Travel Guide San Estanislao (Santaní)

San Estanislao de Kostka del Tarumá, or Santaní (Taní for Stanislas in Guarani), is located at the crossroads of highways 3, 8 and 10, 155 km from Asunción, a 2 hour drive. A pleasant city for a stopover during a trip to the north. Around the Plaza de Armas, a baroque church with colonnades and a historical museum. The patron saint's day is November 13, the anniversary of the foundation (1749) of what was to be a Jesuit mission. The festival includes beautiful horseback riding demonstrations(jineteadas). To refresh yourself, go to the Arroyo Tapiracuãi. But be careful, the legend wants that the foreigner who bathes in the waters of the river is taken of an eternal desire to return. Some add, for the love of a Santanian woman...