URUGUAY
LA PALOMA - URUGUAY
URUGUAY BEACHES
In the department of Rocha, on the Atlantic Ocean coast is the beach town of La Paloma. It extends for 20 kilometers of beaches with fine white sand, some with rocks, some with natural water pools and crystal clear calm waters that are special for water sports. Among the selected beaches for tourists are: Los Botes, one of the quietest to attend with the family and play with the children; Solari, a beach with intermediate waves, where depending on the wind you can swim or practice windsurfing, and it's surrounded by an acacia forest.
But the most famous, nestled between two rocky points is the Balconada: a busy beach with big waves and pretty deep, it has a lighthouse where young people concentrate. Conversely if you want absolute peace, without doubt, the beach for you is Anaconda the opposite of Balconada, where few people come and peace is absolute.
WHERE TO STAY AND WHAT TO DO - HOTELS AND ACTIVITIES
These beaches have a good infrastructure for hosting, with very good hotels and an enormous rental house offer, whether fortnightly or monthly. It's also possible to find gorgeous cabins and organized camp sites with good services.
The diversity that nature offers in La Paloma no doubt pleases the most demanding tourists, since its beaches allow everything: sports, playing with children, walk or lie under the sun.
Water sports such as surfing, windsurfing and skiing are one of the great attractions, if you want to learn to dive the ideal beach is El Cabito, where very safe natural pools have formed.
Fishing is the sport par excellence, and around the harbor there are many fishermen colonies because of the infinite number of different species.
A great adventure is to climb the stairs of the lighthouse, which has about one hundred and fifty steps leading to the top with a panoramic view. You will appreciate the highest Sun Watch in the world.For gambling lovers, the Casino of La Paloma offers good poker tables, roulette and slot machines.
HOW AND WHEN TO GO - WEATHER AND TRANSPORTATION
From Carrasco International Airport in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, take Interbalnearia Route, then route 9 and route 15 if you go by car. Otherwise there are good and affordable bus services linking the capital with the beach La Paloma.
Like all the beaches of Uruguay, the summer months are December to March and the average temperature is 28 degrees, the rest of the year is cold for the beach.
2. Jose Ignacio
3. La Paloma
4. Piriapolis
5. La Barra
6. Punta del Diablo
7. La Pedrera
8. Cabo Polonio
9. Atlantida
