Colonia Full Day
Take this Colonia Full Day Tour and travel to the past to visit this Wolrd Heritage. Includes shared transport and guide.
- Price per person:
- US$ 75.00 per person.
- Times:
- 7:45 am to 5:45 pm
- Duration:
- 10 hours.
- Included:
- Shared transport, bilingual guide (Spanish and English) and pickup at the hotel (urban area, except accommodations without reception and Airbnb).
- Not included:
- Lunch nor entry ticket to the museum.
- What to bring:
- Comfortable shoes, hat to protect against the sun, sunglasses, sunscreen, snack, water and comfortable clothing.
- Cancellation and rescheduling policy :
- 3 days.
This activity starts with the pickup at your hotel, to begin the travel outside the city of Montevideo. The Colonia Full Day tour will take us through the streets of this old Portuguese city of the 17th Century. Originally named as Colônia do Sacramento, this place was declared World Heritage by te UNESCO, because its architechture variety and its state of conservation. We will walk by the stone streets, old constructions, and ruins of fortifications that protected the city of possible invasions.
After that, we will visit the downtown, the port area, and the Ferrado Beach. In addition, we will take a walk by the Forest Reservation, the rambla, and the Real San Carlos Bullring, opened in 1910 and that was used for bullfights until 1912, when the president of that time banned this activity. From this place, we will be able to see the horse track, and the old pier, where the vapors reached land. Finally, we will visit the Granja Arenas, fabric traditional cheeses and jams, and the Museum of Collections, before going back to our vehicle and return to Montevideo to end the tour.
*If your accommodation is an Airbnb, we will have to set a meeting point to begin the tour, because the pickup is not made in this kind of places.