Punta del Este

We thought we would opt for the beach although we live in South Florida. Instead with friends we hired a cab and went to the Rallo museum and then on to the former home now museum of Carlos Paez Vilar. These two places although we are not deeply into art were amazing. Plus going from one to the other gave us a tour of the outstanding architecture of the place...amazing one home/estate more beautiful than the next and wandering around the home of Carlos Paez Vilar was a truly great experience. Way better than the beach and or shopping.

we are booked onthis cruise for a 3/1 departure & this port is the only one where nothing is planned. Is there anything to do / see within a short walking distance of were we are tendered ?

We did a bike tour, which was nice.

Thank you for all of your port reviews!

We will be doing a similar cruise next year, so I am gathering lots of information.

We're from Florida too, so we know it will be cold!

We went to Iceland last year, so will take the same clothes.

Before our cruise we couldn't find much info and thought we'd "just walk around." We also reflexively waved off taxi drivers offering a tour. Big mistake. There wasn't much to see that was walkable. The tourist map showed an "arts district" that was basically a few blocks with moderately interesting murals - but nothing else really arty. I'd recommend doing a tour of some sort.

As for the comment on the weather - this is pretty far north, so assume it'll be hot and humid. Your cold weather will be closer to the horn in Ushuaia, Punta Arenas and thereabouts.