This plaza is the perfect place to start an exploration of Montevideo. It marks the boundary between the new town and the old city. To the east, Avenue 18 de Julio leads…Read More

Ciudad ViejaThe "Ciudad Vieja" ("Old City") is the name given to colonial Montevideo; nowadays the area is the central neighborhood of the city. Located between the port…Read More

Torres Garcia was born in 1874 in Uruguay, and left to Barcelona at the age of 17 where he studied arts. In 1920 he travelled to New York to produce and sell toys, and…Read More

Last weekend, my friends and I decided it was high time we went dancing. Needless to say, it was just the girls, because when we revel we do so without men. So the girls,…Read More

With an elevation of 400 feet, this hill is a place not to be missed. We generally visit it when we are kids and our teachers organized a day out. Atop the hill there is a…Read More

It’s great when you stumble across something you have never heard of when you are travelling. I must confess that I knew little about Montevideo before visiting there so…Read More

Tres Cruces: the NeighborhoodThe name of the area means "Three Crosses" and goes back to 1813, when the "Tres Cruces Congress" took place there; the congress predates the…Read More

Inside the El Cabildo there’s a museum, what most called my attention was the National Coat of Arms, which dated from 1825. It’s oval-shaped, it’s divided in four parts,…Read More

Montevideo’s port is the main one in the country and one of the most important merchandise entry points to the Mercosur. The port sits on the River Plate, the estuary…Read More

After leaving the Plaza de la Constitucion go downhill along Ituzaingo Street for a coffee at the Café Brasiliro (Ituzaingo 1447) for a taste of the old world. With high…Read More