Presided over by a Santa Claus–bearded Basque chef, this cozy family-run spot one block from the waterfront has a short, sweet menu of pasta and seafood. Locally caught crab, rays, shark and shrimp make their way into house specialties like fidegua (a paella-like dish made with fish, shellfish and noodles instead of rice).
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On Laguna de Castillos' western shore (near Km 267 on Ruta 10), brothers Marcos and Juan Carlos Olivera, whose family received this land from the…
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The 1874 completion of this local lighthouse marked La Paloma’s genesis as a summer beach resort. The unfinished first attempt collapsed in a violent…
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An ecological reserve protected under Uruguay’s SNAP program, this vast and beautiful wetland 10km west of La Paloma has populations of black-necked swans…
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On Laguna de Castillos' western shore (near Km 267 on Ruta 10), brothers Marcos and Juan Carlos Olivera, whose family received this land from the…
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Built in 1881, Cabo Polonio’s striking 27m-tall lighthouse provides a fabulous perspective on the point, the sea-lion colony and the surrounding dunes and…