Paraguay, First EditionBradt Travel Guides, 2010 - 340 pagina's Paraguay is still largely undiscovered by travelers, but those who make their way here are delighted by the country s distinctive culture and strong indigenous features. This is the only truly bilingual nation of Latin America, with Guarani spoken alongside Spanish all over the country. Its folk-dance tradition is hugely popular among young people; its harp playing is legendary; and Paraguayans are proud of their different handicrafts, particularly their sewing. The country is also home to the historic Jesuit missions, or reductions (as depicted in the film The Mission).Bradt s Paraguay the only English-language guidebook to this emerging tourism destination covers the region with unrivalled detail and knowledge. Written by an author who has lived for the last decade in the Paraguayan countryside, where she has set up an educational charity, it delves deep into a country that has so far eluded the grasp of mass tourism, and where rich indigenous culture and folk traditions still hold strong." |
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Background Information | 3 |
Practical Information | 25 |
Asunción | 61 |
Circuito de Oro | 101 |
Misiones and the Jesuit Reductions | 153 |
Southeast to Itapúa and the Ruins | 189 |
Southwest to Ñeembucú and the Old Battlegrounds | 217 |
Excursion to the Iguazú Falls | 225 |
Villarrica and Central Paraguay | 253 |
Concepción and the Northeast | 271 |
The Chaco | 293 |
Language | 312 |
Glossary | 320 |
Selective List of Fauna | 325 |
Further Information | 327 |
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