Country Info
- Montevideo
- Capital
- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
- Currency
- 3,360,105
- Population
- UY
- Country Code
San Gregorio de Polanco Slideshow
Travel Blogs from San Gregorio de Polanco, Uruguay
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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 ...
Three Days Away from Buenos Aires
This is a top pick! ... it with a spoon...and the sauce!!!! Everywhere we went, people were sipping on "Mate"; the national drink of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is a very strong infusion of yerba mate (tea leaves) and water. It is served in a hollow ...
More yummy steaks!!!!
This is a top pick! ... far from the truth! Alot of the city´s buildings are quite run down though and even in the main square, the Mausaleo de Artagus (a big statue) is offset by a crumbling apartment building!!! We then headed down to the seafront and the amazing ´Mercardo ...
Beach, lake and wetlands
Driving east from Montevideo we head for the white sands of eastern Uruguay. The Brazilian and Argentines come here for their holidays. This is the costas of Uruguay. We stop for lunch on a headland and can see Pinta del Este in the distance we could be ...
Montevideo,Punta Del Este & Colonial
... the Argentinien side also which is supposed to be more impressive! So i got the bus across the border from Argentina colon to Uruguay,Montevideo & spent 5dyas here. It is a really clean country & the people are nice. Met a few people that speak really ...
Colonia - Our last Unesco World Heritage Site
... I mention this for the benefit of my father in law who is not! All in all we have really enjoyed our brief time in Uruguay. The people are really friendly, the pace of life is relaxed (even by South American standards) and the food is ...
Mount Video
Got the bus from Colonial to Montevideo and first impressions of the capital were that it was very dusty and very noisy! The wind was blowing all the dirt from the street up into our faces and it was difficult to see! The proximity of the buildings ...
La Pedrera Beach
I set off to seek my own small beach paradise. A kind friend told me to find La Pedrera while in Uruguay. Awaiting me was my own private beach-there was not a soul. Upon first sight of La Pedrera, it looks like a very small town and you get this idea that ...
Chilling in Colonia
Just a quick entry to say that after 30 plus hours of travel we made it safely to a hostel in Colonia, Uruguay. Getting off the bus we found ourselves in a massive bus station which had hundreds of shops but apparently no ATMs. A slight problem as we ...
Feliz Navidad
Totally in love with Uruguay. It´s another of those places that I had no expectations of (hey, it´s just that tiny country between Brazil and Argentina) and I´ve been totally captivated by. It´s the Laos of S America. ...
The Full Montevideo
If only all capital cities were as nice as this. It´s very like Barcelona without the Gaudi architecture with a bit of the Parisian boulevards thrown in. In almost every direction there´s a view of the sea at the end of the street. ...
Montivideo, Uruguay
... they got lost. Our venture into <Montevideo was very enjoyable. The ever present taxis are, apparently, a part of the latin culture. Uruguay is a country of very literate people.. 98 % of the people can read and write. It is next to the smallest ...
Just call me Rubia
... to lug it around. After my program ends, my best friend is coming and a group of us are going to travel to Punte del Este in Uruguay, Salta and Mendoza before I head back to the states. Yep, I think that will cover it all. The fact I will be home in ...
we have a techincal complication
... flights, after a short stop in Uruguay we landed in Rio – our final destination on our little trip!! The stop over in Uruguay deserves a mention for the flight..... we were on the run way picking up speed ready to take off and then the plan stopped ...
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