Blogs from Colonia del Sacramento, West, Uruguay, South America - page 12

We arrived in Colonia, or Colonia del Sacramento to give it its full name, slightly later than planned and it was raining to boot. We check into the hotel which is a lovely quaint old place with many original features. There is also a very unique toilet in shower arrangement in our room and we spend a fair bit of the evening trying to work out the hows and whys of this. Eventually hunger gets the better of us (again) and we step out into the rain. It's hard to tell in the gloom but Colonia looks like a beautiful little town and as we our pizza's in the Colonia rock I look forward to the next day.... read more

Colonia: coastal city of clowns and golf cartsYou may ask why and we asked each other exactly the same thing. for a small sleepy town on the coast of uruguay, there are a lot of clowns milling about and lazy tourists zipping around in buggies. It has been bitterly cold over the past 2 days but we were able to layer almost everything we brought along with us to stay warm. The sun made an appearance for a few hours today for us to discover that the city itself is very pretty; lined with cobblestone streets, historic buildings, cafes and stray dogs.City highlights: Climb to the top of the lighthouse for gorgeous views over the river; browsing the antique shops and galleries; lovely dinner at a cosy parilla complete with live jazz entertainer.Accommodation: 2.5/5 - we´re ... read more

Colonia del Sacramento is a little gem of a town on the bankof the river de la Plata which runs in between Uruguay and Argentina. Stacked with history and charm, after our stay in the concrete jungle that was Montevideo we were looking forward to some cobbled streets and pretty views. We weren't disappointed. We arrived in Colonia after a short 2 hour bus ride from the capital, and this time it really was a bus not one of the luxurious coaches we are starting to get used to. Luke and I could actually brush arms with one another by accident and the 'recline' was a mere 4 inches! We new that our hostel was within walking distance from the bus station and as it was still the middle of the day when we arrived we ... read more

Day trip to Colonia Del Sacremento, Uruguay. While in Buenos Aires, we decided to hop on a ferry to a small town called Colonia in Uruguay. This quaint town was stunned when I got ahold of a golf cart and decided to drive on the sidewalks. Fun times!... read more

Nicky: In true travelling style we decided that while we were this close to Uruguay it would be criminal not to hop across the Rio Grande and see what it was like. We took the boat from Buenos Aires last Friday to Colonia, on the south coast. It is a beautiful seaside town full of cobbled streets, stunning squares and views out to sea and back across the river to Argentina. On Saturday the sun was blazing so we wandered from our hostel (which was actually a beautiful private room and bathroom in the back of someones garden with its own terrace!!) down into the old town. We visited really quaint churches with beautiful statues and paintings, a lighthouse that you could climb to the top of and see across the town and the ruins of ... read more