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Travel Blogs from Colonia, Uruguay
Uruguay - Weirduguay
This is a top pick! Uruguay is weird. Took the high speed ferry first thing in the morning...wow that subway is packed.....ferries to Colonial Uruguay - two speeds, two prices. One hour fast ferry about $80 return, three hour slow ferry about $60. ...
Lovely little Colonia, Uruguay
This is a top pick! ... I´m pleased to be finished classes though, and am looking forward to starting the fun stuff. Yesterday I took a day trip to Colonia in Uruguay. It was a strange little town, very quaint, quite touristy, but a nice change of pace after the bustle of ...
Pesky tourists
This is a top pick! ... to, but just 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 ...
Cute little Colonia
This is a top pick! 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!!!
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
A day in Uruguay
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
A beautiful day in Colonia
This is a top pick! ... much the 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 ...
Drinking Mate in Uruguay
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Colonia
This is a top pick! Alex; It was up early and on a boat to Colonia in Uruguay only an hour from Buenos Aires. After the smoothest boat ride (and catamaran at that) of my life we got to the prettiest town ever. Even the ugly bits were pretty. In the old town all the streets ...
A World of Its Own
This is a top pick! ... has always been, and continues to be a world of its own. One of South America's smallest Spanish speaking countries, Uruguay was historically sought after by both Portugal and Spain, and it was the rivalry between these two countries that eventually led ...
Seasonal siesta.
This is a top pick! ... . 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 photogenic old Portugese smuggler port, along Rio de la Plata, with cobblestoned streets as well as ...
Fun Buggy
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Montevideo, Colonia and Fray Bentos
This is a top pick! Montevideo, the Quiet Capital We leave Buenos Aires on a super-fast ferry, arriving in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, in a little over three hours. As soon as we step off the ferry in Montevideo and begin our walk in to town, we realize how ...
3 Cheers for Pilsen
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Colonia... a refreshingly relaxing town.
This is a top pick! I crossed the Rio De La Plata from Buenos Aires to Colonia, to what is my 6th South American Country... Uruguay. I´m in Colonia del Sacramento which is an amazing little spot. The beauty of the town is that it is surrounded by ocean, and feels totally ...
Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento - Day 29
This is a top pick! ... 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, ...
Three Days Away from Buenos Aires
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Enjoying Uruguay's Quaint, Historic Gem.
This is a top pick! ... with the same problem. It was nice to feel that I was not the only one stupid enough to throw away my immigration card, to get me out of Uruguay! Footnote: Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento is UNESCO World Heritage Listed. ...
Uruguay
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Colonia in our entry from Buenos Aires, Argentina entitled 'Tango in the Night!'. Cheers, K & ...
liming
This is a top pick! Uruguay, its the second smallest sovereign nation in South America and has the letter U in its name three times. You can cross to Uruguay from Argentina on a ferry, much like Brits go on trips across to France, its only 2 hours and you get to raid ...
Living in the past
This is a top pick! We caught a bus to a small town called Colonia del Sacramento on the west side of Uruguay. Situated on the sandy banks of the Rio de la Plata it was an important centre for smuggling British goods across the river into the Spanish colonies during the 17th ...
Last Stop in Uruguay
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Across the River
This is a top pick! ... celebration. We asked if they used a different calendar as we understood that Lent had begun the day before. Evidently, in Uruguay, Carnaval continues for about a week into Lent or until everyone runs out of steam. This is my kind of Catholicism, lots ...
Uruguay....
This is a top pick! ... of south America we travel across the border by ferry into Uraguay to the charming 17th century Portugese contraband port and fortress of Colonia just a 3 hour ferry ride across the Rio De La Plata from Buenos Aires....as we´re only here for one day the ...
Ferry to Uruguay!
This is a top pick! ... instead of 3 hours. I heard that alot of people that are living and studying in Buenos Aires go over to Uruguay to renew their 90 day visas! We got into Colonia de Sacramento and were met by our walking guide. She took us on a tour of the small and quaint ...
If I was a writer
This is a top pick! ... the Buenos Aires mullet just across the river. Walking the Cobbled Streets I was soaking up the serenity and fantasising myself moving to Colonia for a year to write some kind of novel along the lines of Under the Tuscan Sun (why go to Spain or Italy ...
Day 4 - Un Dia inolvidable!!!
This is a top pick! ... !! We ended up paying 24 pesos for a phone call that we should not have needed to make since we were calling long distance from Colonia, Uruguay to Buenos Aires, Arg. The reason for the call is that we need to give the airline and hotel two days advance ...
Very quaint Colonia and a boat ride to Tigre!
This is a top pick! ... had a ´Beach´ or ´Colonial Town´ dilemma the next morning but when we got to the bus station, we decided to head to Colonia as the weather wasn´t that great and we´d heard great things about this little place! It was a great decision and really nice ...
And on to Uruguay...Colonial towns and countryside
This is a top pick! ... midnight – a first! The next day we keep moving and take a two hour bus journey to Montevideo – the capital of Uruguay. It’s only a flying visit as we have a bus the next morning. We stay at Unplugged hostel in Pocitos which ...