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Uruguay
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Montevideo Department
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Montevideo
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Tours & Activities
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Montevideo City Tour
3 h
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About this activity
Take an insightful 3-hour guided tour of Uruguay’s capital city, Montevideo. After pickup from your hotel, your knowledgeable guide will take you to Independence Plaza, which divides Montevideo’s old and new areas and is dominated by a large statue of Uruguay's great military leader, José Artigas.
On the east side of this prominent plaza, you'll find Palacio Salvo, a 26-story building completed in the 1920s that was once the tallest building in Uruguay. Admire its beautiful architecture before exploring the west end of the plaza, where you'll see Puerta de la Ciudadela, one of the few remaining structures of the city wall that once surrounded colonial Montevideo.
Next, head to the area of El Prado, home to Prado Park and three soccer stadiums. After learning about this neighborhood from your guide, continue to the elegant residential areas of Carrasco , Punta Gorda and Pocitos along Las Ramblas. This gorgeous coastal views from Punta Gorda will let you admire the endless beaches of Pocitos. Browse local shops while strolling down the beachside promenade before relaxing on the drive back to your hotel.
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On the east side of this prominent plaza, you'll find Palacio Salvo, a 26-story building completed in the 1920s that was once the tallest building in Uruguay. Admire its beautiful architecture before exploring the west end of the plaza, where you'll see Puerta de la Ciudadela, one of the few remaining structures of the city wall that once surrounded colonial Montevideo.
Next, head to the area of El Prado, home to Prado Park and three soccer stadiums. After learning about this neighborhood from your guide, continue to the elegant residential areas of Carrasco , Punta Gorda and Pocitos along Las Ramblas. This gorgeous coastal views from Punta Gorda will let you admire the endless beaches of Pocitos. Browse local shops while strolling down the beachside promenade before relaxing on the drive back to your hotel.
Included
- 3-hour city tour
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Not included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
85%
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This tour gives you a taste of the city of Montevideo its parks, architecture, history and culture. It was an enjoyable day with good photo opportunities.
The tour overview certainly does not suggest the tour is predominantly in Spanish. Our tour was overwhelmingly in Spanish. The guide provided perhaps a quarter of the content in English. My wife could not follow at all. But, I did follow the Spanish content and it was disappointing and superficial. We were told a few major dates and place names. But, we spent many minutes driving through older neighborhoods which were run down, and heard nothing about what had changed to cause the deterioration. We learned nothing about the people, the economy, the culture. Perhaps the best example. We stopped for a five minute photo opportunity at a sculpture depicting an colonial settler on a horse-drawn wagon. We learned nothing about where they had come from, where they were going, and what the settlement process was all about. It could have been a statute of a US wild west wagon. The guide was pleasant and polite, and the tour did cover the City. We just didn't learn much about why Uruguay is different from Argentina or Brazil.
The tour overview certainly does not suggest the tour is predominantly in Spanish. Our tour was overwhelmingly in Spanish. The guide provided perhaps a quarter of the content in English. My wife could not follow at all. But, I did follow the Spanish content and it was disappointing and superficial. We were told a few major dates and place names. But, we spent many minutes driving through older neighborhoods which were run down, and heard nothing about what had changed to cause the deterioration. We learned nothing about the people, the economy, the culture. Perhaps the best example. We stopped for a five minute photo opportunity at a sculpture depicting an colonial settler on a horse-drawn wagon. We learned nothing about where they had come from, where they were going, and what the settlement process was all about. It could have been a statute of a US wild west wagon. The guide was pleasant and polite, and the tour did cover the City. We just didn't learn much about why Uruguay is different from Argentina or Brazil.
A Hop On Hop Off bus would have been better.
Good overall view of the city.
Wasted way too much time going from Hotel to Hotel to pick up other passengers. Then wasted more time dropping everyone off.
I enjoyed this tour.
I have had better city tours in other countries.