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Punta del Este 2012 - Plaza de los Artesanos
Punta del Este. Photo: mriaco ( NaBUru38's mother), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Punta del Este

Surf town · Uruguay

Score a trip to Punta del Este

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Beds: 86 places

86 places to stay within 2 km.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 86 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 16 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • La Posta · about 20 min by car · stays in La Barra

    20 out of 100
  • El Emir · about 5 min by car

    19 out of 100
  • El Pendorcho · about 15 min by car

    19 out of 100
  • La Barra · about 15 min by car · stays in La Barra

    19 out of 100
  • La Virgen · about 5 min by car

    19 out of 100
  • Los Dedos · about 5 min by car

    19 out of 100
  • El Martillo · about 5 min by car

    18 out of 100
  • El Pedro · about 10 min by car

    18 out of 100
All 16 surf spots
  • La Olla · about 5 min by car

    18 out of 100
  • La Plage · about 10 min by car

    18 out of 100
  • Zorba · about 5 min by car

    18 out of 100
  • Bikini Beach (Left Reef Break) · about 25 min by car · stays in El Chorro

    17 out of 100
  • La Boya · about 20 min by car · stays in La Barra

    17 out of 100
  • Montoya · about 20 min by car · stays in La Barra

    17 out of 100
  • Terrazas · about 25 min by car · stays in El Chorro

    17 out of 100
  • Bikini Beach (Right) · about 25 min by car · stays in El Chorro

    16 out of 100

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Punta del Este.

Places to eat

6 near Punta del Este

Places to eat near Punta del Este

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Punta del Este.

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Photos of Punta del Este

Punta del Este bay 2012 - close
Photo: mriaco ( NaBUru38's mother), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bay Punta Del Este
Photo: Marcelo Campi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Punta del Este nocturno
Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Punta del Este

where it is, what is near

Punta del Este is a town in Maldonado Department, Uruguay.

From Punta del Este you can reach 16 surf spots.

The nearest is El Emir, a surf spot 0.4 km from the centre.

Overture lists 86 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP), 18 km away.

In Maldonado Department · Uruguay

  • 86 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Capitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP), 18 km, Carrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD), 100 km, Santa Teresita Airport (SST), 238 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).