown soldier its...
Pete.Gibson Says: The presidental palace offers good veiws out over the rio Paraquay but look to the right and a shanty town speads from the doorstep almost down to the river...
Pete.Gibson Says: This great river was the reason why the city was founded here in 1537, it was a good staging post for the spanish with easy access to the sea and back to spain...
JohnByron Says: I met some wonderful people and saw a different way of life very different from America. It is about family, friends and living life;a comfortable life, not...
JohnByron Says: The street venders seemed honest; honest enough, in fact, to tell me it was a fake Rolex....lol..and the Louie Vaton hand bag, fake too...needless to say i did...
JohnByron Says: This is a swimming hole, I can not remember the name of it; i will try to put it in soon. Great fun ,however, we were there for about 2 hours before we had to...
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Plaza de los Héroes (Heros' Square) is not one square, but four (each one is a block). This is the very heart of the city, and it is a nice place, although the...
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Q: Can anyone tell me if there is information on the web about the wonderful ice cream parlor in Asuncion called "Sugar?" Thank you!

A: I have to look into this one. I lived there in 1980 when the first parlor opened; wonderful icecream. Don't know the "Sugar" one, but it will have a look. PJ
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Although Paraguay is not so far from Uruguay, I had never been there before; an unexpected trip to Iguassu falls let me spend a few days in this "brother country". Both countries have a common history...
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Asuncion is the capital city of Paraguay in the heart of South America. It is located on the banks of the Rio Paraguay which borders Argentina.
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Well worth a visit to this quiet backwater, spend a couple of days here ,most of the museums and Art galleries have nothing witten in english so a knowedge of Spanish is a deffinate advantage...
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Everyone drink's it , everywhere you go, They carry a jug with Ice water, a pouch of mate and a cup with a metal straw. It is a social drink for friends. They share from the same cup and if offered......
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Chicken and Beef is very affordable in the city. It is not a very spectacular city but you can see some early buildings.
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