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Strolling through José Ignacio Uruguay

Perhaps you are from that group of people who is not very attracted by the hectic life of downtown Punta del Este or the exclusive glamor of La Barra. If your thing is to relax in a super quiet but equally beautiful place, José Ignacio is for you. And these are the things you cannot stop doing when you visit: 1- VISIT THE LIGHTHOUSE OF JOSÉ IGNACIO Being the quintessential postcard of this...

A super exclusive country hotel called “VIK”

If there is a dream place on earth, it would be one that is located on that thin line that separates the sky, the field, the lagoon and the sea, an almost impossible point on the horizon where nature achieves a perfect union. In the town of José Ignacio, Estancia Vik rises, an initiative of the Norwegian developer Alex Vik, a "whim" that aims to sustain itself with the twelve rooms of this super...

La Susana Beach Bar in José Ignacio

The restaurant on the beach of La Susana offers its visitors the quintessence of José Ignacio's cool vibe. Located on the sand of José Ignacio's Mansa Beach, this cool restaurant has the latest in fresh, local and organic Uruguayan cuisine, atmosphere and great music to add to the dining experience, sunset cocktails, parties, dinners and bonfires. Guests enjoy the flavors of the South Atlantic and...

Simply the best beach restaurant in the world: La Huella, in José Ignacio.

The best beach restaurant on the planet is not in St. Tropez or on the Amalfi coast, but in a small town on the Uruguayan coast called JOSÉ IGNACIO.Jose Ignacio Restaurants. You can revel in the smell of roasting meat long before you listen to the bossa nova music or see the chimneys sticking out of the thatched roof. When La Huella finally emerges among the sand dunes of Playa Brava in José Ignacio,...

Pueblo Garzón: from ghost town to cultural center of Uruguay

Garzón, a town frozen in time to the east of Uruguay, is located 30 minutes from the lighthouse of the spa Jose Ignacio and has managed to captivate tourists from all over the world with its magic. The Pueblo Garzón train station is located about 145 kilometers east of the country's capital. Trains have not stopped there for half a century. Despite being in ruins, or perhaps because of...

Where to go to eat in José Ignacio in Season 2023

Classics such as Susana en la Juanita, the Ferona Social Club and the new beach bar by Francis Mallmann are some of the must-see places in the gastronomic circuit of the most exclusive spa. After every crisis, new opportunities arise. Although this year the Hotel Bahía Vik will not have the majority of the Argentine public, it carried out promotions and lowering rates to attract the local public. The...

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