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Punta del Este Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Punta del Este, Uruguay
King for a day, ...or for a week actually.
This is a top pick! ... beach, we mostly spent on Mantra beach, our hotels own personal beach that also happens to be one of the most popular in Punta del Este (La Barra neighborhood). There's a couple of hundred meters walk from the hotel and down to the beach, so we just took ...
Fake ones will be sniggered at.
This is a top pick! My guide book says something like the following about Punta del Este; bring designer sunwear (fake ones will be sniggered at), skimpy bikinis/speedos, plenty of cash and party stamina. I guess that, for once, sums up the place perfectly (at least if you ...
The Famous Beach
This is a top pick! Now this is more like it....a town with some action! But ouch! You pay for it. Punta del Este is a famous beach resort town that South Americans flock to by the thousands during their summer vacation... which starts in like two ...
Beautiful coast of Uruguay
This is a top pick! ... and warm. We passed some fantastic thatched roofed houses and varying quality of homes, mostly simple homes, until we reached Punte del Este which is literally Eastern Point, and is on the coast. Some of the real estate there is magnificent, especially ...
Travel Info Only = NO STORY.
This is a top pick! ... all very smooth and convenient. Once in Punta Del Este we were able to put our luggage into storage at the bus terminal to allow us the freedom to wander about town. The bus trip from Punta Del Este to Montivideo was with COPSA bus and quite ...
Party Like it's 1989
This is a top pick! ... and February, nobody is allowed to go to bed before sunrise. We were glad for the reprieve. Uruguay has been a very interesting country. Colonia and Punta del Este have been scenic and very cultured. (We later learned that Colonia is a Unesco world ...
Punta Del Este, the Beverly Hills of Uruguay
We arrived in Punta del Este from Tacuarembo and did we feel out of place!! Here we are walking with our backpacks and dogs through a beach town that looks like we are in Beverly Hills. We felt like the movie,"Down and Out in Beverly Hills". Luckily we ...
How much????
We arrived in Punta del Este with the mindset of just relaxing for a couple of days as the month of travelling was begining to take its toll on us,and in fairness there was no better place to kick back than here. Punta is a city located right at the ...
Hand of need, or aid?
after new years we decided to see what all the hype was about and check out the resort town punta del este. it was a mediocre place...pretty beaches and interesting streets. the famous "hand of uruguay" made the trip worth ...
Homer was right...
... part of everyday life, but for me it was just really weird. With a bit of time up our sleeves, we moved on to Punta del Este, which is a glamorous beach resort frequently visited by stars. It reminded us both of the Gold Coast - tacky and full of ...
Top ten beaches?
... and I should have known we were going on an adventure rather than a relaxing holiday right from the start. To get to Punta del Este we took a ferry and two buses and on the last bus I got sick. Really sick. Like the kind of sick ...
The One in Punta del Este
... of. Boo is actually blood-related)!! So the fam got to be together for a few short days over thanksgiving. Punta del Este is apparently THE place to be in South America for the summer, as in The ...
What a birthday!
... nbsp; Today is my birthday, and we are happily ensconced in a luxury apartment overlooking the yacht basin in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Punta, as it's called here, is the most exclusive resort in South America, and a favorite of international ...
Livin' it up with Uruguay's rich & famous
So, back on another bus, we headed east to the upmarket resort city of Punta del Este - a comparatively short 2 hour ride. We had left our big bags at Montevideo, so we could walk around easier (plus save Bens back from more damage) and find somewhere ...
Sun Surf and Siesta!
... bus from Montevideo and take a lazy 3 hour drive (easy peezy after our 13 hour+ other drives) up the coast to punta del este... a summer playground which is only busy 1 month a year...and arrived to a sunseekers paradise! in that time the Uruguayans do ...
La Barra
La Barra is a 20 minute bus ride but a world away. It has that glitzy feel but without the volume of people. Some great restaurants and bars and an interesting coastline to ...
Road Trip
... Punta del Este, there was nobody on it and we spent a few hours in the sunshine dune boarding and playing footy. Punta del Este is like a glamorous resort with impressive modern high rise hotels and appartment blocks right on the beach front, its like a ...
"Bankman and a backpacker"
... ialle fall). Jeg hadde tenkt ĺ leie motorsykkel ĺ kjřre fra Colonia til Punta el Este(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punta_del_Este), men etter ĺ ha opplevd distansen og temperaturen er jeg glad at Maurizio ble sjĺfřr i den lille gule bilen. En ...
Wo sich Reich und Schön trifft!
Maldonado ist die Nachbarstadt von Punta del Este einem angeblich internationalen Badeort, wo sich die Crčme de la Crčme Sonnencrčme auf die Haut schmiert und sich in der Sonne braten lässt. Da der Himmel die ganze Zeit bedeckt war, vergassen wir ...
New Years Eve 2013!
Hello from South America! After a very long 32 hours of travelling we finally made it to Punta del Este in Uruguay at the start of this adventure. We took 3 flights and had a 2 and a half hour bus ride to get here. It is however for the most part ...
El más exclusivo balneario de Sudamérica
As the advertisement for Punta Del Este goes: "Reconocida internacional y mundialmente como el más importante y exclusivo balneario de Sudamérica, además de ser una las ciudades más famosas del mundo por ser uno de los puntos de encuentro del jet set ...
A Fatboy Slim Beach Party
... the bus we were on and got on that one, with the other people from the bus stop folllowing us. We got back to Punta Del Este around half 4, after a much longer and difficult trip than expected. I called Air Europa when we got back to see if they knew ...
Last stop - but we're here too early - doh
Supposedly the San Tropez of South America , La Barra is a small town just round the coast from Punta Del Este . We'd read that this place goes bananas in summer holidays , and maybe it does , but we were there 2 weeks too soon apparently . The pool area ...
Punta Del Este, the Cancun of South America
... this 1930 in Oklahoma, Punta Del Este would be Carlos's California. Were this the late 90s in a blockbuster teen movie, Punta Del Este would be Carlos's lost virginity. Punta Del Este is Carlos's white picket fence and 2.2 children and a waggy tailed ...
chilly at the beach
hello all friday morning we made our way from buenos aires to punta del este, uruguay. we took a ferry to colonia, across the river from buenos aires, and then a bus over to punta. it´s so much calmer here. this is the premier resort ...
Holidays in Punta del Este, Uruguay
I just had a whirlwind of adventures the last few days! I booked my last minute ferry/5 hour bus ride to Punta del Este, Uruguay to visit my friend Greg and his buddies. Like I mentioned before, they dropped a bunch of money to rent a villa ...
