hello and greetings from colonia del sacramento in uruguay today we're going to be visiting the
charming colonial town that sits on the shores of the river plate this destination is a super
popular day trip from buenos aires argentina since it's just one hour across by ferry
but we're going to be showing you what you can do with a couple of days there
together we'll be exploring the cobbled streets of the historical town
sampling a traditional uruguayan food - a dish known as chivito museum hopping to learn about
colonia's past catching some spectacular sunsets on the riverfront and befriending
lots of dogs along the way because you know us so let's go explore colonial sacramento shall we
first up let's go to barrio historico this is the historic quarter in colonia uruguay this
is an area known for its narrow lanes cobbled streets and walls that reveal
so many layers of history one of the main attractions here is
cade de los suspiros or the street of size which will transport you back in time by a few centuries
well guys we just finished visiting the bridge not the bridge of size that's in peru the street
outside you're just gonna take your breath away it's impressive it's important very nice cobbled
streets are the most impressive part to me yeah also the old homes it's old world charm and it's
also popular with everyone yeah i would say that's probably considered like the prettiest street and
all of colonia uruguay if you want if you want to get a picture without too many people in it
you gotta you have to have some patience for sure and some of the places are are commercial and some
of them are homes yeah and so there's a couple signs where people are like don't step on my
they'll stand outside my door doorstep don't knock on my door so yeah it's a very fascinating
street and if you're visiting uruguay in colonia you definitely have to check it out
since colonia uruguay was built on a peninsula that juts out onto the river plate a fortification
was erected to protect what is now the old town only part of these walls still remain but
at this gate known as puerto de la ciudadella you can get an idea of just how massive these
fortifications were so we are out exploring the old town here in colonial sacramento
and we've just discovered that the old town is actually considered a unesco world heritage site
and we should mention the size of the walls because we entered through the gate but then
we went around and like the wall has been cut in half for traffic look at that size
look at that the width is width yeah it's like maybe one and a half meters thick that's some
that's some kind of a fortress and the type of uh the rock that they use is like a granite
extremely extremely strong so strong yeah at least they had to resist the cannon uh you
know bombardment from whoever came and tried to take over you know in those days it was like that
as we were walking around the old town we also came across this dog we'd met
the previous day so we stopped for some pets and a game of fetch by the river
so something else we've noticed visiting here in colonia uruguay is that there are a few different
beach areas yes there are yeah we've been walking around but in a few different areas and we've seen
beaches in a few different spots you know what the river plate is so wide yeah it feels like
you're staring out at the ocean and you get waves kind of like the ocean but it mimics the ocean in
so many ways it sure does and the beaches are just one more aspect of that so if you've got
oh there's people swimming there's actually people i just see a kid swimming off here in
the distance so bring your swim trunks you want to get out there yeah i have to say
it's very humid out like we thought it was going to be kind of cool chilly this morning
it really warms up during the day and you can feel the humidity so it's like kind of sticky so
a dress for that i think we're going to be ready for lunch
for lunch we decided to try a classic uruguayan food - a dish called chivito all right guys so
our lunch is here we ordered two monster dishes to share these are massive portions this one you're
already familiar with because we've seen it before we've eaten it before yeah it's the veal cutlet or
a schnitzel you know yeah with a ham mozzarella cheese and some sauce and this one is called
chivito i don't know why they call it chivito because in argentina chivito would be a kid a kid
goat a little girl yeah at the bbq yeah but this is not this is a piece of steak yeah with uh fries
mozzarella fried egg olive french fries uh russian salad
and whatever is buried underneath that we don't see yeah what can i tell you it's a
monster it's a monster let's dig in well we dug into you're having milanesa right
he's having a moment he's going to heaven i'm in heaven this is amazing people
the flavor of this beef what about the chivito what do you guys think of that a new dish
it's got bacon too right yeah we found some pancetta
buried in there with all the ingredients yeah it's really nice you like it i like that it's
loaded with so many different ingredients so many flavors combining and mixing together
nice and greasy and heavy do you recommend both dishes yeah yeah absolutely
like this i'm levitating
i can't believe it come on it's a barbecue my friend are you well fed up she is fat eat it
what she wants pets she wants correct you kidding me look at how round she is
she's like i guess i'll stick it in my mouth
hold on get that oh yeah i'm a nice boy
you want something
all right
our favorite time of day to be out exploring colonia was right around sunset
there's something about that soft golden light and
that cool breeze at that time of day that just adds a little bit of magic
after walking along the waterfront for a bit we grabbed a seat at a little gastro bar called
hitana time for an update we had a monstrosity of a lunch i ended up having a big siesta we did a
little bit of work and now we're back wandering around it's a beautiful sunset the temperatures
cool down everyone's out chilling at the beaches by restaurants we found a great little cafe
actually recommended to us by a friend so yeah thank you for the recommendation thanks candace
for the recommendation i'm having uh tana malbec blend wine here you've got yourself some lemon tea
yes i have a sore throat guys i'm trying to trying to get you over that so no wine for you
i'll drink the wine on your behalf cheers cheers and you've got um a shrimp risotto coming soon
and i'm gonna share they brought out the risotto
the creamy shrimp soda yeah they split it in two they asked us if we wanted to share
and we said yes so they split the portion in half which is really nice it's so cheesy oh my
wow so cheesy i love risotto it's one of my favorite dishes wait
so much when we were in croatia yeah like almost on the daily i was even making it in
the airbnb also reminds me of our time in milan here we have this local risotto with the saffron
i'm very nice are you gonna make it when we come to argentina in the future maybe
do
oh
we kicked off our second day in colonial sacramento with a leisurely stroll through the old
town we woke up to clear blue skies and beautiful weather so we were just happy to wander around
enjoying the architecture the greenery and the flowers in bloom this was late spring at its
finest yeah here we found another one of those little streets typical of this little town and
it's amazing the construction this colonial type of construction that you look at these houses
and in a way the facade they are so simple you know but at the same time they're so exquisite
so we are now standing on the shores of the river plate there you have it there you have it the
world famous river plate or rio de la plata and the big question is when does it go from
being a river to an ocean well this area here is the mouth of the river plate right where it
is going to be meeting the ocean but a lot of people say okay the river plate is the widest
river in the world but some other one they say no because at the point where is the whitest
it's already meeting the atlantic ocean let's say right you got the two different points of view
it's a beautiful river it's got the typical uh brownish uh color yeah because of all the sediment
that it brings from the northern uh all the other northern rivers that come and join you know
and uh yeah it's uh it's nice a lot of sailboats uh enjoying uh the day people
fishing the beautiful flag from uruguay a country that i always wanted to visit
and finally now i have the chance to do it the people are super friendly it's been a beautiful
place to visit here in colonia and we recommend it you know if you have the chance come on over okay
and then it was time for a bit of museum hopping this city has no
shortage of museums each of them covering a different aspect of colonia's past
we just finished visiting the museum of colonia uruguay we got our passes we paid 50 uruguayan
pesos and it's going to give us access to multiple museums here in the historic part of the town
that's just like what a dollar thirty or a dollar really cheap this one especially the colonial
it's all related to the uh the colony of this place right the early days the
early days and they have just uh a little bit of everything so we're gonna museum hoppy for lunch
if you enjoy history and you want to learn a bit more about colonia's past
this museum pass is a great option not only is the past super affordable but the museums
are all quite small and close by so they are easy to cover in one day each museum
has a different theme showcasing everything from local flora and fauna to how the early colonizers
lived
after visiting a few of the museums it was time for lunch and i think we can all guess who chose
this spot so sam what's the plan for today's lunch the plan is pizza apparently we've come to one of
the best places in the city this is called la and there was a lineup just waiting to get in
it opened at 12 30. yeah we haven't had pizza in a while so excited to try this i got ham mozzarella
sauce and oregano very good i went for the anchovy pizza it's nice and salty it's got some onions
peppers tomato sauce matzah cheese yeah over here pepperoni and great views the location's amazing
so that's a little taste of what you can do in colonia de sacramento uruguay on a short visit
we hope you enjoyed this video and we'll see you in the next one where
we continue our travels in uruguay next up the capital city of montevideo see you soon
you