10 days in Uruguay
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure, Free time, Relaxation / Well-being.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Automne, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Montevideo ?
The map of your stay "10 days in Uruguay"
Detail of the stay : 10 days in Uruguay
How to get there - Montevideo
Montevideo
Arrival in Montevideo in the morning. Visit of the historical district in the afternoon.
Continuation of the visit of the capital
Steps: Montevideo
Visit of parks, beaches and other neighborhoods of Montevideo(Carrasco and Pocitos in particular).
Punta del Este
Steps: La Barra - Manantiales
Rent a car to go to Punta del Este along the beaches(Atlántida, Piriápolis, Casapueblo...). Enjoy a swim in the ocean and sleep in Punta del Este or La Barra (right next door).
Places of interest : CASAPUEBLO
José Ignacio
Steps: Laguna Garzón
After La Barra (stores, flea markets...), we go to José Ignacio, a posh but discreet village, sheltering a beautiful lighthouse and a wild coast, then direction laguna Garzón (we pass on a free ferry) and La Paloma. Sleep either in La Paloma (playa La Aguada) or in La Pedrera (30 minutes from La Paloma).
Cabo Polonio
Steps: Punta Del Diablo
Early departure for Cabo Polonio (take a truck at the entrance of the biodiversity reserve). On the program: stroll, lazing on the beach. At the end of the day, we will go to Punta del Diablo for its beauty and its atmosphere, and we will spend the night there.
Fort and fortress
Steps: Chuy
Take the direction of Chuy, stop at the fort of San Miguel, then we will visit the fortress of Santa Teresa and return to Punta del Diablo at the end of the day.
Places of interest : FORTALEZA SANTA TERESA FUERTE DE SAN MIGUEL
Minas
Steps: Minas
To take height and to leave towards Minas. In the evening we will sleep in an estancia.
On the road
Steps: Colonia Del Sacramento
Continue the "great crossing" of Uruguay; from Minas, reach Colonia del Sacramento.
Colonia del Sacramento
A day on site to visit the historic heart of the city, along its ramparts and the bay.
