The Museo Taller Casa Pueblo showcases the works of Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró, who has spent the last fifty years as a working artist. The adjoining Club Hotel Casa Pueblo, fifteen minutes outside of PDE in Punta Ballena, is a thoroughly unique and modern hotel. While notably...
The concrete hand in the sand on Play Brava, otherwise known as La Mano, is an important landmark in Punta del Este. Chilean artist Mario Irrarazabal endowed the city with this piece of abstract modern art during the first International Modern Outdoor Sculpture Conference, held here in 1981. Due to...
Spend an afternoon wandering around the Feria Artesanal or Craft Market on Plaza Artigas, where one can find all sorts of artesanías ranging from leather goods to jewelry and other keepsakes. The feria, open since 1967, has over 200 stands and becomes busiest in the evening. Artists and...
Hosting one of the largest sea-lion colonies in South America, Isla de Lobos makes for a great escape from the tightly-packed beaches of Punta del Este. The island is home to 180,000 sea lions and walruses, which are spread over a surface area of 41 hectares. The island is close to the shore and...