Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay Travel Blogs

Ferry across the Plata
Dec 28, 2008 (20 photos)

Across the water from BA to Uruguay 3 hours on the ferry to the very picturesque town of Colonia, on route to spend a few days in Montevideo.. A destination I hadn't thought of visiting but due to its close proximity to BA thought why on earth ...

A Toast to Colonia
May 18, 2009 (14 photos)

Hungry and pulling two suitcases over rough sidewalks and cobblestone streets, my first impression of Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay was not wonderful. For forty-five minutes after leaving Buenos Aires, we had enjoyed the pleasures of an enormous ferry ...

Wrong Side Of The Road
Oct 1, 2007 (5 photos)

Colonia del Sacramento

Ferry to Uruguay!
Sep 29, 2009 (40 photos)

... that alot of people that are living and studying in Buenos Aires go over to Uruguay to renew their 90 day visas! We got into Colonia de Sacramento and were met by our walking guide. She took us on a tour of the small and quaint town of Colonia. I don't ...

Good God Man! What the Hell is That?!
Mar 25, 2009 (7 photos)

... = special That's pretty much it.  When I think Uruguay, I think about Aaron's pizza... always. We took the boat over to Colonia, Uruguay from Buenos Aires early in the morning.  It took three hours, but it cost a lot less than the other options.& ...

Colonia or Colonia del Sacramento - historical
Dec 14, 2006 (2 photos)

Arrived in Colonia del Sacramento (or Colonia for short) with fever, so did not have the best experience here. Had a single room at Posada Cas Los Pinos, where I ended up watching lots of TV. Scrubs, Will & Grace and Seinfeld. Good to see ...

Packed Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box.
Mar 21, 2006 (30 photos)

Colonia del Sacramento is amazing! It´s beautiful, clean, safe, laid back and inexpensive. We´ ...

Rain, rain go away!!!
Nov 17, 2009

... wonderful Buenos Aires, F&M&L&A caught a boat across the Rio de la Plata (waterway) to Colonia del Sacremento. It's Uruguay’s historical heartland, a smaller Cartagena. Its cobbled streets, old fashioned cars and tree-lined Plaza Mayor ...

Hasta la vista
Aug 21, 2009 (9 photos)

... day we had until four o'clock to wander the streets of Colonia before our ferrry to Buenos Aires, which was enough time. Colonia is a former Portuguese colony from the 17th century, and so was of particular interest to me. The old town is stunning with ...

Tranquilidad
Feb 1, 2006

Colonia del Sacramento est une petite ville côtière en Uruguay, en face de Buenos Aires. Coco m´a conduite au port ce matin et j´ai pris le speedboat de 8h30. Le vieux centre de Colonia est le seul site du pays à ...

I Love the Smell of Methane Gas in the Morning
Dec 6, 2009 (6 photos)

... port empanadas roughly the same temperature as the back of my knees before catching the ferry over to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. While waiting we experienced, yet again, the curious phenomenon whereby hundreds of people transform from comfortably ...

Day-tripper
Apr 22, 2006

... over the channel, the Spanish were not happy with this, and so started a bigger settlement, which became Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Enough of the boring History lesson, and on too all the exciting things I did in Uruguay, erm... I went up a ...

Uruguayske paseracke mestecko
Jul 31, 2007 (15 photos)

... kterou jsem tu prvne objevila...na prejezdy busama se bude chodit.   Vypada to, ze paseraci se nemeli uplne spatne, Colonia del Sacremento je malebne pristavni mestecko, ktere se tahne do dali na plazi. Portenos sem jezdi z Buenos Aires na ...

Back on the scooter again
Dec 20, 2005 (5 photos)

... 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 ...

Love it
Dec 11, 2009 (10 photos)

... .  There are several forts with canons remaining along the coast. Here's a link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia_del_Sacramento We arrived at the Buquebus station 40 minutes ahead of time. First we got in line for sales, (ventas) he ...

Destination 20! Across the waters to Uruguay!
Nov 16, 2008 (24 photos)

DESTINATION 20 - Across the waters to URUGUAY!   Day 1 - The colonial streets of COLONIA!   Uruguay hadn't been on the original plan but with it being so close to Buenos Aires and a natural way north to get to Iguazu Falls we thought we would ...

Relaxing
Dec 12, 2009

... and organize exactly what we had been spending.  So far, we have $16 dollars missing from Argentina (in argentine pesos) and in Uruguay we are not missing any.   We decided to be cheap and got a take home pizza at the grocery store for 70 pesos. ...

Colonia
Feb 19, 2008 (4 photos)

Jumped across the river to Uruguay. The boat landed in Colonia, a little town with a very European feel to it. I can also tell that I am getting farther and farther north. The sun is setting befor 9pm and the weather is getting warmer.

Work outs for the Passports
Jul 18, 2008 (9 photos)

... of being a pimple on Argentina´s bum - and a far more attractive location as far as traffic levels and crowds are concerned. Uruguay is so small, I am yet to find a phone number that has more than five digits. Some only have three! Even I could remember ...

Life and Colonia, Uruguay
Oct 25, 2008 (42 photos)

... of my family, who almost surely knows none of these, trust me--that's a GREAT lineup.      Yesterday I wen to Colonia, Uruguay for the day.  It was great.  It was basically all of the IES kids, and we got there a couple ...

Colonia del Sacramento
Jan 7, 2007 (4 photos)

Colonia del Sacramento which is its full name (Colonia for short) is a cute little port town with winding cobblestone streets, funky little restaurants and shops and gorgeous river views.  The Portuguese founded the port in 1680 to smuggle ...

Hop, skip & a jump (or a boat ride) to Uruguay
Dec 2, 2007 (11 photos)

An easy day trip from Buenos Aires is a quick 50-minute boat ride to a quaint, very touristy little town in Uruguay called Colonia del Sacramento. In days of old it was a smuggling port and the town reflects it with it´s stone walls, old cannons facing the ...

More Cobblestone streets
Mar 14, 2008 (13 photos)

... cobbled stone streets.  This time it overlooked the Rio de la Plata, a ugly murky brown colored river that separated Uruguay from Argentina.   Still recovering from the night before we walked the main street of town for lunch and then ...

Walk about
Dec 15, 2009

... tots.  Nick ordered a steak "medio jugoso". medium juicy, but it was still not medium rare. We are leaving Colonia tomorrow by bus to Punta del Este. I actually booked a room in advance this time so we know we have a place to stay.  It rained a ...

Uruguay for Saint Valentines
Feb 14, 2008 (24 photos)

... at Buenos Aires, arriving at Montevideo and then going to Rio de Janeiro. The ferry from Buenos Aires only takes 1 hour to Colonia de Sacramento ($160 arg = approx 30 euro return ticket). We decided to do a day trip to Colonia as it sounds like the ...

Uruguay - Colonia del Sacramento
Nov 1, 2008 (21 photos)

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 - Canada...  ...

uruguay
Mar 27, 2006 (7 photos)

day trip to colonia del sacramento by a ferry. uruguay!

19 hours to Colonia
Jan 3, 2008 (22 photos)

So Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay is one of the prettiest, most dreamy towns I have ever seen. But getting there was a nightmare... I should start by saying that Colonia is well worth the visit from Buenos Aires as a day trip or as part of a ...

Sacramento... not of California
Jan 27, 2009 (9 photos)

... is a MUST for all travelers. so, we took a 1 hour ferry from Buenos Aires and arrived in the small town of Colonia del Sacramento. there´s really not much to this place other than that it is gorgeous. it´s exactly what the name says "colonial"... the streets ...

Back to Colonia
Mar 12, 2008

Back to Colonia for one night on the way back to Buenos Aires