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Montevideo

Come to discover Montevideo, a city where you can walk along almost 300 years of history, from colonial times to the twenty-first century. The city's memories, music, scents, architecture, cultural expressions and cosmopolitan traditions are reflected in a sky. Those colors are mix together with the water that bathes the coast and the bay. Montevideo is a city that was built with travelers and visitors, this is why people from Montevideo enjoy receiving visitants.

Montevideo is a city that breathes poetry and music, being also a large open-air museum with many topics on it. It is a city with a young spirit, in which throughout the year there are different options for leisure time: theater premieres, sculptures, artworks in more than a thousand squares. Those open areas are privileged places used by residents as meeting points, being also a link between the city and their parks. Montevideo is a green city, with one tree every three inhabitants. Montevideo's 30 km coastline is an experience you should not miss. Watching the horizon, enjoying the sunrise or the sunset are experiences that you will keep forever in your memory.

If you choose to discover Montevideo, you will find a city that challenges all your senses through its cultural icons as tango, murga, candombe, good wine, gastronomic routes and places that will leave you wanting to come back

More information

There are three recommended ways to reach Montevideo for an international guest:

By Plane

Take a flight to Montevideo -Carrasco International Airport. Most airlines flying to Uruguay have flights to this airport.
Then you can reach the hotels and the venue area in 30 minutes by car.
You can find information on how to get from your country to our airport and also information about taxis, buses and shuttles to go to the venue area at the following link: http://www.aeropuertodecarrasco.com.uy/comoir

By Ferry

In case your flight arrives at Jorge Newbery Airport (Argentina) or Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza (Argentina) you can take a ferry.
Ferries from Buenos Aires (Argentina) regularly sail to Montevideo and provide an alternative way of arriving.
The trip takes about two and a half hours. You can see the schedules and options in the following link: https://www.buquebus.com

By Bus

If you choose the ferry option, you can travel to Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay) and then take a bus to Terminal Tres Cruces.
The bus trip takes about 2 hours and a half
http://www.trescruces.com.uy/boleterias

Getting around Montevideo

Most of the hotels listed on our Hotels page are in the venue area and within 15–20 minutes by foot from Edif. Polifuncional José Luis Massera (Conference Venue).
You can also go to downtown Montevideo in 20-30 min by bus.
In the following link you can see how to move around Montevideo and how to go from one place to another: http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/aplicacion/como-ir

Tourist activities and things to do in Montevideo

In the following links you can find gastronomic information that we recommend, as well as places to visit and touristic activities available in Uruguay.

http://descubrimontevideo.uy/en/

http://turismo.gub.uy/index.php/en/things-to-do

Edif. Polifuncional José Luis Massera

Edificio Polifuncional José Luis Massera belongs to the Universidad de la República and is located beside the Faculty of Engineering. During the school weeks it is usually very busy with students but, during Easter week there is no activity, so it can be available for other academic activities.

It contains a conference room with capacity for 350 people, and several smaller rooms that can accommodate over a hundred and fifty people. The building is located near the sea coast in a beautiful green area called Parque Rodó.

There are several hotels and restaurants in the surroundings within walking distances. Furthermore, Montevideo downtown is located at only ten minutes drive, where there are many more options for accommodation and restaurants. There are several bus lines connecting downtown with Parque Rodó.