Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay Travel Blogs

Pesky tourists
Jun 7, 2006 (3 photos)

... because I was feeling slack. I know, over three thousand kilometres by bike and I bailed cos I was feeling slack. Colonia Del Sacramento is a very old colonial town (does the name give it away?) which the Spanish and Portugese spent a few centuries ...

A beautiful day in Colonia
Apr 5, 2009 (24 photos)

... same as the one here, so not really much to report, except that it took the usual 2 and a half hours. We arrived in Colonia de Sacramento at 3pm and walked the 10 minutes to our hostel - El Viajero. We checked into an 8 bed dorm - we are only stopping ...

Cute little Colonia
Mar 20, 2005 (8 photos)

Our last stop in Uruguay, Colonia del Sacramento, is listed by UNESCO as the most complete illustration of colonial architecture in South America. Founded in 1680 by Portuguese settlers from Brazil, it was an important base for smuggling British goods ...

Bad timing again!!!
Jun 15, 2007 (4 photos)

... After spending the night in Buenos Aires we caught a ferry across the delta of the River Plate to arrive in Colonia, Uruguay. Colonia is a delightfully cute colonial town that was once a flourishing Spanish (and later Swiss) trading post in the 1700's. I ...

Colonia del Sacramento
Jan 6, 2007

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Drinking Mate in Uruguay
Sep 9, 2007 (20 photos)

... that as soon as I boarded the extremely comfortable ferry that would be taking me from Buenos Aires to the city of Colonia in Uruguay. There were people drinking Mate in every nook and cranny of the boat! Everybody came prepared with thermos and herbs in ...

A day in Uruguay
Oct 3, 2008 (24 photos)

... keen on walking the beach with an umbrella. So I changed my plans, skipped the Uruguay resorts and went to a little historic town called Colonia - an old smugglers port with cobble stone streets, ancient stone buildings, and ...

Three Days Away from Buenos Aires
Jan 29, 2008 (20 photos)

... occurrence so the garçons seemed to have picked up on style and technique.  We left Buenos Aires to sail to Colonia Del Sacramento in Uruguay.  Let me redefine the floating part of our excursion.  It is the first trip at sea where I have ...

A World of Its Own
Oct 18, 2005 (18 photos)

... transport that is somewhat easier on the pesos. A walking tour through the UNESCO world cultural heritage site of Colonia del Sacramento, was like taking a stroll through the past. Founded in 1680 by the Portuguese, Colonia was traditionally known as ...

Seasonal siesta.
Jun 17, 2005 (7 photos)

... have a much higher percentage of mestizo (mixed Spanish and indigenous blood) and indigenous people. I have landed myself in Colonia del Sacramento, after an one hour catamaran (or flying boat) ride across from Buenos Aires. Colonia is a pleasant and ...

Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento - Day 29
Feb 5, 2009 (6 photos)

... city and enjoyed the relaxed laid back European atmosphere. I found out that the historical quarter of Colonia is the only UNESCO world heritage site in Uruguay. The town definitely justifies it's world heritage status, I feel like staying here for days, ...

Last Stop in Uruguay
Dec 18, 2006 (10 photos)

My final stop in Uruguay is a cool little town called Colonia del Sacramento.  It's just a quiet touristy town that's good for a day walking around the old cobblestoned streets and taking pictures.  The town used to be a smuggling point for goods ...

Colonia, Uruguay
Sep 25, 2006 (5 photos)

Hi Folks, we traveled to this Coastal town by ferryboat. We were picked up by the Kempinski Hotel´s (5 stars) van and driven the short distance to the hotel and spa. While driving through the little town, I was reminded of Avalon on Catalina Island. Lots ...

Arrivee en Urugay, Colonia
Jan 11, 2009 (7 photos)

... steak recouvert de jambon puis de fomage puis d´un oeuf, le tout servi avec frites et salade mmmmh). Nous prenons le bus pour Colonia. La il n´y a aucune place nulle-partpour dormir, un bresilien nous aide en vain en demandant a tous le monde dans la rue, il ...

Saida de Colonia para Buenos Aires
Jan 27, 2004 (5 photos)

Saida de Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguai travesia para Buenos Aires

One Day is Never Enough
Oct 18, 2007 (6 photos)

... hours of the morning we would have a long day to enjoy the sites and sounds of the nice cobble stoned town of Colonia. Unfortunately, we made a slight miscalculation on the check-in times etc and our lack of organisation caught up with us. We arrived ...

Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Jan 7, 2008 (6 photos)

Op 7 januari zijn we vanuit ons Hostel in Buenos Aires met de veerboot vertrokken naar het plaatsje Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. Na drie uur te hebben gevaren kwamen we aan in het relatief kleine plaatsje wat na een grote stad een hele verandering ...

A Photographer's Dream
Nov 2, 2007 (4 photos)

Hello Hello! I took this trip to a small port town in Uruguay with our program a few weeks ago... just now getting time to update.  Sorry! We took a ferry across the Rio Plata (not really a river, but rather a very wide estuary).  The ferry was ...

Country number 20!
Aug 19, 2008 (5 photos)

From Buenos Aires you can take a ferry across the Rio de la Plata to the town of Colonia Del Sacramento in Uruguay. So we thought, why not? It´s a very old town, originally built by the Portuguese in 1680 so that they could keep an eye on the Spanish ...

Fun Buggy
Oct 30, 2009 (34 photos)

... freedom made us realize how over governed we are in South Australia, in fact Australia, particularly where driving regulations are concerned. Uruguay does not seem to be a rich country, but the people are very friendly and welcoming. We seemed to make a ...

Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay
Mar 22, 2005 (10 photos)

Tuesday March 22, 2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonia, Uruguay We boarded the ferry for Colonia Uruguay at 9a.m and arrived 3 hours later plus a one hour time difference. The Hotel Beltran was a few minutes from the port. It was quite a challenge to ...

3 Cheers for Pilsen
Oct 30, 2009 (15 photos)

Colonia, Uruguay. I noticed the staff at this Hostel Colonial were not as kissy as at the last Hostel Suites, where everyone who came to work got kissed by fellow staff members, boys with boys and girls alike. They said it would be an insult if you did not ...

Uruguay!
Feb 6, 2007 (4 photos)

Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay! 1 ora di barca da Buenos Aires. Molto piu' di 1 ora per fare il biglietto, pagarlo, fare il check in, consegnare la valigia e passare dalla dogana! Non avrei mai creduto di prendere in tempo la barca, ma ci sono ...

Uruguay Pics
May 12, 2009 (35 photos)

... the only other beach time I had other than burning the first three layers of my skin way back in Peru. The beach in Colonia del Sacramento is actually a river - the widest one in the world. It has a tide! Bizzare. I couldn't really figure that one out. I ...

Uraguay
Jun 14, 2008

... i ran back downstairs. I made the ferry of course, but for a moment it was questionable! Today, was a nice quiet day in Colonia, a sleepy colonial town on the seafront. We shopped, wandered and ate, then returned to the hostel to sleep in preperation for ...

A quick trip to Uruguay
May 4, 2006 (18 photos)

... both day and night. We jumped on the three hour boat (slow cruise) early in the morning and headed to Colonia del Sacramento (founded in 1680 by the Portuguese). Colonia was a point of contention between Portugal and Spain early in its history and as a ...

Colonia
Dec 15, 2008 (25 photos)

... started a big trip from Santiago to Mendoza, then the night bus to BA. Finally in the morning, we took the ferry to Colonia, in Uruguay. Colonia is a nice little town by the sea. It reminds me of some villages in the south of France. There are loads of ...

Colonia del Sacramento
May 26, 2009 (39 photos)

went to colonia with betina, here are the pictures

Colonia del Sacramento
May 9, 2005 (4 photos)

Ahhhh, Colonia. If you want to get away with doing absolutely nothing, this is the place to do it. In colonia, we walked around the streets that are paved with petrified wood cobblestones, and drank lots of wine, ate lots of cheese and crackers, and did ...

Crossing the river plate
Dec 23, 2008 (15 photos)

... absorb the atmosphere. In the evening, we met a couple, brother and sister who from Colombia and travelling around Argentina and Uruguay. We took the opportunity the ask questions about their country, as we will be visiting it in a few months time, then ...