Mercado 4

This place has everything, but easy tot get lost. Definitely mark where you parked. Vendors seemed helpful to point us in the direction of the next thing we were looking for if they didn’t offer it. It was a real shopping adventure.

Fun experience. You can find almost anything here, but it'd help to be with a local. It's like a maze, and there is no map or guide. Just walk around and figure it out as you go. Great prices though. Good street food, too.

A place where you can buy a variety of goods in quite a few stores and stalls. It is something for someone who is looking for bargains. The atmosphere is friendly and extremely popular, you should definitely test the food that is prepared at individual tables by a wide variety of women. This is pure Latin America.

The Asuncion municipality should clean it up. Is not aesthetik... Also, they shouldn't allow cars to park. They should prioritize pedestrians more.

Good place to find cheap produce and goods of all kinds for reasonable prices. I'd be wary of pickplckets and bring little of value just in case. There are small restaurant stalls on the top floor of one of the buildings that serve local food for very cheap and it's quite good. I'd recommend La Abuela. The caldo de pollo was delicious.

head to Mercado Cuatro (officially called Mercado Municipal 4) for a hot bowl of pira caldo, a traditional Paraguayan fish soup full of veggies and Paraguayan cheese. Browse the stalls to pick up souvenirs, like a guampo (a cup shaped like a horn) and a bombilla (metal filtered straw), for drinking tereré, a local yerba maté-infused tea.

Crazy wild place, sells many great items, but you need to take your time to find them.

I love it here. So atmospheric and much less hassle than other such markets across the world. There are different areas for different products and it becomes pretty easy to navigate on your third or fourth trip. Definitely check out the municipal canteen which is very different to anywhere I’ve been before.