Colonia, Uruguay Travel Blogs

Pesky tourists
Jun 7, 2006 (3 photos)

... money in Argentina. Bring on the Euro, that's what I say. Beard status: as I sat on the bus between Montevideo and Colonia, a woman boarded and occupied the vacant seat to my side. As the conductor passed by, she asked him if there were any other seats ...

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

... to bed. We check out tomorrow, but our ferry to Buenos Aires is not until 7pm, so we have got another full day in Colonia de Sacramento. If the weather is as good as today it should be good. Later that evening the dorm became like some sort of decaying ...

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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Lovely little Colonia, Uruguay
Sep 10, 2006 (13 photos)

... 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 Buenos ...

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)

... 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 ...

Colonia
Jan 19, 2007 (5 photos)

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 ...

Seasonal siesta.
Jun 17, 2005 (7 photos)

... 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 historical ...

Montevideo, Colonia and Fray Bentos
Jan 8, 2007 (14 photos)

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 much ...

Colonia... a refreshingly relaxing town.
Oct 29, 2006 (11 photos)

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 safe ...

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, ...

liming
Feb 9, 2007

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 ...

Uruguay
Sep 3, 2004

Hi Guys, You can read our update from Colonia in our entry from Buenos Aires, Argentina entitled 'Tango in the Night!'. Cheers, K & S

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 ...

Uruguay....
Feb 12, 2005 (2 photos)

... 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 ...

Across the River
Mar 3, 2006 (3 photos)

... 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 ...

If I was a writer
Nov 24, 2004

... 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!!!
Apr 11, 2007 (18 photos)

... 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 notice ...

Very quaint Colonia and a boat ride to Tigre!
Sep 23, 2005

We 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 to get on ...

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 ...

Hogar Nimmo
Mar 21, 2006 (3 photos)

... by the gas station Its about US$10 a night (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom. cable TV)best deal in town Call her at 24737 Colonia Uruguay Hello folks, A couple of weeks ago, we were in Colonia, Uruguay, for a week and change. We were able to spend all ...

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 ...