Miércoles, 22 de Octubre de 2025
Punta del Este 12
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Miércoles, 22 de Octubre de 2025
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The peninsula of Punta del Este is a piece of land that divides the Rio de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean.
Gorlero Avenue divides the peninsula in half. It ends on 15th Street, and the land turns towards the east at this point.
Beyond 15th Street high rise construction is not allowed. This means that there is a core of the peninsula with 20 storey buildings, followed by an area of very low houses, some of them very old, dating from the first years of Punta del Este.
Playa de los Ingleses is a small beach, the first on the Atlantic side of the peninsula. Its name - The Englishmen’s beach – comes from the first decades of the century, when a group of English people would meet for tea on a balcony which no longer...
The Customs House was one of the first buildings in Punta del Este. Built in 1886, it was designed by architect Jaime Mayol. It consists of a two-storey rectangular construction with an 86-metre facade and a central access. Done in colonial style,...
The Paseo de las Americas consists of a group of large sculptures, resulting from an international competition carried out in 1986. There are eight sculptures distributed on the green areas enclosed by the accesses to the peninsula. The most...
