Town
Fray Bentos
View on Google MapsThe capital of Río Negro department, on the Río Uruguay, home to the former Anglo meat-packing plant, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In our stories
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Crossing the continent
A Uruguayan couple's systematic crossing of all nineteen departments, and every departmental capital but Fray Bentos, over three hundred and seventeen days, done on a…
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The interior
The scale is national — one project covered six thousand kilometres over three hundred and seventeen days, reaching nineteen of the country's departments and every…
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Who's cycled Uruguay
Chuy → Santa Teresa NP → Punta del Diablo → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Montevideo → Mercedes → Fray Bentos → Carmelo.
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By long-distance bus
From Argentina , four companies work the corridor, all crossing at Fray Bentos: Cauvi runs it about four times a week in roughly eight hours; Bus de la Carrera goes…
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Coming from Argentina
The bus is the cheaper overland option — Bus de la Carrera, Cauvi, EGA and Pullman General Belgrano all run the roughly eight-hour corridor, crossing at Fray Bentos —…
In community accounts
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Eva Pfarrwaller & Miguel Anjo
Chuy → Santa Teresa NP → Punta del Diablo → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Montevideo → Mercedes → Fray Bentos → Carmelo.
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Steve, Dale & Keith House
Lincoln/AR → Chacabuco → San Andres de Giles → Gualeguaychu → Zárate–Brazo Largo bridge → Fray Bentos → Paysandú → Cerro de la Glorieta.