Colonia del Sacramento

Colonia del Sacramento is located a the south west of Uruguay and it has an historic town that has been declared en recent years patrimony of humanity (1995) for it's Hispanic, Portuguese and colonial blend of cultures.

It's a beautiful town but the tourism has grown so much, that the town has become artificial and the life it once had has drained out to make room for boutiques, restaurants and hotels. Never the less it's still a must see spot in South america.

Colonia Del Sacramento from Carlos Reyes on Vimeo.

Uruguay

Uruguay is a great place to visit on a budget.

From Buenos Aires you can go to Colonia del Sacramento (my favorite place in Uruguay) for around 50 dls (traveling on weekends) or if you do the trip as I did it, you can travel during week a little bit cheaper. I ended paying 30 dls round trip using Buquebus, then in Colonia there are a lot of ice enough hostels, I especially recommend El Viajero they have a branch in a lot of places in Uruguay. Make reservations depending on the season you are arriving (after the middle of October is better to be prepared) there are some hostels that you can stay for arround 12 dls, but for an extra 4 dls (16dls) you can stay in el viajero an I really recommend it. They do activity's such as bbq, pizza nights, bike trips, so it's more than an average Hostel.

About the bus fare once in Uruguay, pretty much everywhere is about 10 dls bus ride, and if you travel with COT they have buses with Wifi so you get to catch up on things, In my case I thought i was only on the terminal so I turn of the wifi as soon as we left but the last day I found out you had wifi all the way.


So the budget for a trip to Uruguay.

50 dls Buquebus
40 dls Bus Rides (Colonia - Montevideo - Punta del Este) (and Back)
80 dls 5 nights in good hostels
20 dls grocery shopping for the hole stay.
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190 dls Total