Eden Rock

Poet Pablo Neruda wrote a piece about the bridge that crosses the Maldonado River, when he visited Punta del Este as a guest of President Eduardo Victor Haedo. The bridge is a stroke of genius of Lionel Viera, who never finished his engineering...

Designed by architect Monzani in 1897, Piria's Castle was the private residence of the city founder. The construction, in red brick, is reminiscent of the Italian villas of the time. Access to the castle is via a road lined with palm trees that...

Punta de la Salina is the southernmost point of Uruguay. Its name - meaning point of the salt mine - dates back to the old times when salt mining was the main commercial activity in the peninsula, and the reason for the first settlement. The...