Articles tagged with "Paraguay"
Eastern Paraguay is subtropical and well watered. The Chaco west of the river is semi arid and reaches the highest temperatures recorded anywhere in the region. They are one country and they are not one climate.
Paraguay grants 90 days on arrival to most visitors and asks only that a passport be valid for the length of the stay. The part that catches people out is not the visa. It is the entry stamp.
Paraguay has no dry season in the sense that the Andes do. It has a hot half and a mild half, and the choice between them decides whether you are planning around heat or around comfortable walking weather.
Nanduti is a needle lace worked in radiating circles on a wooden frame. Itaugua, half an hour east of Asuncion, is where it is made, and buying it there is the point of going.
Asuncion was founded in 1537 and was the base from which much of southern South America was colonized. It is low rise, humid, walkable in parts and almost entirely undiscovered by visitors.
La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue were inscribed together in 1993 as a single property. They are Paraguay's only World Heritage inscription, and they are two stops rather than one.