Uruguay – Punta Carretas

We checked out of our VRBO apartment and said farewell to our kitchen. We moved to a hotel at Punta Carretas to stay in a different part of Montevideo. Punta Carretas is a bit more upscale and modern so we’re eager to find restaurants, and shops that are open.

Checkout was at 11 a.m. and our hotel check in wasn’t ready so we left our luggage and went to a coffee shop across the street from the hotel.

After checking in we took a taxi to the Hard Rock Cafe Montevideo which was located in Pocitos Nuevos to pick up an item for someone back home ;).

We checked the menu at Hard Rock and weren’t impressed so we decided to walk to “El Italiano” which came highly recommended by our taxi driver for great seafood. Below is fried “Langostinos” with panko breading.

I ordered the seafood paella and it was amazing.

Another dish was seafood ravioli. The pasta itself was black because it was made with the ink from a squid.

And the lovely price tab. Note that this restaurant charges for the initial bread offering and setup. $2820 = $71 USD.

After the heavy lunch, we decided to walk back to our hotel from Pocitos Nuevos to Punta Carretas which is about 2.6 miles. From the sign below you walk toward the beach along the crescent and around back to Punta Carretas, the weather was great.

Below is Playa Pocitos

Along the way we found this statue of Gandhi. Interesting to find Jesus and Gandhi in Montevideo. Who will we find next?

Finally made it back to the hotel.

Tomorrow, we have an exciting trip so stay tuned!