Hotel Restaurant Papillon — Hotel in Itapúa

Our room is really nice. Comfortable beds, big bathroom, TV and all in all it's comfortable after a long day on the the road. However, we went to the restaurant at around 7.30-7.45 PM very hungry and ordered a Ceasars salad to share as a starter. It was really good. Nice dressing. After that I ordered a 'pizza'. I asked if it was thin and got the answer that it was. About an 1 cm thick which I accepted. It was going to be a rectangle one though. I went with it, hoping that it was going to be a somewhat normal pizza. It wasn't. The seafood pizza I ordered (I know...seafood...) came out as a thicker bread thing. Not a pizza dough....more like a foccacia but dry. Bread. Toppings were 3 mussels of which one was dead. The rest was a few chewy calamari rings and a couple of shrimps (not langostinos), green olives and onions. I was very hungry after 9 hrs on the road today but I just could not enjoy it. The 2 mussels I had on the the whole pizza were just weird. I do not recommend...

Perfect location to stay when visiting the missions. Large room with quiet air con & comfy beds. Good bathroom & the first shower taps in Paraguay that I found straight forward to use. Rooms in blocks motel style. A nice swimming pool for a pleasant hour or so after a lot of driving, though maybe apply the insect repellent late afternoon||An interesting bar display of dozens of yerba matte brands (worth checking out the small nearby yerba mate display museum near the town sign for Bella Vista where you might pick up some free samples). Very good evening buffet parilla restaurant with a 7.30 start gives you the right amount of time to eat before heading back to the evening light show at the Trinidad Mission (Friday through Sunday). Friendly bar & restaurant staff all followed through with a good breakfast buffet||Wifi a bit hit & miss in the room so worth getting a drink in the bar before...

We recently stayed three nights at the Papillon while visiting the Jesuit-Guarani missions in nearby Trinidad and Jesús. Bella Vista is a small town, but the Papillon is obviously the go-to restaurant for the entire surrounding area, which is among the most prosperous in Paraguay, and the go-to hotel for anyone visiting the missions or wanting a quiet vacation in the countryside. With good reason. It's an excellently managed hotel, with high caliber rooms in an attractive cluster of one and two story buildings, with well-kept grounds including a swimming pool. The restaurant has an ambitious, well-executed menu including a locally famous buffet (indeed, even the woman working at the Paraguayan consulate in Washington told me I had to stay at the Papillon and have the buffet). The staff is friendly and...