Asunción

Asunción, Paraguay — one of South America's oldest cities, a low-rise riverside capital where Spanish colonial buildings sit beside Art Deco facades and the Río Paraguay.

The Manzana de la Rivera complex of restored colonial houses anchors the historic center near the Palacio de López presidential palace. Costanera de Asunción, a riverside boardwalk built over reclaimed wetland, is where locals gather for sunset and tasting terereé — Paraguay's cold yerba mate, sipped everywhere from parks to traffic jams.