Places to Go & Things to See
Piriapolis Rambla Four stars
The beach at Piriapolis is paralleled by a walkway for pedestrians and sightseers, as well as locals taking a lunch break in their vehicles with the doors open to give the breezes a better chance to cool them. A point of interest on the Rambla is a...
Houses in Piriapolis Neighborhoods
This day is spent in a small town that offers beach, shopping, a boardwalk,surrounded by hills and wooded areas, somewhat off well trod tourist tracks. To get here we pull off Route 1 out of Punta Del Este and cut through gorgeous hills and grasslands...
“The Hand” Beach sculpture
Right across from the bus terminal in Punta Del Este at Parada 1, Bravo Beach, is " The Hand." It is difficult not to see the outside beach sculpture if you are anywhere near it. The" Hand" is only the tips of three fingers and a thumb rising out of the...
Expedition time The port
The sun is barely awake. After a hotel continental breakfast, it is time for me to hit the road. The beaches on this marina side of the peninsula are non existent. The shores here are lined with rocks that create tide pools where multi-colored birds are...
Beach town before the tourist waves hit
Punta Del Este, moving into its tourist season, is a movie set waiting for a movie crew. It is hard to find fault with beach towns full of light, openness, a relaxed attitude and water in every direction, at the end of every street. This morning a few...
Colonia Del Sacramento A beautiful place
A picture is worth a thousand words, some say, so here are fifteen thousand words. Colonia Del Sacramento, new and old, is quiet, peaceful, scenic, and makes for rambling, sightseeing, day dreaming. There are many Europeans who come here to live...
Pencil Museo/Ruta 1 You thought they were just to write with
The first stop on our day trip is a farm and museum off Route 1 that takes you from Montevideo to Colonia Del Sacramento through some of the best vineyards and cattle country in Uruguay. The Museo and farm are the creation of Emilio Arenas who not only...
Colonia Del Sacramento Lighthouse Tallest points
The lighthouse on the tip of the peninsula offers the best view of the town .It is one of the sights I came to see by joining a tour group at a local Montevideo hotel. The lighthouse stairs are almost straight up and a two hundred and fifty pound...
Sunday Flea Market Tristan Narvaja Street
It is Sunday. Taking the turista bus a second time, our first stop is the Tristan Street flea market. It is set up on a narrow street, tree lined, packed with vendors and customers on a sunny day in November. As shoppers and browsers move through the...
Pocitos Farmers Market Fresh as it gets
Sometimes travel Gods give you good outcomes. You don't have a plan, just strike out and do what seems to be interesting and they take you to places and events you didn't know existed. When I started this morning I was going to go to the Centro to check...
Pocitos-Frisbee Walking the Rambla
The Rambla is a paved course way that runs from Ciudad Vieja to Pocitos and beyond. It runs along the sea where humans go to walk and talk, show themselves off to the world, build sand castles on the beach. There are animals, bike riders,...
Palacio Taranco tourist stop
The Palacio is, by the map, located in the heart of the Old City. If you look at a map of Montevideo you see at least thirty points of interest in Ciudad Vieja and fewer as you move outward towards other barrios; Centro, Barrio Sur, Palermo, Aguada,...
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