Today Punta del Este has a permanent population of 8.000 inhabitants, and receives during the summer more than 150.000 tourists.
Placed at 130 Km. east of Montevideo, capital of the Urugay Republic, covering the coasts of the River Plate and the Atlantic Ocean. Its scenery is predominantly hills.
Is Uruguay’s most spectacular beach resort, with two kind of beaches: one at the ocean side and one at the bay side.
Each summer Punta del Este, draws rich and famous tourist from Europe and South America. All the Argentinean and Brazilian jet sets, spend their summer there.
Punta del Este has an nternational airport and an exceptional yacht port that in high season hosts more than 500 yacht that come from all over the world.
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