Punta del Este Lighthouse

Maldonado Department · Uruguay

Punta del Este Lighthouse, Uruguay
Photo: Daniel Stonek, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Southern summer, December to February
Budget
$$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

This 19th-century tower rises above the peninsula resort where the Río de la Plata meets the Atlantic. Surrounded by the old town, it has guided ships along Uruguay's fashionable coast for generations.

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