The Best Uruguay Flag & Visiting Guide 2024 Top Attractions
The Best Uruguay Flag & Visiting Guide 2024 Top Attractions
Find the greatest travel guide to Uruguay in 2023, including with the best accommodations, dining options, and airfares for this incredible nation. All of the top deals and suggestions are condensed into one article for your convenience! Have fun while reading!
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Informations
Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.51 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo.
Temperature: Summer lasts from December to March and then is the most pleasant time. This period is the best time for a visit to the country.
Language: The official language is spanish. People speak English in places frequented by tourism.
Currency: Uruguayan Peso (UYU) aprox. 1$=43 UYU 1€=53 UYU
Food Prices: Meal in a cheap restaurant=10 USD, Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant=40 USD
You can find more information about the visa here.
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Things to do
Plaza Independencia
Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, has a square called Plaza Independencia. The largest and most central square in Montevideo is called Plaza Independencia. It is adjacent to Barrio Centro and situated at the easternmost point of Ciudad Vieja. Avenida 18 de Julio, one of the main thoroughfares in the city, branches out of the plaza and heads east into the Centro neighborhood.
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Palacio Salvo
Avenida 18 de Julio and Plaza Independencia meet in the crossroads of Montevideo, Uruguay, where the Palacio Salvo is a building. Up until 1935, the magnificent 105-meter-tall Art Deco edifice was the highest building in South America. The Palacio Salvo is a beloved landmark in Montevideo that serves as a nostalgic link to the country’s prosperous early 20th-century era.
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The Fingers of Punta del Este
Mario Irarrázabal, a Chilean artist, created a sculpture called La Mano in Punta del Este. The artwork, which is situated on Parada 1 at Brava Beach in Punta del Este, a well-known tourist destination in Uruguay, shows five human fingers partially emerging from the sand. Other names for it are Hombre emergiendo en la vida or Los Dedos.
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Mercado del Puerto
The home is situated in Ciudad Vieja on Piedras street, Pérez Castellano and Rambla on August 25, 1825. It was constructed between 1865 and 1868 and finished on October 10, 1868. Penuot Verkung Verkung Inginer Ma. With a surface area of 1687 m², the ten-meter-tall market hall is home to numerous magazines and restaurants.
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Santa Teresa National Park
In eastern Uruguay, there is a national park called Parque Nacional Santa Teresa. It is situated in the Rocha department, 35 km south of Chuy, on the Atlantic coast next to Ruta 9. The 3000 hectare area with over two million trees also houses the largest rose garden in the country, featuring 330 different types. There is also the Fortaleza de Santa Teresa.
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Palacio Legislativo
The Palacio Legislativo is a structure located in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The Uruguayan legislature is housed in this neoclassical structure at the end of Avenida Libertador, which runs diagonally from Plaza Entrevero to the Palacio Legislativo. Its walls are covered in panels composed of 24 various types of marble.
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Mercado Agrícolade Montevideo
One of Montevideo’s biggest agricultural markets is the Montevideo Agricultural Market (MAM). It is situated on José Terra Street in the Aguada district. It is the last of Montevideo’s great iron-built markets, which also include the Mercado del Puerto in the Old City and the Mercado de la Abundancia in the city’s heart. False towers on each of the original building’s four corners culminate in a spire.
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Salto del Penitente
In Uruguay, there is a waterfall called Salto del Penitente. This tourist destination is situated in the center of Parque Salto del Penitente in the Lavalleja region, close to the city of Minas. This location can be accessed from Ruta 8’s kilometer point 125. From there, a roughly eighteen-kilometer route leads to the waterfall, which is sixty meters high. A 2004 construction near the waterfall features an observation point and rest house cut into the rock.
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Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales
The Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, often known as the National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay), is a museum located in Parque Rodó in Montevideo, Uruguay. The official opening date was December 10, 1911.The largest collection of artwork from Uruguay is housed in this museum. The artists Pablo Serrano, who spent twenty years in Montevideo, Pedro Figari, Juan Manuel Blanes, José Cúneo, Rafael Barradas, Olga Piria, and Joaquín Torres García are among them.Additionally, the museum hosts transient exhibitions, including itinerant exhibitions by foreign artists.
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Juan Manuel Blanes Museum
The Uruguayan capital of Montevideo welcomed the Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes “Juan Manuel Blanes” as its first permanent home in 1930. The museum bears the name Juan Manuel Blanes, a well-known Uruguayan painter whose work is evocative of the neo-classical Renaissance houses of Italy.Encircling the building is a sizable park with a Japanese garden that was inaugurated in 2001 to commemorate the eight decades of diplomatic ties between Japan and Uruguay.
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De los Pocitos Beach
Another slang term for Salvador Mazza, Argentina’s Salta Province, is Pocitos. Pocitos is a posh seaside community (district or neighborhood) in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. This region is situated along the Rio de the Silver’s banks. It shares boundaries with Tres Cruces, Cordón, and Parque Rodó to the west, Buceo to the east, Parque Batlle to the north, and Punta Carretas to the south.
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Feria de Tristán Narvaja
The typical flea market in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, is called the Feria de Tristán Narvaja. Every Sunday, it happens there in the heart of the Cordón neighborhood. From early Sunday morning till the afternoon, you may find the different street vendors between the bookstores and used bookshops situated there.
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Francisco Piria Castle
Huge in size, the Piria Castle was constructed as a private home for Uruguayan industrialist Fernando Juan Santiago Francisco María Piria de Grossi, also known as Francisco Piria, who is well-known for founding the spa known as Piriápolis. It’s in the southeast of Uruguay, in the Maldonado department, not far from the aforementioned city. It is now a museum called Museo Parque city Castillo Francisco Piria, and it is owned by the Maldonado city government. There are lots of tourists that come here all year long.
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Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo
The mother church of the Archdiocese in the capital city of Montevideo, Uruguay, is the Roman Catholic Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo. The classical building may be found at the Plaza de la Constitución in the heart of Montevideo’s old town, across from the Cabildo on the corner of Sarandí and Ituzaingó.
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Reserva de Flora y Fauna
del Pan de Azúcar
Situated in southeastern Uruguay, in the Department of Maldonado, near the seaside city of Piriápolis, lies the Cerro Pan de Azúcar Native Wildlife and Breeding Station, a combination nature park and zoo. The Maldonado Municipal Administration Department is the owner of the park. Covering an area of 86 hectares, with native trees and plants all around, are over 250 specimens of 53 different species of Uruguayan animals[1]. Every year, 300,000 people visit the park, majority of them are student groups.
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Plaza de Cagancha
Montevideo’s Plaza de Cagancha, often called Plaza Cagancha or Plaza Libertad, is a square in the nation’s capital. It is situated in the Centro area on 18 de Julio Avenue, Montevideo’s main thoroughfare.Four years after the Declaration of Independence, in 1829, the Ciudad Vieja’s defenses were torn down, and the city was expanded to become “Ciudad Nueva”.
The plans contained proposals for about 160 more city blocks as well as a new square, which became known as Plaza de Cagancha in 1840 after General Rivera’s victory over the Buenos Aires-based invaders in the battle of the same name in 1839. A bronze statue was placed atop the Pillar of Peace (Columna de La Paz), which was built in the center of the city in 1867.This square was embellished at the start of the 20th century by French landscape architect Charles Thays.
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Locks Fountain
A stone fountain in Montevideo called THE FUENTE DE LOS CANDADOS (Fountain of Locks) is located on a corner. In normal conditions, this fountain would be easily forgotten if it weren’t for the numerous padlocks fastened to the surrounding railing.
Unbeknownst to them, the owners of the city’s most famous restaurant, Bar Facal, set up a stone fountain on their corner, never dreaming that it would grow to become one of the most recognizable symbols of love in the region. The proprietors shipped the small volcanic stone fountain all the way from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. They decided to install it outside the pub at the busy junction of Paseo Yi and Avenida 18 de Julio in the Uruguayan capital after storing it for 15 years.
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Jardín Botánico
de Montevideo
The Professor Atilio Lombardo Museum and Botanical Garden, also referred to as the Botanical Garden, is situated in the Municipality of Montevideo-managed El Prado area of Montevideo, Uruguay.It serves as a hub for scientific endeavors as well as a resource for botany-related information and instruction. One of its goals is to increase public awareness of botany and allied sciences by disseminating information and fostering a respect for native plants in Uruguay and other parts of the world.
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Plaza de la Constitución
The square Plaza de la Constitución, sometimes referred to as Plaza Matriz, is located in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. One of the most significant moments in the history of the State of Uruguay took place on the Plaza de la Constitución. The first constitution was passed here on July 18, 1830, the day Uruguay gained its independence. This event is known as the Jura de la Constitución.
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Book your perfect vacation!
Vacations: We are happy that we have the opportunity to work with the most famous companies in the world, we always order our vacations from these companies and we have never been disappointed: Check 24, Trivago, Trafalgar, TravelUp, Insight Vacations, Explorer Fernreisen.
Where to stay
Hotels, bed & breakfasts, and guesthouses, regardless of location—in the center of town, close to a lake, or amid natural surroundings. We were able to identify the top companies providing the best hotels: Booking.com, Trip.com, TravelUp, esky, Hoteltopia, Millennium Hotels and Explorer Fernreisen.
Saving Tips
Tours: If you do not go by car and need to know more information about the tours, and things to see, we recommend these companies that are offering tours for any kind of activity you want to do and where you can buy trips much cheaper than if you buy them when you arrive at your destination. It is always good to be able to save some money!
Viator, Get Your Guide, Tiqets, City Sightseeing, Sesame, Sightseeing Pass, Contiki, Riviera Travel, CityPass: the best activities in town!
Book your transport!
- when it comes to buses, Busbud is the best choice.
- when I want to travel by train, I choose Omio.
Rent a car!
Here you can find the best offers to rent the right car for you, as well as parking right in the airport: esky, Explorer, Centauro and intui.travel.
Book tour Flights!
If you have not found your desired flight, or you simply want more flight options to find the best and cheapest, we will help you with the best flight plans, where you will definitely find what you are looking for. With just one click you will find the cheapest flights to a wonderful destination!
Book your Cruise!
Here you can find the best offers for luxury cruises, or cheap cruise offers. We went on a cruise in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman and we can only recommend this unforgettable experience, not just here, but around the world!
Travel Insurance
Travel insurance is a type of insurance designed to cover the costs and losses associated with traveling. It serves as a safeguard for travelers in case of unexpected events. Here are the main types and key components of travel insurance: Trip Cancellation,Medical Insurance,Baggage Insurance, Travel Delay Insurance, Emergency Evacuation and Repatriation Insurance, Accidental Death , Rental Car Insurance:
Order your Luggage!
Choosing the right travel luggage can make your journey more comfortable and hassle-free. Here are the best offers to help you select the best travel luggage for your needs:
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