Montevideo

No route in Uruguay has been ridden — or written up — more than the coast from Chuy to Montevideo, through Rocha and Maldonado..

The oldest English-language account here, from an American couple already fifty-odd thousand kilometres into a round-the-world tour when they rode Montevideo to Colonia…

No route in Uruguay has been ridden — or written up — more than the coast from Chuy to Montevideo, through Rocha and Maldonado..

Five operators rent bikes and run guided rides, most of them based in Montevideo, and between them they cover most of what a visitor might want — a half-day of the city…

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…

From the river the roads run east: Ruta 1 with its wide shoulder toward Montevideo, busier with trucks near Colonia, and the quieter Ruta 21 up to Carmelo.

The Atlantic coast — from Chuy to Montevideo through Rocha — is the most-documented corridor, ridden above all by Brazilians who cross at the border and follow the sea…

Almost every international flight lands at one place: Carrasco, Montevideo's airport, about nineteen kilometres from the city.

Every international bus arrives at the same place — Tres Cruces, Montevideo's main terminal, on Bulevar General Artigas.

Two ferry companies share the same Puerto Madero terminal in Buenos Aires, crossing the Río de la Plata — the wide estuary Montevideo sits on.

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…

South of the border, two roads run toward Montevideo.

Is Montevideo safe to cycle?.

Beyond greater Montevideo the roads are almost always empty.

(Prado station, Montevideo; 1991–2020 normals.).

Getting here from Montevideo.

What remained was the hardest part: the end, the one that reaches the border with Montevideo.

⤢ The itinerary in its geographic context: from Montevideo out along the eastern coastal corridor...

← Routes ⤢ Illustration · Pedaleando Uruguay Routes Montevideo to Cabo Polonio: the Atlantic coast in stages.

← Uruguay by bike Uruguay by bike Montevideo's cycling policy, measured against Buenos Aires and Santiago.

Uruguay by bike Montevideo's cycling calendar.

Plaza Independencia Centro, Montevideo.

← Uruguay by bike Uruguay by bike Montevideo is learning to ride.

The rambla by bike: Montevideo from the port to Pocitos.

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

Chuy → Punta del Diablo → Valizas → Cabo Polônio → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Piriápolis → Montevideo → Colonia del Sacramento (400+ km).

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

Montevideo → Atlantida (19 mi) → Piriapolis (53 km) → Punta del Este → La Paloma → Aguas Dulces → Parque Santa Teresa → Chuy → (bus return) → Santa Lucia → Colonia del…

Chile → Argentina → ferry across Río de la Plata → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo (~180 km east); southern hemisphere summer 1998–99.

Montevideo → Faro José Ignacio (Atlantic coast); part of Buenos Aires → Arequipa, Peru journey.

Montevideo → Piriápolis (200 km, 3 days, 23 participants); regional day rides from MVD.

Montevideo → Chuy (Brazil border) full coastal route, March 2011; ~50 km/day suggested pace.

Nueva Palmira (boat from Delta del Tigre/AR) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo; winter season.

Barcelona, Spain → Europe → Middle East → Central Asia → China → Southeast Asia → Siberia → South Korea → Montevideo, Uruguay; 43,150 km total.

Anta Teresa → Punta del Diablo → Cuchilla de la Angostura → Laguna Negra → Castillos → Aguas Dulces → Cabo Polônio → La Pedrera → La Paloma → Rocha → Montevideo; ~700…

Chuí → Punta del Diablo → Cabo Polônio → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Piriápolis → Montevideo → Colônia del Sacramento; ~500 km / 7 days; Dec 2015.

Montevideo → Piriápolis → Punta del Este → La Paloma → Cabo Polônio → Punta del Diablo → Parque Santa Teresa → Chuy; ~390 km; 2014.

Chuí → Punta del Diablo (~60 km) → Cabo Polônio (~68 km) → La Paloma (~57 km) → Punta del Este (~90+ km) → Atlântida (~107 km) → Montevideo (~55 km); 428 km / 6 days…

Chuí → Montevideo; classic coastal corridor; March 2016.

Chuí/RS → Montevideo; 500 km in 6 days; May 2020 upload; episode 8 of a Uruguay series.

Montenegro/RS → Pelotas → Jaguarão border → Montevideo → Punta del Este → Colonia del Sacramento → Uruguay interior → return to Montenegro; ~2,155 km / 24 days; Jan…

Buenos Aires (ferry) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo → Punta del Este → Cabo Polonio → coastal lagoon crossings → interior thermal-spring towns (Guaviyú, Daymán) →…

Posadas/AR → Salto → La Coronilla → Montevideo (741 km interior+coast); Montevideo → Colonia del Sacramento (228 km, Carnival season); La Coronilla → Montevideo (494 km…

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.

Buenos Aires (ferry) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo (185 km) → interior village of Montes → northward toward Brazil; gravelly interior roads and farmland.

Chile → Argentina → Uruguay → Brazil → Bolivia → Peru → Colombia; 7.5 months / 7,000 km / 7 countries; Uruguay Mar–Apr 2009; San José → Montevideo (~100 km); record…

Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo (~200 km); 10-day stay in MVD with host Andrés.

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

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

Chuy (Brazil border) → Castillos → San Carlos → Atlántida → Montevideo → Eclida Paullier → Colonia del Sacramento → ferry to Buenos Aires; 527 km / 10 days; Nov 2016.

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 → Buenos…

Asunción (PY) → Iguazu Falls (AR side) → Jesuit mission ruins of Trinidad (UNESCO) → Brazil coast → Uruguay coast → Montevideo; ~2,500 km total.

Montevideo → San José → Trinidad → Carmen → Melo → Aceguá border (Brazil); interior Uruguay traverse, May 2026.

Rio Grande (BR) → 3-day traverse → Santa Vitória do Palmar (BR/UY border) → Uruguay → Montevideo; part of a longer SA cycle tour continuing to Colombia.

AR/UY border (bridge) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo; ~430 km / 4 days; Aug 2022.