Country Info
- Montevideo
- Capital
- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
- Currency
- 3,360,105
- Population
- UY
- Country Code
Uruguay Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Uruguay
Third time lucky
... . It felt like home... After a bracing 10 block walk I was there in good time. After getting through immigration and landing a Uruguay stamp in my passport (probably my last example of stamp tourism) I was delighted to discover the boat was extremely ...
So that is what a resort town is like
I realize I have never been to a resort town before. I bet Cancun is like this but worse. Year-round there are about 8 thousand residents in Punta del Este. Much smaller than Colonia. However, as we approached the city, on the peninsula we could see tons ...
Salto, UY
... nbsp; We waited around in the terminal until the rain let up and then we went out with a map provided by the tourist industry of Uruguay. Thank you for those. I used the internet to find 8 hotels. There was one hostel but they close for the month of ...
Montevideo
I got to the capital of Uruguay, and spent a few days here. I met up with a friend here that, I used to work with and we are traveling together for her two week vacation. Montevideo is okay. They have awesome, cheap hambugers from the street vendors, ...
Punta del Este, Uruguay: holiday from a holiday
Hola from Punta del Este, Uruguay! As mentioned in the last blogs- i am finally in Punta del Este! Punta is just what the doctor ordered: the Uruguayan peninsula on the Atlantic with heaps of beaches and the greatest chill out vibe, not seen since ...
When will we learn!
With our Punta del Diablo experience fresh in our minds you might have thought that as we were heading back to the Uruguayan coast, specifically the main crossing point to BA, on a Saturday we would have booked ourselves somewhere to stay. Incorrect, we ...
Argentine visa renewal
Colonia is a nice, sleepy little town at the southern end of Uruguay, reachable from Buenos Aires in 1 hour on the fast ferries across the Rio del Plata. Definitely worth a day trip, but not much more than that. The sole purpose of our visit ...
Montevideo
I crossed the River plate on one of the 1 hour fast Buquebus ferries to Colonia in Uruguay. There I transfered to a Busquebus coach and three hours later I was in Montevideo Bus terminal. I knew I only had an overnight stay here so I tried to ...
Unique Uruguay
... ;in the unique country of Uruguay, was the colonial town of Colonia. We headed there via a bus, and unlike Australia, Uruguay's buses have wi fi! A beautiful, colonial town with bright coloured buildings and cobbled stone streets, Colonia is breathtaking. ...
Uruguayan Capital
The capital of Uruguay is hard to pin down. It would be easy to describe it as an ugly port city but that would be very unfair. Walking through many of the streets takes you back in time. It does not have the charm of Colonia but it ...
Punta del Diablo
... , and meant that we were fairly fresh faced for our next leg- a 17 hour bus journey further south over the border into Uruguay. Stayed in a lovely party hostel with lots of ace travellers from Oz, America, all over Europe. Did very little all week ...
Colonia Del Sacremento
From Chuy we went to Montevideo and I peusuaded Sarah that we should stop at Colonia Del Sacremento - 3 hours further along the d¿road from Montevideo - kind of on the way to Argentina. We got on the bus at 7.30pm and arived at 10ish at night. Walked ...
Back on the scooter again
... long enough, we bid the Sheraton adieu and took our leave. On our return journey to the historic center, we noted how lacking Uruguay is in topographical variation; after all, its highest point is only 550 meters. What is more, both the vegetation and ...
Hate travel days.
... meeting at Ristoberreto restaurant. It was quite nice and they were a nice group of people. I met Adelina a girl living in Uruguay from Colombia and Gustavo an Uruguayan and Ian from Scotland. He was very cool. He bought me and Adelina a beer. ...
A short stay in Uruguay
Hola The next destination on our journey was Montevideo, Uruguay, which lies just a four hours ferry/bus ride across the bay from Buenos Aires. At first we had not planned to come here. However, during our check-in in Singapore we were forced (an airline ...
Uruguys Captial
Well have i got a story for you! We get into town in the evening, settle in and go out for dinner where we feasted on a BBQ platter of meats including ribs, liver, intestine, beef, lamb, glands and chicken...all were real tasty and could actually go for ...
The Old Town
Small town with alot of heart. This town pretty much follows its name...its a Colonial town where the streets are cobbled, the homes and old and life is pretty simple. The main purpose of this town seems to be the ferry connection to Buenos Aries in ...
Montevideo - Uruguay
We had arrived in Montevideo at 8 in the morning, and we have a long time ashore here, the all aboard is at 22.30. Bruno de Zabala, an early 18th century Buenos Aires governor, named Montevideo for the high bluff where he established a fortress to stand ...
Heading across the Rio Plata
... ! In the evening we watched a spectacular sunset over the water. The following morning we caught a bus to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. At first I didn't think much of the city as I found it seemed just like any other large city, but a couple of ...
Across The La Plata
... , which I've completely forgotten the name of (it wasn't a great hostel), and then headed out into town to see a little of Uruguay's capital. We first headed down the waterfront, took a walk along and then back in the centre to see a few of the sights. ...
Uruguay - Colonia del Sacramento
Hoy día fui a Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay ... Fue una experiencia muy linda. Mañana iré en bus a Iguazu Argentina/Brasil...por tierra es un viaje de 18 horas ... Ojala que vaya bien :-) Anoche salía y encontré 2 chicos de Toronto - ...
uruguay
... hit the hostel bar till 6am, bed, then get up and repeat the whole process. my insides are dying but its worth it. set off for uruguay last night in the middle of a session. it was a bit of a spur of the moment thing, i packed pissed so no doubt left ...
The plan was to get some sun.
Nothing really to say about here other than it rained, scuppering my plans to top up my tan before heading back to the UK. Oh, and I saw Julio Eglesias. Very ...
Cattle ranch
... of seasonal punctuality made the inside of the car more pleasant and was a perfect introduction to the more rustic side of Uruguay on a cattle estancia. The landscape here had mellow rolling hills and more trees than the pampas around Buenos Aires, making ...
a weekend in Uruguay
From November 18th to 20th I went to Uruguay with my friend Lior from AIESEC. We spent pretty much all of the three days in Montevideo, except for the last two hours, which we spent in Colonia, a small town on the Rio de la Plata, very close to Buenos ...
Saida de Colonia para Buenos Aires
Saida de Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguai travesia para Buenos ...
Salto
We relaxed in style and comfort at the Dayman Hot Springs near Salto. They were really nice. They have a bunch of pools that are diffent tempuratures, and all the water is naturally heated and pumped direct. Definitely a good ...
Laid back Uruguay
... into the clean Montevideo bus terminal from Brazil. We had planned to stop for a day or two in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, to check the city out. Not knowing of anything special about the place, we had low expectations. The sleepy capital ...