Town

Piriápolis

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A resort town built by Francisco Piria, between hills and the sea.

Piriápolis
Photo: Piracalamina · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

In our stories

  • The Atlantic coast

    Woolf's companion guide to Maldonado gathers six linked rides — around a hundred kilometres in all — from Piriápolis and Punta Ballena out through Punta del Este, La…

  • Who's cycled Uruguay

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

  • Montevideo to Cabo Polonio: the Atlantic coast in stages

    At 44 kilometres it's a short, gentle first day — if you've got the legs you can push straight on to Piriápolis, but Atlántida makes an easy soft start..

In community accounts

  • Edson Maia

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

  • Louisa Woolf

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

  • Louisa Woolf

    Piriápolis → Punta Ballena (33 km) → Punta del Este → La Barra (31 km) → José Ignacio (24 km) → Pueblo Garzón (40 km) / Laguna Garzón (13 km); optional inland Sierras…

  • 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…

  • Cycling in Uruguay — Top 10 Bike Rides

    Top 10 community routes: Pocitos/Rambla loops (37–94 km), Colonia waterfront (11 km), Piriápolis (17 km), Ciudad de la Costa backroad (27 km).

  • Recorrer la costa del Uruguay en bici – TripAdvisor AR

    Montevideo Rambla → Interbalnearia east → Atlántida → Piriápolis → Rocha coast; ~350 km in 8–10 days at ~50 km/day.

  • André R.
  • Bruno Galliez

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

  • Author + Ramon

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

  • Annett & partner

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