Paraguay Focus Guide, 2nd

by Groesbeck, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9781909268715
• ISBN10: 1909268712
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-09-16
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks

Summary

Walk around Asunción’s historic centre and admire the grandeur of colonial-era buildings like the Palacio de Gobierno, styled on the Palace of Versailles, before hitting market stalls selling traditional arts and crafts. Paraguay is an under-explored pocket of South America, boasting rich wildlife, lush forests, and mighty rivers. This land-locked country is home to a proud Guaraní culture, as well as the 16th-century Jesuit Missions, which are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Footprintfocus Paraguay is a concise and portable guide to this friendly country, containing detailed information on attractions that are both popular and off the beaten track. 

 

•          Essentials section with practical advice on getting there and around.

•          Highlights map so you know what not to miss.

•          Comprehensive listings on where to eat & sleep, plus details on festivals and activities.

•          Detailed street maps for Asunción and other important towns.

•          Slim enough to fit in your pocket.

 

Loaded with advice and information, this concise Footprintfocus guide will help you get the most out of Paraguay without weighing you down.

The content of the Footprintfocus Paraguay guide has been extracted from Footprint’s South America Handbook.

Author Biography

One of the first assignments Ben Box took as a freelance writer in 1980 was subediting work on the South American Handbook. The plan then was to write about contemporary Iberian and Latin American affairs, but in no time at all the lands south of the Rio Grande took over, inspiring journeys to all corners of the subcontinent. Ben has contributed to newspapers, magazines and learned tomes, usually on the subject of travel, and became editor of the South American Handbook in 1989. He has also been involved in Footprint’s Handbooks on Central America & Mexico, Caribbean Islands, Brazil, Peru, Cuzco & the Inca Heartland, and Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. On many of these titles he has collaborated with his wife and Footprint Caribbean expert, Sarah Cameron.Having a doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese studies from London University, Ben maintains a strong interest in Latin American literature. In the British summer he plays cricket for his local village side and year round he attempts to achieve some level of self-sufficiency in fruit and veg in a rather unruly country garden in Suffolk.