Overview
Uruguay is small enough to cross in a day and slow enough that you will not want to. Montevideo is the way in, the Atlantic coast east of it carries the beach towns, and the wine country of Canelones sits half an hour from the capital.
1 Uruguay city guide
Fun fact
One number worth knowing
Uruguay hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, and the final was played at Montevideo’s Estadio Centenario.