Eden Rock

This military construction, built in 1771, was the barracks of the Dragons or Blandengues troops. It consists of a series of rooms and a chapel around a great patio. National hero General José Artigas overnighted there in 1797, when he was in the...

Playa El Emir is the second beach on the Atlantic coast of the peninsula. It is named after an eccentric visitor of Punta del Este, Emir Emin Arslan, who built his house on that beach during the twenties. Even after the construction of the Rambla it...

Pan de Azúcar hill, with its 339 m is the third highest in the country. Its name dates back to at least 1717, when it was mentioned after a territorial reconnaissance by Captain Juan Hidalgo. It is possible to climb it from the southern side. The...