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🌟 Circuito de Oro: a road trip through Paraguay

✔ SENATUR🕒 1 to 2 days🚗 185 km📍 11 stops

The classic loop around Asunción: Areguá and Lake Ypacaraí, San Bernardino, Caacupé Basilica, Piribebuy, Paraguarí, Yaguarón, Itá, Itauguá and Capiatá.

Circuito de Oro
📷 Photo: Ulises Icardi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Stops along the way

  1. Palacio de los López

    Seat of government, built in 1857 by Carlos Antonio López. Lit up at night over the bay.

    → 15 km · ~21 min
  2. Museo del Fútbol Sudamericano

    At CONMEBOL's headquarters: trophies, shirts and football history.

    → 16 km · ~27 min
  3. Centro histórico de Areguá

    Lakeside town of pottery, strawberries and old mansions on Lake Ypacaraí.

    → 28 km · ~32 min
  4. San Bernardino y el lago Ypacaraí

    Paraguay's summer resort town: lake beaches, nightlife and German-style houses.

    → 23 km · ~32 min
  5. Basílica de Caacupé

    Shrine of the Virgin of Miracles, patroness of Paraguay. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims arrive every 8 December.

    → 22 km · ~20 min
  6. Piribebuy: iglesia y museo histórico

    Church from 1753 and site of the heroic 1869 defence in the War of the Triple Alliance.

    → 26 km · ~24 min
  7. Cerro Hũ

    Hill over the town of Paraguarí with views of the valleys.

    → 20 km · ~21 min
  8. Templo de San Buenaventura de Yaguarón

    Gem of Franciscan-Guaraní baroque (18th century), with unique painted altarpieces.

    → 10 km · ~13 min
  9. Itá: cerámica e iglesia San Blas

    Franciscan town famous for its pottery.

    → 14 km · ~19 min
  10. Itauguá, capital del ñandutí

    Home of ñandutí lace; its July fair gathers the weavers.

    → 12 km · ~15 min
  11. Catedral de Capiatá

    Colonial church with altarpieces and a Christ carved by indigenous artists.

Where to stay along the way

Departments on this route

Asunción Central Cordillera Paraguarí

Frequently asked questions

How many days does the Circuito de Oro route take?

We recommend 1 to 2 days.

How long is the Circuito de Oro route?

About 185 km by road from the first to the last stop (11 stops).

Where to stay on the Circuito de Oro route?

There are 41 places to stay within 8 km of the stops. The best rated are listed on this page.