Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 4732-9376; Chiazzaro 20; dishes UR$190-420; 8pm-midnight Wed, noon-3pm & 8pm-mid-
night Thu-Mon)
Down near the riverfront, Salto's swankest eatery is housed in a 19th-cen-
tury building with pretty vaulted brickwork in the dining room. There's an excellent
menú de la casa
(set menu including appetizer, main dish, dessert and drink) for
UR$385.
La Caldera
PARRILLA $$$
(Uruguay 221; dishes UR$140-280; 11am-3pm & 8pm-midnight Tue-Sun)
With fresh breezes
blowing in off the river and sunny outdoor seating, this
parrilla
makes a great lunch stop;
at dinnertime, the cozy interior dining room, with its view of the blazing fire, is equally
atmospheric.
La Trattoria
URUGUAYAN $$$
(Uruguay 754; dishes UR$140-270; noon-2am)
Locals flock to this high-ceilinged down-
town eatery for fish, meat and pasta. Sit in the wood-paneled dining room or people-
watch from a sidewalk table on busy Calle Uruguay.
Information
Antel
(Grito de Asencio 33)
Banco Comercial
(cnr Uruguay & Lavalleja)
One of several banks at this intersection.
Hospital Regional Salto
( 4733-3333; cnr 18 de Julio & Varela)
Post Office
(cnr Artigas & Treinta y Tres)
Tourist Office
(
4733-4096; turismo@salto.gub.uy)
Bus terminal
(Salto Shopping Center, cnr
Ruta 3 & Av Bastille;
8am-9pm)
; Centro
(Uruguay 1052;
8am-7pm Mon-Sat)
Getting There & Away
AIR
From Salto's Nueva Hespérides airport, 6km south of town,
BQB Lineas Aereas
(
4733-8919;
www.flybqb.com
;
Brasil 819, Centro)
flies four times weekly to Montevideo's Car-
rasco airport (1¼ hours), with onward connections to Buenos Aires (2½ hours). BQB
also offers Tuesday and Saturday service to Asunción, Paraguay (1¾ hours), and Sunday
and Thursday service to Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil (1¾ hours), with three-night air-plus-hotel
deals starting at US$380 per person. Flights listed above operate between March and
December only.
