Country Info
- Montevideo
- Capital
- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
- Currency
- 3,360,105
- Population
- UY
- Country Code
Uruguay Slideshow
Colonia
Travel Blogs from Colonia, Uruguay
A Glimpse of Uruguay
Arriving on the ferry from BA at 4am, we tried to avoid the need to pay for a nights' accommodation so slept in the port. But not for long as we were moved several times before getting the idea we weren’t wanted there! So we headed for a bit of ...
My Travels Up To Now...
... or 6 nights and it was great. I went out with them and their friends and they gave me tons of advice about travelling in Uruguay and South America in general. They were really lovely. I tried to repay their kindness by washing dishes when I could, leaving ...
Colonia
... the gew Airplanes that Land here. Parked and soon was enjoying the Nice sunny but windy weather riding into the Historic City of Colonia. I first tought I leave the Airplane here and just take the Ferry across the Rio tommorow to go back to BA to pick up ...
Relaxing in Colonia
... up and went to the buffet at the hotel. There was a variety of food there. It was good. After the buffet, we took a walk around Colonia. It is over four hundred years old. Then we saw a tree that was full of parrots, hummingbirds and bugs. Then we went to ...
Uruguay
... a new mode of transport for us!! All we need to use now is a helicopter - Iguassu maybe?) Once in Uruguay our first stop was a town called Colonia. We arrvied around lunchtime and I ate the traditional sandwich, chovito, which is basically meat and salad ...
Uruguay, I´m a girl
... shipments of tourists into the country. Having heard few encouraging words about Montevideo, we didnt venture any further into Uruguay. Still, Colonia was a fab little place to mess about beach hopping and watching the sunset with a nice bottle of local ...
Apr 01, 2011
Uruguay
... are tan, the cars are old-timers and the homes don´t have giant fences around them. And the town of Colonia is absolutely beautiful. Cobblestone streets, old-fashioned street lamps, sunsets over the Rio de la Plata and really cheap meals ...
Time to say goodbye (sob sob)
... Bs As you have to check it out. During our time here, we even decided to try and squeeze in another country and went to Colonia in Uruguay for the day - like five countries in seven weeks wasn't enough! We caught the boat over and spent the day at ...
across the river Plate to Colonia then Montevideo
Buquebus (pronounced bookiebus) are the main ferry operators that cross the enormous River Plate to Uruguay. It takes 3 hours to cross a river, I read that at its mouth it is 137 miles wide! We are headed for a town called Colonia before we take the bus ...
Colonia
Una cittadina tranquilla. forse troppo.. affascinanti le stradine coloniali e il fiume La Plata che scorre lento dividendola da buenos Aires che si puó vedere sul fondo. Tranquillitá e relax d'obbligo dopo la vitalitá di Buenos ...
Uruguay's Sportugese History
... Right. Our next order of business was to buy ferry tickets to Buenos Aires. The Buquebus ferry runs between B.A. and Colonia several times per day and is only about US$20. Unfortunately, if you are trying to buy tickets the day ...
A Hungover Arrival in Uraguay
A hungover arrival into Colonia, Uruguay... So after 2 hours sleep we drag ourselves up pack and head down for breakfast for 8am. Vic is really not feeling good and I can still taste beer as if I just had 1? As vic and I stayed in a different room to Andy ...
Relaxed touristy detox day!!
... everywhere, just a nice quaint and quiet little town with a surprising amount of history! It was the first settlement in Uruguay and a very important port in the country! History lesson over, we wondered around the town for about 5 hours with wonderful ...
Worst Hostel Ever!!
After a quick 1 hour speed boat ride to Colonia I made my way to El Espanola hostel! What a hole! It cost more a night than the really nice place I was staying at in BA and was just cruddy! No doors gross showers. Old men that seem to live at the hostel. ...
Day trippin'
... only had 2 days to spend in Buenos Aires, a city of 13 million people, we decided to spend one of them leaving the country. ;-) Uruguay is just a ferry ride away, and it seemed a shame to come all this way and not add another country to the hit list. ...
The journey continues
... path back to BA and look like the lights along an airport runway but spread out over a much longer distance. Looking back toward Uruguay, I can see the trail of buoys and the night sort of takes on a magical feel. Getting closer to BA, the city never ...
Uruguay
... cheaper and quicker to visit Colonia rather than Montevideo so whilst in Buenos Aires we decided to go on a day trip to Colonia in order to tick Uruguay off of our list of South American countries. It was only about an hour’s journey on the ...
remembering to look up
Hello again. I guess I should apologize for not keeping up with this as frequently as I had initially hoped to do... but times have been busy for me, and it's often difficult to find the time to log-on and write. Times have also been good here, as I am ...
Up the Rio Plata!
Well from Buenos Aires we made a move into Uruguay and to Colonia. We got a ferry from BA to Colonia (Buquebus) which was more of a Catamaran than a ferry. It was a really interesting experience queuing up for our tickets which took about 2 ...
Montevideo and Colonia
... and polluted, I felt safe because there were several men in uniforms that indicated tourist police. After another bus ride, I arrived in Colonia and fabulous little town. A local told me that the night time is 'magical' in the old part of the city, so ...
On the museum trail in Colonia
... in the hotel. Dinner was the most massive steak ever, overlapping the plate on all sides. Colonia is a bit more international than the rest of Uruguay due I suppose to its proximity to Buenos Aires and the large number of tourists. That ...
Relaxing in Colonia del Sacremento
... wander around the old town we headed down the coast and came across a lovely sandy beach that was practically deserted (considering Colonia is a prime tourist spot and February is high season, its amazing how this place retained its sense of ´getting ...
Day trip to Colonia (Uruguay)
... the hour journey and make some notes to be turend into a later blog entry. One hour later we are in the town of Colonia in Uruguay and after a short 15 minute walk from the ferry terminal we arrive in the historic area of the town, Barrio Historico, and ...
SUN!
Upon arrival to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay (after an hour long ferry ride across the Rio del Plata from Buenos Aires), I finally saw some sun for the first time yet on this trip! That is reason enough to celebrate. Colonia was a wonderful ...