City overview
Montevideo is South America's most unhurried capital: a low, walkable city wrapped by 22 kilometres of Rambla, where art deco towers, cobbled Ciudad Vieja streets and wide river beaches sit within a few minutes of each other. It is relaxed, safe by regional standards and refreshingly uncrowded. Uruguay's Jewish life is concentrated almost entirely here, clustered in the leafy seaside neighbourhoods of Pocitos and Punta Carretas, where the Chabad House, the Sephardi congregation and the Yavne campus all sit within walking distance of one another and of most kosher dining.
Activity providers
Montevideo Jewish Tours
Montevideo
Private guided tours of Jewish Montevideo, covering the community's history, institutions and the neighbourhoods it settled.
Hours
By advance arrangement
Tips
Long-running private tour operation led by Fanny Margolis, arranged in advance rather than on a fixed schedule, and adaptable to a half day or a full day. Tours are given in English and Spanish and can be combined with a general city tour.
Phone
2711 7352Neighborhood
Pocitos
Kosher map of Montevideo
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.