Uruguay tourist information with details about
travel to and around the country. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with
insider tips and hand-selected Uruguay links, by dedicated editors and visitors to
TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel.
Uruguay is the second smallest country in South
America, located in the Rio Plata region between Argentina
and Brazil.
Weather in Uruguay
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Uruguay.
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del Este Weather.
Rising in the coastal range of southern Brazil,
between Curitiba and Porto Alegre, the river flows west towards Argentina;
forming the boundary between the two nations.
It then runs south, between Argentina and Uruguay and empties into the
Río de la Plata.
Large boats can reach Paysandú and smaller vessels continue to Salto;
320 km from the river's mouth.
The capital of the República Oriental del Uruguay is in the
southern part of the country, on the Río de la Plata; a modern city with the heart of a
village and excellent beaches nearby: Playas, Ramírez and Miramar.
Montevideo was founded by the Spanish governor of Buenos Aires, in
1726, to prevent the Portuguese from Brazil extending south and fortifying the strategic
heights in the region.
Spanish-Portuguese rivalry continued into the early 19th century,
until Montevideo was made the capital of independent Uruguay, in 1828, acting as a buffer
state between Spanish Argentina and Portuguese Brazil.
Accommodation in Montevideo
Hotels
in Montevideo:
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Punte del Este is a popular beach resort.
Also visit the nearby islands of Gorniti and Lobos.
The northern Uruguayan border town of Rivera shares a through
street with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento.
This is the northern terminus of the Uruguayan railway system and a
good place to Enter Brazil.
Uruguay Total:
Directory for sites related to Uruguay. Most of it is in Spanish.
Visit Uruguay:
Primarily a resource for Uruguayan hotels with some background information on Colonia del Sacramento, Montevideo, Atlántida, Piriápolis, and Punta del Este. Hotel information
is better laid out than Travel Now or hotelguide.com, but prices differ considerably
between all three and they don't all have the same hotels covered.
RedUy:
Another Uruguayan directory that is needlessly slowed down with a Java news applet that
has nothing to do with Uruguay.
Embassy of Uruguay: (USA)
2715 M st. N.W, 3rd Floor, Washington D.C.. You'll need Java running on your browser to
follow their links to further information and related websites.
Books
on Uruguay Travel:
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