Travel Reference
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Buenos Aires via Colonia (4¼ hours). One-way fares range between UR$850 and
UR$1170.
Even more affordable, but less comfortable, are the bus-boat combinations offered by
Colonia Express
( 2401-6666;
www.coloniaexpress.com
;
ticket counter 31A, Tres Cruces bus
terminal; 10am-7pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat, to noon Sun)
. Standard one-way fares for the 4¼-
hour trip are UR$1040 per person; online advance-purchase rates drop as low as
UR$810.
Cacciola Viajes
( 2401-9350;
www.cacciolaviajes.com
; ticket counter 32B, Tres Cruces bus
terminal)
runs a scenic twice- to thrice-daily bus-launch service from Montevideo to
Buenos Aires via the riverside town of Carmelo and the Argentine Delta suburb of Tigre.
The eight-hour trip costs UR$1091 one way (UR$1201 on holidays and long weekends).
BUS
cnr Bulevar Artigas & Av Italia)
is about 3km east of downtown. It has tourist information,
clean toilets, a luggage check (UR$124 per 24 hours), public phones, ATMs and a shop-
ping mall upstairs.
A taxi from the terminal to downtown costs between UR$100 and UR$120. To save
your pesos, take city bus CA1, which leaves from directly in front of the terminal (on the
eastern side), traveling to Ciudad Vieja via Av 18 de Julio (UR$14, 15 minutes).
For the beach neighborhoods of Punta Carretas and Pocitos, take city buses 174 and
183, respectively, from in front of the terminal (UR$21). A taxi to either neighborhood
costs around UR$120.
All domestic destinations are served daily, and most several times a day. A small
tasa
de embarque
(departure tax) is added to the ticket prices. Travel times are approximate.
ing countries. Destinations in Argentina include Paraná, Santa Fe and Mendoza (all once
weekly, on Friday), plus Córdoba and Rosario (each four times weekly). EGA also runs
buses once weekly to Santiago, Chile (Monday) and São Paulo, Brazil (Sunday), twice
weekly to Asunción, Paraguay (Wednesday and Saturday), four times weekly to Flori-
anópolis, Brazil, and daily except Saturday to Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Services to BA are more frequent, with several companies offering multiple daily de-
partures.
Buses from Montevideo
COST
(UR$)
DESTINATION
DURATION (HR)
