Colonia del Sacramento is a city in southwestern Uruguay across the river (the Río de la Plata) from Buenos Aires. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and is renowned for its historic quarter, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can go there from Buenos Aires by Ferry. It takes about an hour on the fast ferry. The city changed hands many times between the Spanish and Portuguese but the original historic quarter retains its irregular, terrain-fitting street plan built by the Portuguese. I went for just the day so I only visited the historic quarter. Here are the photos. It was a little more crowded than it looks, even though it was slightly off-season. I managed to get some "clean" shots.
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