Landmark

El Caracol

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A small settlement on the shore of Laguna Garzón, just across the circular bridge.

In our stories

  • The Atlantic coast

    She splits the 251 kilometres from El Caracol to Chuy into stages — La Paloma, La Pedrera, Cabo Polonio, Punta del Diablo — with distances, road surfaces and camping…

  • Who's cycled Uruguay

    Hub page; links to Maldonado (Piriápolis → Laguna Garzón) and Rocha (El Caracol → Chuy) sub-guides; coastal corridor overview.

In community accounts

  • Louisa Woolf

    El Caracol (Maldonado border) → La Paloma (78 km) → La Pedrera (12 km) → Cabo Polonio (38 km, dune buggy for the last stretch) → Punta del Diablo (71 km) → Chuy (52 km)…