Category Archives: Uruguay
- June 2, 2008
- Montevideo Hostel, Montevideo, Uruguay q
Hostel Montevideo is located a few blocks from Ciudad Vieja’s main street, Avenue 18 de Julio, in a residential neighborhood. The hostel is housed in an old building that appears to have been a market place during a previous life. The main area of the hostel is a huge, 2-story open room that holds the [...]
- June 1, 2008
- Mercado del Puerto, Montevideo, Uruguay– also posted in Food
This wonderfully-smelling indoor and outdoor market is a popular place for any beef-loving Uruguayan to go for lunch, especially on Saturdays. Although in the summer this market is normally both in and outdoors, during the winter month of May we found much of the activity to be inside. Here one can find at least a [...]
- June 1, 2008
- Plaza Independencia, Montevideo, Uruguay
Plaza Independencia is one of Montevideo’s largest and most well known plazas. It’s located in the Ciudad Vieja area of the city. The center piece of the plaza is an enormous statue of Artigas, the historic hero and liberator of Uruguay. Beneath the statue is the chamber where the ashes of Artigas rest guarded by [...]
- June 1, 2008
- Mercado de los Artesanos, Montevideo, Uruguay
This is the largest permanent artisan market in the Cuidad Vieja part of Montevideo. It houses a variety of artisan works in a closed-air market off Plaza Cagancha, which is on the main shopping street: 18 de Julio. The market is known for its high-quality but slightly pricey artisan goods. The craftsmanship found in this [...]
- June 1, 2008
- Plaza Zabala, and Museo de Artes Decorativas, Montevideo, Uruguay
This is a very quiet, out-of-the-way plaza in the Cuidad Vieja part of Montevideo. It holds a monument to the first Governor of Montevideo. Although this is a very nice and quiet Plaza, espcecially compared to the lively Plaza Inpendencia and Plaza Constitution many homeless people make this their place to rest, so I would [...]
- June 1, 2008
- Ciudad Vieja Hostel, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ciudad Vieja Hostel is located in the heart of Montevideo’s Ciudad Vieja region. This area of the city is home to most of Montevideo’s tourist attractions. The area houses most of the countries museums which are almost all free of charge. They do hold very strange hours so be sure to check their hours before [...]
- June 1, 2008
- La Rambla, Montevideo, Uruguay
Virtually every Uruguayan city on the coast has a place called La Rambla. It is the strip along the beach used for gathering, walking, and sipping mate. In Uruguay homes and resorts are generally built back from the beach to leave plenty of this public space. Our friend Rick pointed out that all Uruguayan cities [...]
- May 20, 2008
- Uruguay Expedition: Begins, Raleigh-Durham to Miami
We are currently in Miami. Tomorrow we’ll begin a long journey to Montevideo, Uruguay that won’t end until mid-day on the 21st. We flew to Fort Lauderdale aboard a South West flight and then rode Florida’s trirail to Miami. The whole thing went quite uneventfull. Hopefully the rest of the trip will go along as [...]
- May 3, 2008
- Expedition Uruguay: Planning my first trip to South America.
Discovery of Uruguay I discovered Uruguay through my affinity for the popular local beverage called Yerba Mate. After reading Uruguay and Montevideo through a number of blogs and articles I decided to fly there this summer. Booked Flight I booked two round trip tickets on South West airlines to Miami from Raleigh Durham International Airport [...]
