Estancia Santa Clara
Estancia Santa Clara is located on a beautiful, peaceful ranch surrounded by endless hills and plains where you can feel in harmony with nature. It is built on 2,100 hectares (5,189 acres) and located in Caapucú, 141 km (88 miles) from Asunción. Rates includes
accommodation, breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner and all the activities
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Trigo del Sur
Trigo del Sur is a small, beautiful, British-run, guesthouse with garden and swimming pool. The house is built in traditional hacienda style around a central courtyard with large sitting and dining rooms, comfortable bedrooms and a shaded patio. The spacious, traditionally furnished rooms have fans and air conditioning
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Asunción, population 512,112 (2002), is the capital of Paraguay. Its metropolitan area, named Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby and Villa Elisa; having more than 1.5 million inhabitants. It is the seat of government, principal port and chief industrial and cultural centre of the country. Main outputs of the manufacturing industries include footwear, textiles, and tobacco products. The Spanish word asunción means assumption in English. It refers to the Assumption of Mary.
The city is home to the Godoy Museum and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (which contains old paintings from the XIX century), the Church of La Encarnación and the Cathedral, and the Panteón Nacional de los Héroes, a smaller version of Les Invalides in Paris, where many of the nation's heroes are entombed. Other landmarks include the Palacio de López (presidential palace), the old Senate building (a modern building opened to house Congress in 2003), the Catedral Metropolitana and the Casa de la Independencia (one of the few examples of colonial architecture remaining in the city). Calle Palma is the main street in downtown where several historical building, plazas, shops, restaurants and cafes are located. The "Manzana de la Rivera", located in front of the presidential palace, is a series of old traditional homes that have been restaured that act as a museum and showcases the architectural evolution of the city. The old railway station still maintains the old trains that now are used in tourist trips to the cities of Luque and Areguá (see Rail transport in Paraguay).
