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Advantages: thousands
Disadvantages: it is a litlle (?!!!?) faraway

Punta del Este is the holiday resort more exclusive of the whole South America. Businessmen from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela as well United States of America select Punta del Este as location for their holidays house. Here come also singers, sport stars, actor and actress. The name of this resort says itself that the town is located on the point more eastern of Uruguay. To reach Punta del Este you should first of all fly to Montevideo, the capital ...
...accordance with the USA style, Punta del Este keeps her fascination of a city of seamen established by European immigrants, most of them where from Italy. In 1906 the inhabitants of a small settlement asked to the President of the Republic of Uruguay the creation of a town; the petition was accepted and rendered official with a Presidential decree on 5 July 1907. Punta del Este was born. I think I already said (in other reviews) that I'm not a ... Read review

Advantages: few
Disadvantages: some

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 ... Read review

Advantages: Lots of History
Disadvantages: Not for non history lovers

...Plate) to visit Uruguay. And colonia is a good option. It takes an hour or two, depending on the ferry you choose to cross the river. Buquebus is the name of the company that organizes this travels that can also include a lunch in a farm, or in a restaurant inside the old city, or even a night in a hotel. The price for a whole day including the meal and the tour is about 40 pounds, depending on the menu for the lunch (the farm option is more expensive). ...
...country. The complete name is colonia Del Sacramento, a catholic name for one of the eldest spanish/portuguese colony in South America. How old are we talking about? The portuguese Manoel Lobo founded it in 1680 and then although Portugal and Spain agreed over the cession of Colonia round 1750, the Jesuit missionaries started education the locals in there and by 1777, it was one of the most important ports because of contraband to Buenos Aires, in ... Read review

Advantages: Amazing night life!
Disadvantages: You won't be able to find one!

Punta del Este means “point east”. And this unknown place for europeans is a massive hit for all the famous and rich argentinian neighbours. It's not more than two hours from Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, and it's a well prepared resort for the thousands of visitors that receive every summer. Remember that summer in this side of the world is during December, January, February, March... but it doesn't means that it's dead during wintertime, every ...
...The best thing about Punta del Este is that is that kind of place where you can go with family, friend, lover, grandparents, even pets, and they will all say that they are really enjoying themselves. So some tips about their beaches. They are separated in four main groups: "la Mansa" that means “the calm”, "la Brava" that means “the wild”; "Solanas" an important hotel gives their name and "la Barra" that means “the bar”. As you can imagine la Barra ... Read review