Lunes, 19 de Agosto de 2019
Punta del Este 14
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Lunes, 19 de Agosto de 2019
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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.
A meeting point for all those arriving in Punta del Este, this avenue concentrates most commercial activities. The street, formerly 4th street, was named after the first mayor of Maldonado, Juan Bautista Gorlero. He was also a keen promoter of Punta...
It was inaugurated on 8 January 1938 as Hotel Casino Nogaró, owned by Modesto and Emiliano Sagasti, and designed by architect Humberto Bonomi. What used to be the hotel is now a block of flats, and has been renamed Punta del Este Building. The...
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...
