Photo Essay: Colonia a Pleasant Gateway Into Uruguay
Just one hour by ferry from Buenos Aires, Argentina but a world away is Colonia (Colonia del Sacramento), Uruguay. This town of about 20,000, about a three hour business ride from Montevideo, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the perfect place to escape for an afternoon. For years B.A.’s porteños, have escaped to Colonia to enjoy the town’s leafy streets and charming cafes. For 150 years Colonia bounced back and forth between the Portuguese crowns before finally becoming part of modern Uruguay in 1828. Whether you walk around the old fort that surrounds the old city, enjoy the brightly painted buildings that house restaurants and shops or just decompress under the shade, travel to Uruguay starts off beautifully with a day spent in Colonia.
Corner store, Colonia
Portón de Campo (City Gate)
The wharf at Colonia
The old lighthouse, Colonia
Calle San Pedro, Colonia
The old lighthouse, Colonia
Sunset at Colonia
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Leon Kaye
Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event.
His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine.
Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.
