Palacio Salvo Montevideo

From Argentina, it's just a jump to Uruguay. You have to cross by boat only the Rio de la Plata and you are in Colonia del Sacramento or Montevideo. We took the direct ferry connection from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and went from there straight with the bus to Punta del Este.


Punta del Este is as the name suggests, in the far east of …

Again we arrived straight from the night bus and headed to our hostel to dump our stuff, have a shower and head out to see what was on offer.

We had crossed the border into Uruguay to get to Montevideo, but the city had the same feel and look as Rosario, although I thought it was prettier.

We took in all the sites, visited a …

... also there just in time to watch the ´changing of the guards` type rigmarole. Surrounding the plaza was a very tall building, Palacio Salvo, which was once the tallest building in South America. We enjoyed a saunter around the city, which was pleasant ...

... plus for the trip! On our second day, we took the time to walk around the Plaza Independencia, the main square in Montevideo. The Palacio Salvo is on the square, once the tallest building in South America and also a large statue of Gral Artigas - A ...

... star Hyatt Hotel, and an administrative building for the Uruguayan presidency.  The most interesting of these buildings is Palacio Salvo, the sister building to Palacio Barolo in Buenos Aires.  Unfortunately, the lighthouse has been removed ...

... Artigas, 'the father of Uruguayan independence'. From the plaza we also saw Palacio Estevez, the original presidential palace, the Palacio Salvo (with its 26 storeys, which once upon a time made it South America's tallest building) and the ...

... square to Plaza Independencia. The main attractions at the Plaza are the Teatro Solis, the rest of the old city gate and the Palacio Salvo, who with his just 105 m height was the tallest building in South America when it was built in 1928. Otherwise, ...

... "artistically", apparently following the constructivist ideas of Uruguayan artist Garcia Torres. On Plaza Independencia there is also the Palacio Salvo, an immense building (capped with an ugly telecom structure) that is one of the symbols of ...

... , the Puerta de la Ciudadela, the Theatro, the Iglesia Matriz, the Palacio Estévez where the government sat until 1985, the Palacio Salvo which was once South America's tallest building and then the Old Town, as well as the coastal area.  The area ...

... went back to her apartment which is right in the heart of the city at Plaza independencia in a beautiful historic buiilding called Palacio Salvo which was once the tallest building in South America. We had coffee and chatted and then walked Nicholas ...

... ’s charm. We walked through the main plaza, Plaza Indepencia with its magnificent monuments and buildings. The impressive looking Palacio Salvo just off the square was once South Americas tallest building. It was a weekday lunchtime so the square ...

... of Uruguay or something like that. He is buried right under the statue.  On one side of the plaza, there’s Palacio Salvo and on the other the entrance to Sarandi pedestrian street with lots of market stands, … One of the stands had ...