Advantages: Really nice museums to keep you engaged with the city Disadvantages: The constant meat you are meant to eat
...The capital city is Montevideo and it is also the most populated as well with over 1.5 million people living there. Weather ------------- In Uruguay they have weather very similar to our weather just not as wet. In January when I went to visit the weather was extremely warm and was hitting on average around 33c each day and in the evenings there was a much cooler breeze and temperatures dropped to around 16c. If you go later in the year around May ... ...------------------ I went to Montevideo in Uruguay in late January 2008 and was there for ten days. I had visited this country for one reason and it was to see where my grandmother used to live and explore the surroundings she had to deal with when growing up. I had to get a flight to Buenos Aires in Argentina and then have a flight from there to Montevideo and it was a flight which took 20 hours to complete but it was a nice journey on route with ...
tink-er-bell 12.10.2009
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Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay and gives hospitality to more or less the 50% of the inhabitants of the whole Uruguay.
Montevideo is a modern city that includes also the historic zone of the old city. All around the city there are many beaches with their white sands.
The old city, called "CIUDAD VIEJA", is scattered with buildings dated 18th century and includes also the market called "MERCADO DEL PUERTO".
"AVENIDA 18 DE JULIO" (18 July ... ...its parks and "Ramblas".
Montevideo is an array of old (18th century) and new (very modern skyscrapers) without many interests for those people that are looking for history, art and architecture. A full visit will take only two days.
As a counterbalance the beaches of Montevideo are very beautiful, clean and with an extension as far as the eye can see.
The inhabitants (most of them are of Italian origin) are friendly and polite. The city is safe ...
traveller55 19.09.2005
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