River viewpoints
The broad Paraná.
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Parque Urquiza is the largest park in Paraná, capital of Entre Ríos province, covering 44 hectares of wooded slopes running down to the broad Paraná river. It began as land inherited by the widow of General Justo José de Urquiza, who gave it to the city in 1894 as a public park bearing his name. It was designed by the French landscape architect Carlos Thays, creator of Buenos Aires' best-known parks, and planted with many tree species, including jacaranda, pink lapacho, cypress and willow. Winding paths, steps and viewpoints look over the river and the islands opposite, and a beach and long waterfront draw locals to walk and run, especially at sunset. The park is free and open. It is loveliest in spring, when the jacarandas and lapachos bloom, and at sunset over the river.
The broad Paraná.
Jacaranda and lapacho.
Walks and sunsets.
Northeast Paraná city, on the bank of the Paraná river
In spring when the jacarandas and lapachos bloom, and any day at sunset over the river.