Uruguay: 4-Day Montevideo, Old Town and Excursion Tour
ID: GYG1522268-2323175
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Land: Uruguay
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4 dagar
Beskrivning
Four days based in Montevideo with a local guide: Ciudad Vieja, the Mercado del Puerto parrilla, the rambla at golden hour and a full-day excursion of your choice.
Wedged between two giants, Uruguay has spent two centuries quietly perfecting the things its neighbours argue about. It is the continent's most stable democracy and its safest country; it legalised the siesta-adjacent pleasures of life long ago and drinks more mate per person than anywhere on Earth. Its capital faces the Río de la Plata (a river so wide it behaves like a sea) along twenty-two kilometres of beach promenade where, every evening, half the city walks, jogs, fishes and passes the gourd. Montevideo rewards the traveller who likes cities with texture rather than spectacle. Ciudad Vieja, the old quarter on its little peninsula, stacks four centuries, colonial gateway, art-deco towers, tango bars, and the smoke-filled iron hall of the Mercado del Puerto, where lunch means beef over open fire and no menu is really necessary. Candombe drums roll through the streets on weekend evenings; the world's first football World Cup was won here and never quite ended. This is our shortest South American expedition and our most affordable after Moldova: four unhurried days with a local guide, the old city and the market done properly, the rambla at golden hour, and a full-day excursion of your choosing to the glamour of Punta del Este and Casapueblo, the tannat bodegas of Canelones, or the cobbled UNESCO time capsule of Colonia del Sacramento. It pairs with Buenos Aires as naturally as steak with tannat.
Höjdpunkter
- Walk Ciudad Vieja's colonial and art-deco streets
- Lunch at the Mercado del Puerto parrilla
- Stroll the 22 km rambla at golden hour
- Choose Punta del Este, tannat vineyards or Colonia
- Explore Montevideo with a local guide, with one hotel base
Guider språk
VIKTIG INFORMATION
No mandatory government fees are payable locally. The Day 3 excursion (Punta del Este and Casapueblo, Canelones tannat bodegas, or Colonia del Sacramento) is chosen with your guide.
Your guide meets you in the arrivals hall at Carrasco International Airport, holding a sign with your name. Please share your flight details after booking.
INKLUDERAT
- Accommodation: Three nights in a boutique hotel between Ciudad Vieja and the rambla
- Included Experiences: Guided Ciudad Vieja day with Mercado del Puerto parrilla lunch (Day 2); full-day excursion: Punta del Este & Casapueblo, Canelones tannat bodegas with tastings and asado lunch, or Colonia del Sacramento (Day 3); rambla golden-hour walk and the city's markets, cafés and football or candombe heritage as they fall
- Guide: English-speaking local guide and transport for all touring days
- Meals: Daily breakfast. Lunches and dinners are at your own expense, apart from food that is part of a listed experience (the Mercado del Puerto parrilla and the Day 3 excursion lunch): the parrillas of Montevideo deserve the choice.
- Transfers: Airport or ferry-terminal arrival and departure transfers included
EJ INKLUDERAT
- International flights and ferries, travel insurance, lunches and dinners outside the listed experiences, alcoholic beverages beyond the listed tastings, personal expenses
När ska jag boka?
För att garantera tillgänglighet, boka så snart som möjligt. Tidig bokning är värt att överväga, särskilt om du planerar resan under högsäsong som allmänna helgdagar eller helger.
Avbokningar
Denna utflykt kan du avboka utan kostnad upp till 24 timmar före resans start. Om du avbokar efter 24 timmar eller inte dyker upp på utflykten kommer du fortfarande att debiteras hela priset för aktiviteten. Att vara sen vid upphämtning eller avresa kommer att betraktas som att inte dyka upp.
