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Things to see in Montevideo

Tourist information: 

Municipal Tourist Office
Avenida 18 de Julio 1360
Tel: 1950.
Website: www.montevideo.gub.uy

Montevideo’s Municipal Tourist Office offers information on the city, including free maps and leaflets, together with details of special events.

The Uruguay Tourism Ministry
Rambla 25 de Agosto de 1825 at Yacaré
Tel: (02) 188 5100.
Website: www.turismo.gub.uy

The Uruguay Tourism Ministry provides tourist information for the whole country.

La Rambla

The city's promenade is backed by a series of white-sand beaches along the Rio de la Plata area. Walk or jog along the coast-hugging thoroughfare, or relax with a drink while watching the sunset.

Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: La Rambla, Between Ciudad Vieja and Carrasco district, Montevideo, Uruguay
Mercado del Puerto (Port Market)

Dating back to 1868, this elaborate iron structure is home to the most atmospheric part of Montevideo, filled with local crafts, food stalls and restaurants. Every afternoon and at weekends, musicians and other performers join the throng.

Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Piedras 237, Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone: (02) 600 6211.
Website: www.mercadodelpuerto.com.uy
Museo del Carnaval

An excellent and evocative tribute to the 100+ years of Montevideo's Carnaval. Displays include costumes, masks, floats from past parades, plus an evocative photographic exhibit documenting the evolution of celebrations through the ages.

Opening Times: Tues-Sun 1100-1700.
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Rambla 25 de Agosto 218, Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone: (02) 916 5493.
Website: www.museodelcarnaval.org
Museo del Gaucho y de la Moneda (Gaucho and Money Museum)

This small, quirky museum in a 19th-century mansion has interesting displays relating to the gaucho (South American cowboy), including fine silverwork and their distinctive clothing, as well as an exhibition on the history of Uruguay's currency.

Opening Times: Tues-Fri 0930-1200 and 1330-1800, Sat-Sun 1600-1900.
Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Avenida 18 de Julio 998, Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone: (02) 900 8764.
Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan Manuel Blanes

This national art museum, housed in a late 19th-century mansion, is dedicated to painter Juan Manuel Blanes (1830-1901) but its many rooms also contain the work of Uruguay's most important artists from all periods of the country's history.

Opening Times: Tues-Sun 1400-1900.
Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Avenida Millán 4015, Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone: (02) 336 2248.
Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (National Museum of Visual Arts)

Opened in 1911, this museum is home to the most significant collection of Uruguayan visual art, with changing national and international exhibitions.

Opening Times: Tues-Sun 1400-1900.
Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Julio Herrera y Reissig at Tomás Giribaldi, Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone: (02) 711 6054.
Website: www.mnav.gub.uy
Museo Romántico (Romantic Museum)

An extravagant merchant's residence built in 1830 is the fitting site of this museum, filled with period furnishings, furniture, clothing and personal effects of the city's old elite.

Opening Times: Mon-Fri 1100-1700.
Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: 25 de Mayo 428, Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone: (02) 915 5361.
Museo Torres García

This museum is dedicated to the artwork of Joaquín Torres García (1874-1949), a modernist pioneer born in Montevideo who studied and worked in Spain with Picasso and Gaudí. His cubist and abstract art is displayed throughout the building on several floors.

Opening Times: Mon-Fri 0930-1930, Sat 1000-1800.
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Unesco: No
Address: Peatonal Sarandí 683, Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone: (02) 916 2663.
Website: www.torresgarcia.org.uy
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