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Beautiful furnished apartment to rent in Montevideo (Pocitos)
1-bedroom unit for rent, direct from owner. Tastefully furnished, 50m2, parquet floor throughout, fully-fitted kitchen, peace and quiet on 8th floor, modern bathroom, plenty of natural light, nice and sunny terrace.
Secure, new building (built in 2004) with a doorman. Neighbourhood is very nice and safe, with good cafes and restaurants and an excellent supermarket 5 minutes walk away. Direct bus to Centre/Old Town/Punta Carretas leaves from outside the door. Pocitos beach is a 10-minute walk.
Rent: US$890/month, including cable TV, unlimited high-speed internet, plates and cutlery, bedsheets and bedspreads – you pay only for use of electricity, which is metered. Available immediately. Contact uruguaynow@gmail.com for photos and any other information.
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Six of the best
Not yet made it to Uruguay? When you're done with UruguayNow, our choice of the top 6 internet resources for the country is just a mouse click away. In no particular order, they are:
Southern Cone Travel: http://southernconeguidebooks.blogspot.com/
Mercopress: http://en.mercopress.com/
Ola Uruguay: www.olauruguay.com
Retired in Uruguay: http://wallyinuruguay.blogspot.com/
Uruguay Natural: www.uruguaynatural.com
Global Property Guide: http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Latin-America/Uruguay
For reviews of these sites, please click here.
Best of the Web
Keen to get hold of more travel and expat living information on Uruguay? Then we have some good news: UruguayNow's writers have scoured the internet to bring you our top picks. Our basic criteria are that the sites have to be at least partly in English, have a strong focus on Uruguay (of course!) and they have to be active. Our top six for 2011 are:
Ola Uruguay: www.olauruguay.com
Marvellously useful site. Ola's trump card is its wealth of practical info on buying, building and renovating property. The site regularly uncovers bargain real estate buys, but it also contains features on everything from the future of Uruguay's railways and a history of bullfighting in Colonia del Sacramento, to tips on how to reduce your electricity bill. A real find – and constantly updated.
Mercopress: http://en.mercopress.com/
Best news resource in English on Uruguay by a country mile. Visit for breaking news, features and analysis on Uruguay, plus the Mercosur trade bloc, Argentina, Brazil and (surprisingly enough) the Falkland Islands. Highly recommended.
Southern Cone Travel: http://southernconeguidebooks.blogspot.com/
Undoubtedly the best blog on the Southern Cone countries (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay). This thoughtful, funny and – on occasions – argumentative site is penned by Wayne Bernhardson, author of the Moon Handbooks to Argentina, Chile & Easter Island, Buenos Aires (the latter covers parts of Uruguay), and Patagonia & the Falkland Islands. Insightful coverage of the Botnia paper pulp plant that is still a cause of friction between Uruguay and Argentina. Bernhardson also uses his blog to campaign against reciprocal entry fees which affect North Americans and others in several Latin American countries – but not Uruguay.
Retired in Uruguay: http://wallyinuruguay.blogspot.com/
Wally Glass details his ongoing struggle against mosquitoes, brushes with officialdom, a recurring dental problem and love of karaoke in charming detail. What makes this blog a winner is the writer's profound connection with his new community on the coast in Canelones and – fundamentally – the honesty and clarity of his observations.
Uruguay Natural: www.uruguaynatural.com
Uruguay's official travel site is strong on ecotourism and sports. Contains very comprehensive (although necessarily uncritical) accommodation lists, particularly for estancias and farms that take guests. Full of fresh ideas – like whale-watching – for your trips to Uruguay. It's just a pity the English translation of the Spanish original is so hit-and-miss.
Global Property Guide: http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Latin-America/Uruguay
What would international real estate writers do without the stats and insight of the Global Travel Guide team? The same holds true, for that matter, for anyone planning to buy property in Uruguay. What makes this site so useful is its wealth of comparative data (Uruguay versus Argentina, Uruguay versus Brazil, etc.) and the manifest sense that information is collated and presented with the best interests of the reader in mind.