Start your day with a delicious homemade breakfast at La Table de Jean Paul, adjoining boulangerie of the awarded restaurant La Borgogne, a Relais & Chateaux member.
After breakfast, cycle along the Port area. In a mild day you can admire the cutes sea lions that entertain children and adults. If it’s warmer, enjoy some hours sunbathing on Playa Mansa beach.
When you start to feel hungry again, pick an open air table from the multiple restaurants of Port area. They are pretty good in general, but I have some special feelings about El Secreto and Virazón. Order a nice clericot (Uruguayan drink with wine and fruits) and “carpe diem”.
After lunch, you can strech your legs slowly walking through the beautiful and charming boutiques of La Barra, about 15 minutes driving from the Port. And how about tasting a delicious dulce de leche ice cream from Freddo? Worth it to mention that this is a vibrant area just during high season, the opposite of the Peninsula area, that has plenty to do all year round.
To finish your day in high style, I highly recommend you to enjoy the spectacular sunset of Punta Ballena, about 10 minutes driving south from the Port, 20 minutes (at least) from La Barra (on the opposite side). My advice: program yourself to not loose the main program – the sunset; take a chilled wine, some glasses; sit down on the rocks and enjoy every minute of the outstanding sky transition.
I couldn’t forget a precious tips for dinner. If you are going to Punta during high season (summer), the ultra charming Narbona restaurant. I will tell you more about it in an exclusive post, but it will certainly be a remarkable dinner. If you are going during low season, I recommend the beautiful L’Incanto. Not specially because of the food (delicious, but not marvelous), but because of the incredible atmosphere.
Did you like to know what to do on just one day in Punta? So leave a comment or question. Soon I will post more tips about where to eat and stay.
It’s close to my home town which allow me to do frequently visits. Besides that, it’s where my husband proposed me, in the rocks of Punta Ballena, a bay in the south where you can enjoy the most beautiful sunset. And it’s also where we got married. That’s a few of reasons why I’m so deeply in love with Punta.
It’s so close to Brazil, but at the same time is so different. That’s why Punta draws attention of thousands of tourists who invade the balneary every summer, best season to enjoy the city’s nightlife. But Punta has plenty to offer during all year round, full of charm and style.
One of its highlights is the Port region, in the famous Peninsula area, where is everyone who wants to see and be seen. From there you can enjoy an spectacular sunset accompanied by a delicious clericot, uruguayan typical drink with wine and fruits. Almost every restaurant from this area is classic and worth the visit, with delightful food and that breathtaking view. Just pic one and enjoy.
The Playa Mansa beach is perfect for a relaxing day and to sunbathe. The most suitable for families. The Playa Brava beach is windy, but beautiful. It’s nice to have a late lunch in some of the beach restaurants. La Barra and Manantiales are much more to party and have fun while sunbathing and lunching in the famous beach restaurants “St Tropez” style – particulary in high season.
