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Antel
(Sarandí 242)
Banco Santander
(18 de Julio 258)
One of several ATMs near Plaza Colón.
Hospital Regional
( 4632-2955; cnr Treinta y Tres & Catalogne)
Post Office
(Ituzaingó 262)
Tourist Office
(
4632-7144;
www.imtacuarembo.com
;
8am-7pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon Sat &
Sun)
Just outside the bus terminal.
Getting There & Around
The
bus terminal
(cnr Ruta 5 & Av Victorino Pereira)
is 1km northeast of the center. A taxi
into town costs about UR$70.
BUSES FROM TACUAREMBÓ
DESTINATION
COST (UR$)
DURATION (HR)
Montevideo
558
4½
Paysandú
344
3½
Salto
415
4
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Valle Edén
Valle Edén, a lush valley 24km southwest of Tacuarembó, is home to the
Museo Carlos
Gardel
( 099-107303; admission UR$25; 9:30am-6:30pm Tue-Sun)
. Reached via a
drive-through creek spanned by a wooden suspension footbridge, and housed in a former
pulpería
(the general store/bar that used to operate on many
estancias
), the museum
documents Tacuarembó's claim as birthplace of the revered tango singer - a claim vigor-
ously contested by both Argentina and France!
Accommodations in Valle Edén are available at
Camping El Mago
( 4632-7144;
campsites per tent/person UR$100/40)
or at
Posada Valle Edén
( 4630-2345;
www.posadavalleeden.com.uy
; d UR$1190-1960)
, where you can eat and stay in the lovely his-
toric mud-and-stone main inn, or sleep in one of the modern
cabañas
across the street.
