Rambla, mate and calm. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Montevideo

Best months: January, February, March, November and December.

What to see in Montevideo

1. Ciudad Vieja & Plaza Independencia
   Ciudad Vieja sits on the tip of the peninsula where Montevideo began, and Plaza Independencia is its front door.
2. Rambla
   This long coastal avenue, running more than 22 km along the Río de la Plata, is where Montevideo lives outdoors.
3. Mercado del Puerto
   Under a big iron and glass hall, open-fire grills smoke all day and the smell of embers greets you before you step in.
4. Pocitos (plage)
   Pocitos is Montevideo's neighborhood beach, a wide crescent of sand backed by apartment buildings where you can watch the city live beside the Río de la Plata.
5. Palacio Salvo
   With its neo-Gothic tower topped by a lantern, the Palacio Salvo overlooks Plaza Independencia and acts as a landmark for the whole city.
6. Feria de Tristán Narvaja (dimanche)
   This is Montevideo's big Sunday market, spread across the streets of the Cordón neighbourhood, where antiques, secondhand books, plants and fresh produce all mix together.
7. Estadio Centenario (musée)
   The Centenario was built for the first World Cup in 1930, and the museum inside its walls tells how a small country helped give birth to world football.
8. Museo Torres García
   This small museum in the Ciudad Vieja is devoted entirely to Joaquín Torres García, the Uruguayan painter who blended cubism, symbols and geometry to build an art rooted in Latin America.

A sample itinerary for Montevideo, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €102 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Montevideo itinerary, hour by hour

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