Town
Colonia del Sacramento
View on Google MapsA colonial river town on the Río de la Plata, its old quarter a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In our stories
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Crossing the continent
Their 2017 line ran border-to-Colonia through Melo, Cerro Chato and Durazno, across country so still after Brazil that the quiet itself became the story; with every…
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Community
Arriving from Argentina by water — the ferries to Colonia and Carmelo, and the roads east from the river..
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Montevideo
Her verdict — flat, safe, welcoming, best in March — comes with departmental deep-dives for Rocha, Maldonado and Colonia, and a soft spot for the wine country and the…
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The interior
A Brazilian rider's twenty-four-day solo tour in January 2014, entering not at Chuí but over the quieter Jaguarão bridge, then looping Montevideo, Punta del Este…
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The west
Past all that waits Colonia del Sacramento, and the sense, in account after account, of having reached somewhere calm..
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Who's cycled Uruguay
Cicloturismo Chuy x Colonia del Sacramento - Uruguay ↗....
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Across the Río de la Plata
Colonia del Sacramento is a small, flat, cobbled UNESCO town — lovely to wander, though its historic core is for walking rather than riding — and Montevideo from there…
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Coming from Argentina
Buquebús runs the direct crossing to Montevideo on the Francisco in a little over two hours, the shorter hop to Colonia in about an hour and a quarter, and a…
- Coming from Brazil
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Carmelo and the quiet west
Skip the fast crossing to Colonia.
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The rambla by bike
The ride begins at the ferry terminal, where the boats to Buenos Aires and Colonia dock — for anyone crossing from Argentina, the first sight of Montevideo.
In community accounts
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Edson Maia
Chuy → Punta del Diablo → Valizas → Cabo Polônio → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Piriápolis → Montevideo → Colonia del Sacramento (400+ km).
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Elmar & Ellen
Border crossing into Uruguay → hot-spring campings → winery → Colonia del Sacramento → ferry to Buenos Aires.
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Luis Carlos Parrado
Buenos Aires → Colonia del Sacramento (Buquebus ferry).
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Chris 'Tarzan' Clemens
Ferry BA → Colonia del Sacramento → Uruguayan countryside via backroads → border crossing → Hwy 14/AR → Buenos Aires.
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Kiara Fabbri
Colonia del Sacramento → Colonia Valdense → Libertad → Ciudad del Plata → Montevideo via Ruta 1; ~180 km.
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Zoë Agasi & Olivier Van Herck
Brazil border → Melo → Cerro Chato → Duranzo → Colonia del Sacramento; ~1,200 km through Uruguayan interior.
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Caryl & Brian Bergeron
Ideo → Atlantida (19 mi) → Piriapolis (53 km) → Punta del Este → La Paloma → Aguas Dulces → Parque Santa Teresa → Chuy → (bus return) → Santa Lucia → Colonia del…
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Brian A.
Chile → Argentina → ferry across Río de la Plata → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo (~180 km east); southern hemisphere summer 1998–99.
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el tala (with father)
Colonia del Sacramento → Barra de Chuy and return; ~845 km total over 14 days; Dec 9–23, 2014; partly solo after father split near Montevideo.
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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.
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Juan Sisto
Nueva Palmira (boat from Delta del Tigre/AR) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo; winter season.
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Paulo Renato Petry
Montenegro/RS → Pelotas → Jaguarão border → Montevideo → Punta del Este → Colonia del Sacramento → Uruguay interior → return to Montenegro; ~2,155 km / 24 days; Jan…
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Ana & Ernesto
Ghway → Lagamar (Ilha Comprida, Ilha do Cardoso, Superagui) → Uruguay coast (Rocha and Maldonado departments: Punta del Diablo, Valizas, La Paloma) → Colonia del…
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Estelle & partner (Fou d'un monde)
Buenos Aires (ferry) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo → Punta del Este → Cabo Polonio → coastal lagoon crossings → interior thermal-spring towns (Guaviyú, Daymán) →…
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Jonathan B. Roy
Buenos Aires (ferry) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo (185 km) → interior village of Montes → northward toward Brazil; gravelly interior roads and farmland.
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Unknown (Cyclists Heading Up)
Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo (~200 km); 10-day stay in MVD with host Andrés.
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Annett & partner
Argentina entry → Mercedes → Dolores → Nueva Palmira → Carmelo → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo → Ciudad de la Costa → Piriápolis → Punta del Este → San Carlos →…
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Peter
Ferry Buenos Aires → Carmelo; 3 days cycling Carmelo → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo; return via ferry.
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Michael Schreiber
Chuy (Brazil border) → Castillos → San Carlos → Atlántida → Montevideo → Eclida Paullier → Colonia del Sacramento → ferry to Buenos Aires; 527 km / 10 days; Nov 2016.
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Uruguay ab Montevideo – Radreise-Forum.de
MVD as starting point for a planned 4-week tour; Colonia del Sacramento, Quebrada de los Cuervos NP, southern Rio Uruguay, Chuy (Brazil border) as suggested destinations.
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浅地亮 / Asaji Ryō
AR/UY border (bridge) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo; ~430 km / 4 days; Aug 2022.
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Bruno Galliez
Chuí → Punta del Diablo → Cabo Polônio → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Piriápolis → Montevideo → Colônia del Sacramento; ~500 km / 7 days; Dec 2015.
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Louisa Woolf
BA → Colonia (ferry) → Carmelo (80 km) → Montevideo → Piriápolis → Laguna Garzón (128 km) → La Paloma → Punta del Diablo (126 km).
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VIAJE A URUGUAY EN BICICLETA – mtb.uy foro
BA → Buquebus → Colonia → Punta del Este (Ruta 11 or Ruta 1); Argentine CicloAventura group Jan 2012.
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Uwee & Isabel
16-day cycling tour through Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Feb 1–16, 2017; ~800 km total; Rio de la Plata estuary; Colonia → Punta del Este → Isla de Lobos → Montevideo →…