Montevideo on Foot

Yesterday we explored Montevideo on foot.  It is a sprawling city so we did not reach all areas, but we did check out the core of the city with its principal plazas, the "old town" as well as the "old port".  The day was beautiful with a sunny sky and the temperature a pleasant 21 degrees.  The air here is much cleaner than Buenos Aires and the city generally seems more prosperous.  The cars are newer, the streets are cleaner, and there are swimable beaches right in the city.  We walked back to our hotel along the rambla, a walkway that runs along beside the river for about 30 kilometres.  We estimated that our day's walk covered at least 15 kilometres although probably only 6 were along the rambla.  

Street near our hotel as we set out

City Hall

Plaza Cagancha

Plaza Fabini

Looking towards the Legislative Palace

Palacio Salvo (twin to the Barola in Buenos Aires)

Palacio Salvo in Independence Square

Independence Square 

Artigas - Uruguay's most favoured son

Palio Estevez - working place of the president until 1985

Montevideo's opera house - Teatro Solis - recently restored

Gate to the old town

The Cabildo - first government assembly building - now a museum

Stopping for lunch in the old town (Plaza Matriz)

Who parked there?

Antique market in Plaza Matriz

Montevideo Cathedral in Plaza Matriz

Mercado del Puerto - the old port

Pedestrian streets in Mercato del Puerto

Yesterday's exchange rate in the Mercato del Puerto

Restored buildings mixed with the old

Down by the river (on the Rambla) - heading home along the water

A fisherman off the Rambla

A rink beside the Rambla - don't worry, those skates have wheels!

A break on the Rambla by the beach 

Dunes!  

Beach volleyball, anyone?

Punta Brava Lighthouse near our street

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