Plaza Uruguaya Asuncion

Asuncion , Paraguay
  • Traveler Rating 2.50
    31 reviews 8 travel blogs 4 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Town center/square/plaza

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    10of 14 attractions in Asuncion

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  • 1

    Undiscovered Asuncion

    23 photos

    ... a local football game, and tonight I stuck with juice, not beer. My Internet place was closed all weekend!! Harsh! I potter around Plaza Uruguaya for a few minutes, just to watch the locals. There is a family in the street, opening black bin liners to ...

  • 2

    Navigating the capital of Paraguay

    5 photos

    ... not him, but he beeped us a few minutes later and pointed to the bus behind him. So we did finally make it to the Plaza Uruguaya in downtown, rather relieved that it was more "normal" than the suburbs which were a messy sprawl of dirty streets, odd shops ...

  • 3

    Asunción

    ... guy sitting next to me on the collectivo from the border helped me get a bus to my hotel at the heart of the city on Plaza Uruguaya. One of the first things that I learned upon getting here is that this small isolated city, of all the cities I´ve ...

  • 4

    Asuncion

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    Asuncion is a relaxed and quiet city - it feels more like a town than a capital city. Our hotel, right on Plaza Uruguaya in the centre was the perfect palce to start exploring from. After a quick breakfast we headed out into the hot sunshine. One of ...

  • 5

    Sight seeing, planning for the future...

    ... In one of the plazas, there is a squatter camp, protesting the government for more rights for the people. They have taken over the Plaza Uruguaya completely and the police are in force to ensure nothing gets out of hand. We feel very safe in the city. ...

  • 6

    Unknown Asuncion *

    ... to the city centre, but one also by the football stadium. One of the saddest aspects was bang in the city centre, at Plaza Uruguaya, many poor people squatt there and hoke in rubbish bins for food. Anything. They make tents out of dirty bin bags and ...

  • 7

    Escape from Paraguay

    ... too old.  The next day I had serious business to attend to  I took my cheap (although almost new) sleeping bag to Plaza Uruguaya where some folk were camped as part of a protest and presented it to a woman saying, "Hace mucho frio en la ...

  • 8

    My hostel...

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      This really is a lovely little hostel to stay, very near to Plaza Uruguaya, and within walking distance of all the major banks, shops, the harbour, etc. It is a good 20min from the bus station, but from what i've heard, you dont want to stay near ...