Town

Carmelo

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A town on the Arroyo de las Vacas, on the Colonia wine route.

Carmelo
Photo: B.CortezFlores · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

In our stories

  • Crossing the continent

    Lechu Villalba & Nico González — the Carmelo–Chuy guide.

  • Community

    Arriving from Argentina by water — the ferries to Colonia and Carmelo, and the roads east from the river..

  • Rentals & guided tours

    The most wide-ranging local operator, running since 2010 and the only one that regularly leaves Montevideo: city tours in the capital and Punta del Este, a five-day…

  • The west

    Arriving from Argentina by water — the ferries to Colonia and Carmelo, and the roads east from the river..

  • Who's cycled Uruguay

    The west is reached differently: the ferry to Colonia, Carmelo, the bridges over the Uruguay River.

  • Across the Río de la Plata

    Carmelo is the busier of the two — out Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 08:30, back at 15:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and at 17:30 on Sunday — while…

  • Carmelo and the quiet west

    ← Routes ⤢ Illustration · Midjourney Routes The ferry from Tigre: Carmelo and Uruguay's quiet west.

In community accounts

  • Eva Pfarrwaller & Miguel Anjo

    Chuy → Santa Teresa NP → Punta del Diablo → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Montevideo → Mercedes → Fray Bentos → Carmelo.

  • Louisa Woolf

    BA → Colonia (ferry) → Carmelo (80 km) → Montevideo → Piriápolis → Laguna Garzón (128 km) → La Paloma → Punta del Diablo (126 km).

  • Lechu Villalba & Nico González

    Carmelo → Santa Teresa (near Chuy/Brazil border); coastal corridor with repechos (rolling climbs); Laguna de Rocha crossing by fishermen's boat.

  • Lechu Villalba & Nico González

    Gualeguaychú (AR) → bridge crossing → Carmelo; ~80 km pedaled in ~10 days due to extreme heat and illness.

  • Jime Sánchez & Andrés Calla

    Carmelo → Colonia del Sacramento (77 km one-way via Route 21, 154 km round trip); return via rural coastal dirt road; 6 days; Aug 2014.

  • juanmanuel86run & spouse

    Buenos Aires → ferry → Colonia del Sacramento → Carmelo (87 km via Route 21) → Colonia return (83 km) → Canteras return to BA; 245 km total over 4 days; Oct 2011.

  • Por qué viajar en bicicleta por Uruguay – Trinx

    Carmelo → Santa Teresa (near Chuy) as sample coastal route; low-difficulty beginner framing.

  • Anne-Claire & Pierre

    Carmelo (entry) → Montevideo (Christmas stay) → Neptunia → coastal route → Maldonado → Punta del Este area; Jan 2018; part of 1,500 km / 16-month SA + SE Asia tour.

  • Annett & partner

    Argentina entry → Mercedes → Dolores → Nueva Palmira → Carmelo → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo → Ciudad de la Costa → Piriápolis → Punta del Este → San Carlos →…

  • Peter

    Ferry Buenos Aires → Carmelo; 3 days cycling Carmelo → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo; return via ferry.