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Cruise to Antarctica: Traveling with children

Andrea and Mattia in Antarctica. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

Sometimes traveling with small children in tow is a problem for parents who are seen to face all sorts of doubts and problems related to the costs, destinations, and medicines to take and organize a trip with children. These problems ...

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Uruguay power plugs and sockets, telephones

URUGUAY: TRAVEL DOCUMENTS Documents: A passport is required to enter Uruguay. Even children and minors must have their own personal passport. Entry visa: not required for tourism, as long as the stay does not exceed 90 days. A visa may ...

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The climate of Montevideo: when to go to Montevideo

Montevideo has a humid sub-tropical climate, characterized by not too cold winters and hot summers. Winters are generally rainy, windy and cloudy, while summers are hot and rainy, with generally moderate wind blowing from the sea with a pleasant cooling ...

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Montevideo: the southernmost capital of South America

Montevideo is the most important city and the capital of Uruguay. It is also the southernmost capital of South America. The city welcomes about half of the entire population of Uruguay. Located on the north bank of the Río de ...

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Punta del Diablo: fishing village on the Uruguay coast

Punta del Diablo is a small fishing village located along the Atlantic coast of Uruguay. The village is located about 300 km east of Montevideo, about 170 km east of Punta del Este and a few dozen km from the ...

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The climate of Punta del Este: when to go to Punta del Este

The city of Punta del Este which is located along the coast of Uruguay – at the meeting point between the waters of the Rio de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean – has a mild oceanic sub-tropical climate characterized ...

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Piriápolis: a seaside resort of the late nineteenth century

The town of Piriápolis is an important seaside resort on the Uruguay coast. Located along the Rio della Plata about 50 km east of Montevideo, it is located between the cities of Atlántida and Punta del Este. Piriápolis is a ...

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Punta del Este: the most famous seaside resort in Uruguay

Punta del Este is the most famous and well-known seaside resort in Uruguay. Popular destination for Uruguayan, Brazilian and Argentinian tourists during the South American summer. The city – located along the Atlantic Ocean coast about 130 km west of ...

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Tourist attractions in Uruguay: what to see in Uruguay

Tourism is quite important in Uruguay’s economy. The country is in fact a popular tourist destination in South America. The main tourist attractions of Uruguay are undoubtedly the beautiful and lively seaside resorts of the coast along the Atlantic Ocean. ...

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The climate of Uruguay: when to go to Uruguay

The climate in Uruguay is temperate oceanic type, with average maximum and minimum temperatures in June, respectively of 15 ° C and 7 ° C,  and in January, respectively of 28 ° C and 18 ° C. The rains are well distributed throughout the year, ...

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Uruguay: Gauchos, seaside resorts and beaches

Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay/Eastern Republic of Uruguay) is a presidential republic located in the central southern part of South America, bordered to the north and north-east by Brazil, to the west by Argentina and faces to the south the ...

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