Town
Punta del Este
View on Google MapsThe country's flagship resort, on the peninsula where the river meets the ocean.
In our stories
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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…
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Rentals & guided tours
The most wide-ranging local operator, running since 2010 and the only one that regularly leaves Montevideo: city tours in the capital and Punta del Este, a five-day…
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The interior
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…
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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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Flying in with a bike
(Punta del Este has an airport too, but it's seasonal and regional — not a way into the country from abroad.).
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Coming from Brazil
Route 9 is the main corridor, carrying you down through Rocha toward Punta del Este and the capital; the coast's best-known stops — Cabo Polonio, Punta del Diablo, La…
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Montevideo to Cabo Polonio: the Atlantic coast in stages
The longest of the early stages, and the showiest: you pass through Punta del Este , the coast's high-rise resort city — worth a stop for the harbour and the contrast —…
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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Edson Maia
Chuy → Punta del Diablo → Valizas → Cabo Polônio → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Piriápolis → Montevideo → Colonia del Sacramento (400+ km).
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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…
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Unknown (Cycling South America series)
Punta del Este → coastal towns → Chuy (Atlantic coast, E19 of series).
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Caryl L. Bergeron
Montevideo airport → Parque Roosevelt → coastal route → Punta del Este → Chuy; notes also cover Colonia approaches.
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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…
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VIAJE A URUGUAY EN BICICLETA – mtb.uy foro
BA → Buquebus → Colonia → Punta del Este (Ruta 11 or Ruta 1); Argentine CicloAventura group Jan 2012.
- André R.
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Bruno Galliez
Chuí → Punta del Diablo → Cabo Polônio → La Paloma → Punta del Este → Piriápolis → Montevideo → Colônia del Sacramento; ~500 km / 7 days; Dec 2015.
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Author + Ramon
Montevideo → Piriápolis → Punta del Este → La Paloma → Cabo Polônio → Punta del Diablo → Parque Santa Teresa → Chuy; ~390 km; 2014.
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Aline e Ari (BikeA2)
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…
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brasiltimor
Parque Santa Teresa (3-night camping base) → Punta del Diablo → Valizas → Cabo Polônio → Laguna de Rocha (boat crossing) → José Ignácio → La Barra → Punta del Este; Dec…
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Paulo Renato Petry
Montenegro/RS → Pelotas → Jaguarão border → Montevideo → Punta del Este → Colonia del Sacramento → Uruguay interior → return to Montenegro; ~2,155 km / 24 days; Jan…
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Estelle & partner (Fou d'un monde)
Buenos Aires (ferry) → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo → Punta del Este → Cabo Polonio → coastal lagoon crossings → interior thermal-spring towns (Guaviyú, Daymán) →…
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Annett & partner
Argentina entry → Mercedes → Dolores → Nueva Palmira → Carmelo → Colonia del Sacramento → Montevideo → Ciudad de la Costa → Piriápolis → Punta del Este → San Carlos →…
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Uwee & Isabel
16-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 →…