Things to do in Paraguay

UNESCO-listed 17th and 18th-century mission settlements built as largely self-governing Guaraní communities before the Jesuit order's expulsion.

South America's oldest continuously inhabited capital, with colonial-era buildings along the Paraguay River and a relaxed, under-visited pace.

A vast, sparsely populated wilderness region shared with Bolivia and Argentina, home to jaguars, tapirs, and remote Mennonite farming colonies.

Despite being called 'soup,' it's a dense, cheese-studded cornbread and considered Paraguay's signature national dish.