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.
Museo y Archivo Historico Cabildo de Montevideo
Montevideo · Free
The colonial town hall on Plaza Matriz, now the city's historical museum and archive.
Time needed
45 minutes
Hours
Monday-Friday 12:00 PM-5:45 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Tips
Free, central and a good place to make sense of the revolutionary years before walking the rest of the old city. Faces Plaza Matriz and the Metropolitan Cathedral, with an antiques fair on the square most Saturdays.
Phone
+598 2915 9685Neighborhood
Ciudad Vieja
Activity providers
Kosher map of Montevideo
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