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Uruguay.

Less-touristed places, sorted by Wander Well Score.

La Floresta, Uruguay
Silver
Coast & island escapes

La Floresta

Uruguay

The oldest resort on Uruguay's Costa de Oro, La Floresta dates to 1909 and sits on the Canelones Department's Atlantic coast.

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Piriápolis, Uruguay
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Piriápolis

Uruguay

Uruguay's first purpose-built beach resort, Piriápolis sits on the Maldonado coast between Montevideo and Punta del Este, backed by low hills that give the t…

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Punta del Este, Uruguay
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Punta del Este

Uruguay

Uruguay's most prominent beach resort sits on a narrow Atlantic peninsula in the Maldonado Department, drawing visitors to its beaches, casinos, and yacht-fi…

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La Paloma, Uruguay
Silver
Coast & island escapes

La Paloma

Uruguay

This compact Uruguayan beach town on the southeastern Atlantic coast, La Paloma offers a low-rise shoreline of orange-roofed houses, a calm lagoon-side harbo…

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Cerro Colorado, Uruguay
Bronze
Quiet rural escapes

Cerro Colorado

Uruguay

A compact Uruguayan village in rolling upland country, Cerro Colorado centres on a striking white building with a tall clock tower, set among mature trees in…

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Florida, Uruguay
Gold
Bustling market & commercial towns

Florida

Uruguay

Departmental capital in Uruguay's interior, Florida centres on a grand twin-towered stone cathedral facing a tree-lined plaza, with rolling upland country ne…

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Mercedes, Uruguay
Silver

Mercedes

Uruguay

A riverside town in Uruguay's Soriano department, Mercedes is known for one of the widest promenades in the country — a broad walkway along the water that an…

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Carmelo, Uruguay
Gold
Wine country

Carmelo

Uruguay

Founded by José Gervasio Artigas, this waterfront town in Uruguay's Colonia department sits along the Río de la Plata and is known for the wineries that surr…

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Pando, Uruguay
Silver
Bustling market & commercial towns

Pando

Uruguay

A Uruguayan town in Montevideo's metropolitan orbit, Pando centers on a tree-lined plaza with a bronze monument and a white-domed colonial-style church, offe…

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Villa Soriano, Uruguay
Bronze
Quiet rural escapes

Villa Soriano

Uruguay

This small Uruguayan village with deep colonial roots, Villa Soriano's whitewashed church with a red roof and flowering plaza square offer a quiet, unhurried…

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Tacuarembó, Uruguay
Gold

Tacuarembó

Uruguay

Claimed by some as the birthplace of Carlos Gardel — the defining figure of tango — Tacuarembó is a town in north-central Uruguay that also serves as a centr…

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Punta Ballena, Uruguay
Silver

Punta Ballena

Uruguay

Punta Ballena is a coastal resort peninsula in Uruguay's Maldonado Department, notable as the only rocky cliff face on the Uruguayan coast along the Río de l…

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Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Gold
Charming old-world towns

Colonia del Sacramento

Uruguay

Colonia del Sacramento's historic quarter — a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995 — covers the western tip of this modest Uruguayan city on the Río de la P…

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Punta del Diablo, Uruguay
Silver
Hiking & national-park bases

Punta del Diablo

Uruguay

Little Atlantic-coast village in Uruguay's Rocha department, Punta del Diablo draws a summer crowd far larger than its year-round population of fishermen and…

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La Pedrera, Uruguay
Silver
Coast & island escapes

La Pedrera

Uruguay

Pocket-sized Atlantic resort village on Uruguay's Rocha coast, La Pedrera takes its name from the rocky formations along its beaches and sits near the Valle…

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Tala, Uruguay
Silver

Tala

Uruguay

Pocket-sized town in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay, Tala was the birthplace of General Conrado Villegas, born in 1841 at a family estate calle…

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San Jose de Mayo, Uruguay
Silver

San Jose de Mayo

Uruguay

This southern Uruguayan departmental capital on the San José River, where a handsome colonial-era civic building anchors a sun-drenched central plaza within…

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Barra de Valizas, Uruguay
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Barra de Valizas

Uruguay

A modest Atlantic coast resort in Uruguay's Rocha Department, where the Valizas stream meets the ocean after draining Laguna de Castillos.

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Fray Bentos, Uruguay
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Fray Bentos

Uruguay

Fray Bentos gave its name to the world-famous canned meat pies, but the Uruguayan town on the Uruguay River is also home to the industrial complex that start…

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Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay
Silver

Ciudad de la Costa

Uruguay

This coastal city on the Río de la Plata east of Montevideo, Ciudad de la Costa grew from a string of beach resorts established in the mid-20th century into…

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Nueva Palmira, Uruguay
Bronze
Inland waterside towns

Nueva Palmira

Uruguay

Founded in 1831 on the eastern bank of the Río Uruguay near where it meets the Río de la Plata, Nueva Palmira is a tiny town in Uruguay's Colonia Department…

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Rivera, Uruguay
Gold

Rivera

Uruguay

Rivera, in northern Uruguay, sits directly on the Brazilian border, merging almost seamlessly with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento to form a sing…

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Dolores, Uruguay
Gold

Dolores

Uruguay

A riverside town in western Uruguay's Soriano Department, Dolores rewards visitors with a striking twin-towered brick church on its streets, easy access to t…

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Rosario, Uruguay
Bronze

Rosario

Uruguay

A central plaza with a bronze statue of Artigas and a stone clock-tower church rising behind bare winter trees captures the civic character of this tiny Urug…

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Santa Lucía, Uruguay
Bronze

Santa Lucía

Uruguay

A low-rise Uruguayan town in Canelones where a broad, sandy-banked river winds through dense green woodland, crossed by a road bridge, with flat agricultural…

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Dieciocho de Julio, Uruguay
Silver
Quiet rural escapes

Dieciocho de Julio

Uruguay

This pocket-sized village in Uruguay's Rocha Department with a dual identity: a key rice-producing centre for the regional economy and a base for natural and…

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Pan de Azucar, Uruguay
Silver

Pan de Azucar

Uruguay

Low-rise commercial town in Uruguay's Maldonado department, with a busy main street of local shops and a distinctive flat-topped hill rising visibly on the h…

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Bella Union, Uruguay
Bronze
Inland waterside towns

Bella Union

Uruguay

This compact Uruguayan town at the tripoint where Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina meet, where the Cuareim and Uruguay rivers converge.

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Velázquez, Uruguay
Bronze
Quiet rural escapes

Velázquez

Uruguay

A quiet Uruguayan village in Rocha's southeastern countryside, where broad tree-lined streets mix plane trees and palms beside low brick buildings, with open…

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Parque del Plata, Uruguay
Bronze
Desert & arid landscapes

Parque del Plata

Uruguay

Wide, pale-sand beach stretches along Uruguay's Costa de Oro at this small coastal city, where low dunes backed by pine trees give way to a quiet central cor…

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Maldonado, Uruguay
Gold

Maldonado

Uruguay

This walkable city in eastern Uruguay with a café-filled centre and a notable concentration of historic churches, Maldonado is the capital of its department…

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Guichon, Uruguay
Bronze
Spa & thermal wellness

Guichon

Uruguay

This compact city in Uruguay's Paysandú Department sits a short drive from the Almirón thermal springs, notable for their saltwater composition — an unusual…

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Veinticinco de Agosto, Uruguay
Bronze
Quiet rural escapes

Veinticinco de Agosto

Uruguay

A quiet village in Uruguay's central Florida Department, with tree-lined gravel streets, low whitewashed buildings, and rolling countryside nearby — a genuin…

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San Jacinto, Uruguay
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San Jacinto

Uruguay

This small town in Uruguay's Canelones Department hosts the annual Fiesta de la Chacra, a celebration of the region's farming heritage and rural culture.

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Castillos, Uruguay
Bronze

Castillos

Uruguay

This modest Uruguayan town in Rocha's southeastern corner, Castillos offers low-rise, colorfully painted streets on red-dirt roads, with upland country and c…

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Santa Rosa, Uruguay
Bronze
Charming old-world towns

Santa Rosa

Uruguay

This compact Uruguayan town in Canelones, Santa Rosa offers a modest local church with painted facade and bell tower, walkable water access, rolling surround…

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Nueva Helvecia, Uruguay
Silver

Nueva Helvecia

Uruguay

Founded in 1862 by Swiss and other European settlers, Nueva Helvecia is a little Uruguayan town in Colonia Department whose Central European character — visi…

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Los Cerrillos, Uruguay
Bronze
Quiet rural escapes

Los Cerrillos

Uruguay

This modest Uruguayan town in Canelones' rolling countryside, where a shaded central plaza with palm trees, park benches, and a civic monument offers a quiet…

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Salto, Uruguay
Gold

Salto

Uruguay

Uruguay's second-largest city, Salto sits on the eastern bank of the Río Uruguay in the country's northwest, facing the Argentine city of Concordia across th…

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Durazno, Uruguay
Bronze

Durazno

Uruguay

Founded in 1821 on the left bank of the Yi River in central Uruguay, Durazno is the departmental capital where the edge of town gives way quickly to open cou…

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Rio Branco, Uruguay
Silver

Rio Branco

Uruguay

This tiny town in Uruguay's northeastern Cerro Largo department sits on the Brazilian border, connected to the city of Jaguarão across the Baron of Mauá Inte…

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Conchillas, Uruguay
Bronze

Conchillas

Uruguay

Founded as an English colony in southwestern Uruguay, Conchillas is a pocket-sized hamlet in the Colonia Department that retains its original colonial archit…

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Cabo Polonio, Uruguay
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Cabo Polonio

Uruguay

Cabo Polonio is a modest off-grid beach village on Uruguay's eastern Atlantic coast, reachable only by walking through sand dunes or by 4×4 from the main hig…

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Paysandú, Uruguay
Silver

Paysandú

Uruguay

Known as "La Heroica" — The Heroic City — for its resistance during the Siege of Paysandú in 1864–65, this western Uruguayan city sits on the banks of the Ur…

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Treinta y Tres, Uruguay
Gold

Treinta y Tres

Uruguay

A town in eastern Uruguay with an outsized role in the country's folk music tradition, Treinta y Tres is the birthplace of several leading figures in the fol…

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Sauce, Uruguay
Bronze
Wine country

Sauce

Uruguay

This little town in Uruguay's Canelones Department with ties to two of the region's defining traditions: it holds a place in the early life of José Gervasio…

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San Carlos, Uruguay
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

San Carlos

Uruguay

Whitewashed twin-towered church anchors the cobblestone plaza of this southern Uruguayan town, which sits close to the water and within easy reach of the bro…

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Las Piedras, Uruguay
Gold

Las Piedras

Uruguay

A lively Uruguayan city in Canelones where locals gather at sunset around a tall stone obelisk monument topped with a bronze figure, flags flying and crowds…

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Nuevo Berlín, Uruguay
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Nuevo Berlín

Uruguay

A small Uruguayan riverside village on the Río Negro, with a shaded central plaza of palms and mature trees, low-rise whitewashed buildings, and rolling coun…

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Canelones, Uruguay
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Canelones

Uruguay

Canelones, the departmental capital of Uruguay's Canelones region, takes its name from the canelón tree — a cinnamon-related species that grows along the ban…

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