Quirky Colonia

URUGUAY - COLONIA

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June 10th 2010
Colonia da Sacramento is quite a contrast to Montevideo. It is polished, classy and expensive. It is a complete and beautifully restored colonial town full of lovely guest houses, shops and restaurants and set against the backdrop of the River Plate. Across the River Plate is Buenos Aires so Colonia fills us with Portenos every weekend, even in the winter. We enjoyed walking around the cobbl ... read more

South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento

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A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand i... ... read more