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Walks in Punta del Este

A peninsula between two waters: the river on one side, the open sea on the other. Outside January it is a town with a lighthouse, a port and sea lions, and almost nobody to hurry you.

Artisanal fishing boats moored in the port of Punta del Este

Del mar comemos

From the port to the point

Summer, 1912. A fisherman puts out to sea with his nine-year-old son, after a black drum that would pay off everything they owe. They say it's longer than the boy.

$4.99 35 min Starts at the port, by Ártico

The shore of Playa Mansa late in the day, with the towers of the Williman rambla behind

La Mansa, cuando se va el sol

The Mansa rambla

With Vashi, a lifeguard on this beach for forty seasons. He walks the same seven markers every evening, towards the peninsula, and swears it is not for the sunset. At the last one he tells you what it is for.

$4.99 30 min Starts at marker 7 on the Mansa rambla

The Punta del Este lighthouse above the houses of the port, at sunset

La otra Punta del Este

The peninsula

With Graciela, born here when this was a fishing village. She shows you the Punta that is not on the postcards and tells you about a love she kept hidden for sixty years.

$4.99 60 min Starts at La Mano

Photos: Romerito Pontes · Rosina Peixoto · CC BY-SA

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