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Parque Nacional Santa Teresa

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A national park on the Rocha coast near the Brazilian border, home to the fortress of the same name.

Parque Nacional Santa Teresa
Photo: Eca2107 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

In our stories

  • The Atlantic coast

    Further on come the set pieces: Santa Teresa, with a campground as well known as any in the country and a fort begun in 1762; the flamingos on the Laguna de Rocha; the…

  • The west

    A Swiss couple crossed the country low to the ground, on recumbent bikes, in 2016, from Chuy and Santa Teresa over to Carmelo — comfortable riding, if scenery they found…

  • Who's cycled Uruguay

    Chuí → Parque Nacional Santa Teresa → Punta del Diablo → Cabo Polônio → Laguna del Garzón → Punta del Este area; ~250 km approx; Feb 2015 (Carnival).

In community accounts

  • Eva Pfarrwaller & Miguel Anjo

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

  • 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.

  • Las mejores rutas de cicloturismo en Uruguay – Trinx

    Vague references to Carmelo→Santa Teresa corridor; Salto del Penitente in Lavalleja; arroyo pando circuits; outsources actual routes to Wikiloc.

  • Caryl & Brian Bergeron

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

  • Anonymous author with 69-year-old uncle Dagoberto

    Chuí → Barra del Chuy → La Coronilla → Parque Santa Teresa → Punta del Diablo → Cuchilla de la Angostura → Laguna Negra → Castillos → Aguas Dulces → Cabo Polônio → La…

  • Author + Ramon

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

  • brasiltimor

    Chuy → Parque Santa Teresa (3-night camping base) → Punta del Diablo → Valizas → Cabo Polônio → Laguna de Rocha (boat crossing) → José Ignácio → La Barra → Punta del…

  • Tudo o que você precisa saber para pedalar pelo Uruguai

    Chuí (RS border) → Punta del Diablo (45 km) → Parque Santa Teresa → Cabo Polônio (62 km from PdD) → La Paloma → coastal corridor → Montevideo Rambla; ~500 km framework.

  • Cândida (35, organizer) + 4 friends (5 women total)

    Chuí → Parque Nacional Santa Teresa → Punta del Diablo → Cabo Polônio → Laguna del Garzón → Punta del Este area; ~250 km approx; Feb 2015 (Carnival).