Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Montevideo, Uruguay
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8.3 km
172 m
Explore Montevideo in Uruguay with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in MontevideoIndividual Sights in MontevideoSight 1: Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales
National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales) a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911.
Sight 2: Museo de Historia Natural Dr. Carlos Torres de la LLosa
The Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa Museum of Natural History is a museum dependent on the Council of Secondary Education. It is located inside the building of the Alfredo Vázquez Acevedo Institute
Wikipedia: Museo de Historia Natural Dr. Carlos A. Torres de la Llosa (ES)
Sight 3: Plaza de los Treinta Y Tres
The Plaza de los Treinta y Tres is a park located in the Cordón neighborhood of Montevideo. Popularly known as 'Plaza de los Bomberos', it owes its name to the fact that in front of it is located the Centennial Fire Station. It is one of the busiest green spaces in the area, surrounded by Magallanes, Minas, Colonia and Avenida 18 de Julio streets, in the Cordon neighborhood.
Sight 4: Iglesia Metodista
The Montevideo Methodist Temple, is the central temple of the Methodist Church of Uruguay, located in the Cordón de Montevideo, on Constituent Street.
Sight 5: Museo de Historia del Arte
The Museum of Art History is a didactic museum that exhibits various original pieces as well as replicas from different cultures and regions. It is located in the west wing of the Municipal Palace, in the heart of Montevideo.
Sight 6: Museo del Azulejo
The Tile Museum is a museum belonging to the Municipal Administration of Montevideo located at 1444 Yi Street in Uruguay.
Sight 7: Museo del Automóvil Club del Uruguay
The Eduardo Iglesias Automobile Museum is a museum in the city of Montevideo dependent on the Automobile Club of Uruguay, it is located on Colonia Street on the corner of Yi, inside the building of the Central Service Station.
Wikipedia: Museo del Automóvil Eduardo Iglesias (ES), Website
Sight 8: Museo Pedagógico José Pedro Varela
The José Pedro Varela Pedagogical Museum deals with the educational and pedagogical life of Uruguay, as well as the Valerian reform. It is located in the surroundings of Plaza Cagancha in Montevideo.
Sight 9: Sala Zitarrosa
The Sala Zitarrosa is a cultural space in the city of Montevideo. It is named in homage to Alfredo Zitarrosa, one of the main exponents of Uruguayan popular music.
Sight 10: Museos del Gaucho y de la Moneda
The Museo del Gaucho y la Moneda is a Uruguayan-language museum dedicated to the cultural and historical rescue of the country. This institution was created at the initiative of the Board of Directors of the Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Sight 11: Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo
The Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay, (CdF) is a photography center dedicated to the conservation, documentation, generation, investigation, and dissemination of photographic images of interest to Uruguayans and Latin Americans. It is part of the Information and Communication Division of the City of Montevideo.
Sight 12: Palacio Salvo
Palacio Salvo is a building at the intersection of 18 de Julio Avenue and Plaza Independencia in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was designed by the architect Mario Palanti, an Italian immigrant living in Buenos Aires, who used a similar design for his Palacio Barolo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Finished in 1928, Palacio Salvo stands 100 m (330 ft) high with the antenna included. It was the tallest building in Latin America for a brief period.
Sight 13: Government House Museum
The Government House Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of Uruguay's heads of state and their respective governments, its collection preserves much of the country's democratic history. It is located inside the Estévez Palace, Uruguay's historic government house.
Sight 14: Mausoleo a José Gervasio Artigas
The Artigas Mausoleum is a monument to Uruguayan hero José Artigas, located in Plaza Independencia, in the neighbourhood of Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo. It opened in 1977. Artigas's remains are kept in an underground room underneath the statue. The monument is guarded by two traditional guards called "Blandengues de Artigas".
Sight 15: Puerta de la Ciudadela
Book Ticket*Puerta de la Ciudadela is one of the few remaining parts of the wall that surrounded the oldest part of the city of Montevideo, the citadel, which was torn down in 1829.This drawbridge over a moat was built in 1745 as the only entrance to the city. It is located by Plaza Independencia, in Ciudad Vieja.
Sight 16: Museo Torres García
The Museo Torres García is located in the historic Ciudad Vieja of Montevideo where unusual portraits of historical icons and cubist paintings akin to Picasso's paintings, painted by Joaquín Torres García are exhibited. The museum was established by Manolita Piña Torres, the widow of Torres Garcia after his death in 1949 who also set up the García Torres Foundation, a private non-profit organization which organizes the paintings, drawings, original writings, archives, objects and furniture designed by the painter as well as the photographs, magazines and publications related to him.
Sight 17: Plaza de la diversidad
Montevideo's Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual is located in the Ciudad Vieja neighborhood, at the end of the Policía Vieja passage between Sarandí and Bartolomé Mitre streets.
Sight 18: Museo Numismático
The Numismatic Museum is a Uruguayan museum dedicated to the numismatic history of the country. It is located at Avenida Ingeniero Fabini 777, on the mezzanine floor of the Central Bank of Uruguay, in the Old City of Montevideo.
Wikipedia: Museo Numismático del Banco Central del Uruguay (ES)
Sight 19: Teatro Victoria
Victoria Hall is an historic building located in Centro, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Sight 20: Museo de las Telecomunicaciones
The Telecommunications Museum is a thematic museum located in the Torre de las Communicaciones de A.N.T.E.L, located on Paraguay Street Guatemala corner, in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. Its purpose is to show the facts and elements that gave rise to the evolution of telecommunications in the country and in the world.
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