What to do in Montevideo?



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  Tangol 10/03/2018

Montevideo confuses people due to they do not know whether to enjoy it as a tourist or stay to live. The city ranked as the city with the best quality of life in Latin America in 2015 has been one of the cities in the region that receives the major quantity of foreigners every year.

In its streets and squares, you can breathe an air of liberty. A freedom gained thanks to the courage of its heroes and the intelligence of its civilians. In addition, the city is full of details that make us feel the romantic and simple world of the poems of Benedetti and the melancholic and mundane of Onetti's stories.

Montevideo is also one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. Its inhabitants have always been between two options: the first, travel around the world, and the second rebuild its own country.

The military dictatorship forced people to be divided between these options for a long time. However, today Uruguay is a country full of curious tourists who want to know one of the smallest nations in the world.

Next, we will review the tourist destinations that will answer this curiosity. We will give you a description of the beaches, the public spaces, and the unforgettable options.  So, visitors will know what they must do in Montevideo to have an extraordinary experience.

City Tour              

Montevideo is a green city. The modern and classic architecture are not mixed; in fact, there are trees, many trees. For that reason, knowing the city in an organized and complete form is important.

Probably, the best way is a private tour that lasts three hours showing the most important touristic sites. The city tour starts with a walk by "Ciudad Vieja" to admire its European architecture, the Emblematic Museo del Gaucho, the street markets and so on.

It also includes the Mercado del Puerto, where you can enjoy performs of "Candombe", the art galleries and the handicrafts shops. Other points of interest are the neighborhoods of Carrasco, Pocitos, and Punta Gorda. All of these places are part of the route of this tour, and it has to be done before visiting "La Rambla". The tourists will be charmed with all in the city.

Tour to Colonia

Close to Montevideo is the ancient Portuguese city, named Colonia del Sacramento. You can spend the whole day in this place. This corner of the planet is a World Heritage Site due to its architecture.

Visitors can enjoy its cobblestone streets, its ancient buildings, its forts and several museums with Spanish and Portuguese themes.

But, it is not a ghost town living in the past. In fact, Colonia has an active agricultural production and livestock production.

The tour includes a stop in Nueva Helvecia, also known as Swiss Colony.

Flavors of Wine Tour

You have to taste the Uruguayan wines to know the country. For this reason, there is a tour that starts in Montevideo. It is a perfect tour to discover the wine culture of the country. You will visit two amazing wineries.

But, it is true that it is also important to taste the meat of the country. This is the only way to understand why they are so proud of its barbecues.

Meat and wine tour is the tour of many because it includes the opportunity to learn about the process of elaborating wine.

It explains all the processes, since the explanation of the process of harvest, and a tasting accompanied by a sommelier.

Montevideo Beaches

It seems incredible that the southernmost capital of the entire American continent has such good beaches. 
However, Montevideo has 30 kilometers of beaches. These varied Oceanic beaches are visited by tourists from different countries every summer. The reasons are clear, beauty and pleasure.

Among all of them, the most renowned are Playa Ramírez, Playa Pocitos, Playa Carrasco, Playa Verde, Playa Honda and Playa Malvín.

Montevideo at Night

The nightlife of Montevideo has many to offer. All of the activities have an inextinguishable cultural characteristic. But there is one that cannot be forgotten, El Milongon Cena Show. In this place, you will find Candombe, Tango, and Folklore.

Few times in life, a person can enjoy a musical and choreographic display as good as this one.

Every detail is planned carefully. In the performance, everything is full of touch, hearing, sight, and taste. Ending a night like this makes Montevideo, from all points of view, unforgettable.

Uruguay is a small country in population and territory. But the greatness of Montevideo draws the attention. This greatness, built based on the individualities, put the name of the nation at the highest level in all possible areas. Visiting this country is to take over a bit of all that. Visit Montevideo, the end of this description.









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