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The other Rocha.
The beauty of Rocha or start or finish
La Paloma and La Pedrera.
There is also an entire belt spas
Us closer to a world ocean
Unknown and mysterious.
It is interesting to unravel the difference between
Balnerios ocean and river resorts.
The spa ocean, puts us in one dimension
Unknown: endonde premium as savage, indomitable
As yet hollado by the foot of man.
Each person in veranéa Rocha knows well
This feeling: a sense of community
With nature, wild animals,
Elements ... a feeling of being the first ...
Man or woman on the face of the earth.
Perhaps that séa reason that so many and so many
People come to Rocha as tourists and returning it to settle as settlers.
It is particularly interesting to note the thousands of foreigners from all over the world, who have chosen to Rocha as their homeland or annual vacation spot.
- La Paloma
La Paloma is the principal resort on the Atlantic coast of Uruguay, located at 240 kmts. East of the capital, Montevideo, and 28 kmts. Of the departmental capital, Rocha. Located on the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Santa Maria, the beaches, with a length of about 20 kmts, are now its main tourist attraction.
- La Pedrera
La Pedrera is one of the oldest resorts in the department.
Neighbors of Rocha, loving fishing and the beauty of the landscape, were placed at the beginning of the century, in wooden boxes, on a rock high altitude.
A small promenade, a fence, two staircases on the "live rock", several banks and a breathtaking view, transformed into the spa.
Since then, the ancient and modern buildings have coexisted giving a touch of tradition and modernity. For his ethnic family, tourists easily integrate. Fishing, the sunrises, rocks, Katay, and traditional food are the main issues of integration. For all this, is that many celebrities-having travelled the world - has been chosen as the vacation spot.
Cabo Polonio
Cabo Polonio is very close to the spa Valizas and has three small islands off its coast known as Torres Islands (Rasa, La Encantada and Islet), all of them coming in Cabo Polonio. At the same is an important reservoir of sea lions, which can be seen from the coast. It also has an important Lighthouse reference for mariners.
It is visited mainly by tourists from Argentina, but also domestic tourism and attracts tourists from other sources. It has a very special landscape, surrounded by sand dunes tall.
Its name comes from a Spanish galleon that sank in 1735 there. After several tragedies in 1881 opened the lighthouse which has a height of 25.6 meters. In 1976 the lighthouse was declared a historical monument.
The stable population is small, consisting mainly by fishermen, artisans and stable staff of the lighthouse. In tourist season (January-March) has opened several restaurants, inns and houses for rent.
Most homes are without electricity, except for those places with generator itself. Nor is there any public lighting, which is one of the characteristics of the site, which allows, under the clear nights, the night sky as seen in a few places in the Uruguayan coast
Valizas
His real name is Barra de Valizas and to get this Spa is taken by the Route 10 to 271 km.
It is an informal settlement that was born as a small fishing village and was giving way gradually to ranchitos and houses, which were built by people in love with the wild beauty of the place.
In the small bay, along the brook Valizas, you can see the boats of fishermen who still there.
In his early life was anything but rudimentary, the advent of electricity and running water has been considerably changed, providing some comfort, however, did not lose its hippie appearance that attracts people who love wildlife.
During the day are organized hiking or horseback on the beach or the dunes, famous for its impressive dimensions.
During the night the rocks emerge, hearths, where young people (and some older too), get together to chat or guitarrear.
There is also a place for lovers to fishing, either on the beach or in the Arroyo Valizas with its changing bar which houses the famous "sirís" as required by food lovers.
The fishing competitions to meet fans throughout the region and is another of the attractions that make Bar Valizas well visited a spa season.
- Fresh Waters
You can access Freshwater by Route 10, passing through La Paloma, or by taking Route 9 by pairing with Route 16 south. The journey of about 10km by this last route is extremely picturesque.
On one side and on the other, there are the extensive palm caracterìsticos in the area. At the edge of the path abound sellers "butiás", the fruit of these palm trees, as well as products derived from them: liquor, coffee, candy and all kinds of homemade preserves highly prized by tourists.
The spa is named after its freshwater springs and purísimas and is known for his straw shacks built on stilts who came to the very edge of the ocean.
Few that persist given that the relentless sea has been the majority of them and pretty chalets and huts have been changing the look of the resort.
The governing motto there is "Live as you want", which, combined with the tranquillity that is, makes it very attractive to those who want to spend a few nice days, away from the bustle of cities, which does not imply that is not given the sevicios essential to live comfortably.
- Punta del Diablo
Just 300 km. Montevideo, we enter into a different world, Punta del Diablo.
A place full of mysticism, fueled by his name and old stories of shipwrecks.
Still remains a fishing village and artisans, who, living with the seasons and tides, claimed contact with nature as a way of life.
In summer, go fishing boats and sell their catch to tourists under the flight of hundreds of gulls.
Punta del Diablo is a journey to the sea. Here there is no cellular or computers, or heads, or subjects.
No 4 star hotels, or two, or one. Only rustic inns and cabins anárquicamente that grow on rocks at the edge of the dunes that are going to die at sea.
This town became a spa, the influx of people each year, he again left hechizar for its beaches.
Fortaleza de Santa Teresa
Coming to Route 9, 31 km is the Fortaleza de Santa Teresa, the construction carried out by the Spaniards who was reconstructed thanks to the expeditions Horacio Arredondo.
For vacationers camping area provides a large, and one of the largest artificial parks in the world. At Santa Teresa park is accessible by two main roads visible from the road: Capatacía and the entrance to the fortress. Capatacía access is more visible from the path and strength is what destinations of bus lines is known as "The Jet" found by the agencies about this important point. If you are going to go by bus for you get here if you are not going to have to walk several km to shoulder with your tent to find a place enabled campsites.
The park has different beaches and they provide some basic services such as toilets, drinking water and showers which have hot water until 22 pm.
La Coronilla
The Coronilla The spa is located in the best environment for you to enjoy tourism saws, historic in nature and enjoy the beautiful ocean beaches as well as pond, we are at the centre of everything, just a few kilometres from the Park Santa Teresa, the beautiful Punta del Diablo, Laguna Negra and La Esmeralda among other options.
At 20Km. From the border with Brazil, the city of Chuy has a broad proposal that you and your family can make their purchases.
The spa is located at Km. 314, Route 9, 104 Km. Rocha, the departmental capital. It is assumed that the area was visited by Indians, pirates and buccaneers. Of the first footprints were now investigating enthusiastic archaeologists. The Indians cerritos located in places close to the spa are an element of the past telling of the origins of the settlements on the coast. We keep this memory in places like the "Indian Way", "Indian Hill" and "India Dead" with its legends dazzling and beautiful natural environment.
Extirpated stations of the king in 1807, in Potrero Grande, Isidoro Leon Avila, measured fields begins to emerge and development projects (rail, port, the colony). The foundational process begins with the arrival of the first settlers, in approximately 1863, which incorporated the colony Agricultural Santa Teresa. Among families include surnames: Vogler, Gamenthaler, Flügel, Dietschi, Benech, Borges, Acosta and Gutierrez, of whom know several descendants.
The capital investment generated significant stages of the development progress that allowed essentially the hotel industry.
Barra del Chuy
Next to limit Uruguay / Brazil, just 9 miles from the frontier towns of Chuy-Chuí, Spas are the Barra do Chuí (Brazil) and Barra del Chuy (Uruguay).
Descampadas and often plagued by strong winds, the loneliness of the beaches Chu is one of the things that attracts m ore visitors, and where the climate favors the summer, they become heavenly.
Fishing is one of the activities preferred by those who visit it. Visitors will also seek to know their beautiful lighthouse (on the Brazilian side), painted white and red, looks radiant and allows situate from several kilometres, both day and night when its rotating light shows us the way.
Here, the language spoken is a mixture of Portuguese and Spanish, but with codes and a philosophy of life in this region, where the haggling, the economic exchange and other details will breathe even in the beautiful beaches.
Another strong point of the resort is the stream Chuy designing the territorial boundary between Uruguay and Brazil in the area. A succession of giant pieces of reinforced concrete ( "miguelitos"), forming the dock and give fijeza the international border between Brazil and Uruguay.
El Chuy
Chuy is the name of the nearby border town of Brazilian Chuí .. Its population, according to data from the 2004 census, is 10,357 inhabitants. It is separated from the Brazilian city of Chuí a street shared between the two cities, International Avenue.
Located at km 340, Route No. 9, a meeting point with the path Brazilian BR 471.
The name Chuy, Tupi Guarani language means "river of brown water," the Indians who lived in this area, called the small stream, on the banks of which was formed after a village, which became a city since 1987.
The vast agglomeration of businesses, both on the sidelines as the Uruguayan Brazilian make this city an "open-air shopping," where purchases are the most attractive, both for the price and variety of products.
In the Free Shops can be reached over several articles from all parts of the world even better prices than in origin. Chuy has adequate hotel infrastructure and gastronomic offer varied. Year after year, authorities, businessmen, organizations and residents of both cities working together for the staging of the largest carnival festival on the east side of Uruguay: Carnival Without Borders Chui - Chuy.
The heavy exchange difference between Brazil and Uruguay have virtually cleared the Brazilian city, while the Uruguayan city has been greatly facilitated. It is a situation that people are accustomed to the border and nothing suggests that becoming final.
They participate in this feast of unique beauty, do samba schools from various locations in Brazil, and clusters of Maldonado, Montevideo, Rocha and Lascano, among others.
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