Luque travel guide: how to plan a useful day

A useful day in Luque has four stops: the CONMEBOL Museum in the morning (free, booking required), the historic centre at midday with the pedestrian street, the shrine and the filigree jewellers, and Parque Ñu Guasu in the afternoon. Everything is close to Silvio Pettirossi airport, about 10 minutes from Asunción (La Nación, 2021⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠), so the plan works as an outing from the capital or as a way to use a day before or after a flight.

Morning: CONMEBOL Museum

The South American Football Museum sits next to CONMEBOL's headquarters near the airport (Wikipedia⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). It holds shirts from Libertadores, Sudamericana and Women's Libertadores champions, plus items from Pelé, Maradona, Di Stéfano, Messi, Garrincha and Zico (La Nación, 2025⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠).

• Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00–18:00, Saturday 9:00–12:00 (La Nación, 2025⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠).
• Entry: free with advance booking at conmebol.com/museo-conmebol. Book the day before; walk-ins are not admitted.
• Tip: on a Saturday, go here first, as it closes at noon.

Midday: the historic centre on foot

Park near Plaza General Aquino and walk:

• Virgen del Rosario Shrine and Plaza General Aquino: the patron saint's church and the main square with General Aquino's mausoleum (Wikipedia⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠).
• Filigree jewellers: more than twenty jewellery shops on Calle General Aquino and nearby blocks, around plazas Mariscal López and General Aquino. In 2023 they opened Saturdays 8:00–18:00 and Sundays and holidays 8:00–12:00, selling bracelets, earrings, rosaries, filigree brooches and bombillas, and taking custom orders such as wedding rings (ABC Color, 2023⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). Luque is known for gold and silver filigree and for its harp and guitar workshops (La Nación, 2021⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠).
• Peatonal Histórica: on Mariscal López between Teniente Herrero Bueno and Rosario, with old buildings and street performances (Wikipedia⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). It has cafés, sandwich bars, ice-cream shops and a restaurant open at weekends (ABC Color, 2023⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠), so this is your lunch stop.
• Mercado Municipal No. 1: produce and meat downstairs, clothing upstairs (ABC Color, 2024⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠), for a look at everyday Luque.

Afternoon: Parque Ñu Guasu

One of the largest parks in the area, with tennis, basketball and football courts and the Las Residentas monument (Wikipedia⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). It has walking, running and cycling circuits, shaded areas, toilets, cold-water fountains every kilometre and a first-aid post; on the 1 May 2025 holiday it opened 5:00–21:30 (Hoy, 2025⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). Go late afternoon when the heat drops and bring water.

Flying out: eat and wait near the airport

Plaza Madero shopping centre is on Autopista Silvio Pettirossi at Torokay, on the way to the airport (La Nación, 2021⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). It opened with evening restaurants, about 300 parking spaces and a 24-hour supermarket (Hoy, 2021⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). It is the easy place to have dinner or kill time before check-in without heading back into town.

Match night or festival

• Estadio Feliciano Cáceres: home of Sportivo Luqueño, holding about 27,000 people (ABC Color, 2023⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). On match nights expect crowds, street vendors and police barriers (Última Hora, 2015⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠); arrive early and park well away.
• 22 February: anniversary of Luque as capital, with shows on the Peatonal; in 2023 the show started at 19:00 (ABC Color, 2023⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠).
• 7 October: feast of the Virgen del Rosario, the city's patron (Wikipedia⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠).

Getting around Luque

The main roads are Avenida General Elizardo Aquino, Autopista Ñu Guasu and Avenida Las Residentas (Wikipedia⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). The museum and Plaza Madero are on the airport side, the historic centre further in, and Ñu Guasu along the motorway of the same name, so a car or ride-hailing app covers the day easily. Carry cash for small shops and stalls in the centre, or ask first whether they take QR payments.