Best Private Montevideo Shore Excursion: City Tour. Optional WineTasting Tour.

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. Cruise terminal

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2. One of Montevideo's most impressive landmarks is this neo-classical, three-story building, constructed in the early 1900s, and housing significant works of art inside.

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3. At one time a train station, this wrought-iron structure is now a market housing an array of restaurants that specialize in meat and seafood dishes.

   20 min

4. This “Old City” by the harbor retains remnants of the past, like iron gates and colonial street lamps, and, with antique shops, museums and cafes, it’s a great place for browsing.

   20 min

5. Smaller leafy square with a beautiful fountain in the middle & surrounded by the Town Hall, Cathedral & The Beautiful Club Uruguay.

   15 min

6. This prominent plaza divides the old from the new Uruguay, and is surrounded by an interesting array of architectural styles. It also contains a statue of General Artigas, considered the father of Uruguay.

   10 min

7. The park is some 60 acres in area and includes the Estadio Centenario national football stadium. Plenty of vegetation and shady trees.

   5 min

8. The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centennial of Uruguay's first constitution. It is listed by FIFA as one of the football world's classic stadiums. In 1983 it was declared by FIFA as the only historical monument of World Football. The stadium was the scene of Uruguay's win in the Final of 1930 and Club Nacional de Football´s win in the final of Libertadores Cup 1980 and 1988.

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9. Amazing views of the beach and Rio de la Plata.

   20 min

10. This fashionable seaside neighborhood has all the amenities: shopping malls, movies, restaurants and bars.

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11. This fashionable seaside neighborhood has all the amenities: shopping malls, movies, restaurants and bars.

    10 min

12. Opened in 1856, this once-prominent music theater hosted world-renowned conductors, composers and performers until 1930, and now features occasional cultural events.

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 75 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 3The tour of the winery...

  The tour of the winery and wine tasting was fantastic. The city tour was minimal, not as comprehensive as the tour listing described. Empanadas were not provided. Tour was too expensive for what was provided.

  Cedric_BMarch 2025via Viator

• 4Nice tour but it isn't in English

  We had requested a tour in English. Pablo showed up, and he was a really nice guy, but he didn't speak a word of English and his translation program was bad. So we saw the sights ... but didn't get a feel for why they were important as communication was mostly "this is the president's house", etc. Due to scheduling issues with our cruise we had to skip the winery portion (not the tour's fault), and without that we probably would have done better on a group tour. Very nice and accommodating guide but we learned very little about Uruguay and Montevideo

  T_SFebruary 2025via Viator

• 5Pablo was awesome moving...

  Pablo was awesome moving our pickup time several times as our ship was delayed. A very passionate man who loves his city. Very informative.

  Christine_pFebruary 2025via Viator

• 5Great Wine, Tour and Guide

  Juan picked us up at the port and took us to Pizzaro, a family owned winery. We had an amazing tour, tasting and lunch. Afterwards Juan took us on a tour of the city and got us back to the ship on time. Highly recommend Juan and this city tour/winery visit!

  Walter_HJanuary 2025via Viator

• 3Wine tasting fantastic, but rest was subpar

  The wine tasting was wonderful, but the tour of the city was not very good at all. Our guide struggled and did not really give much explanation of the city’s history, culture, or details on most points of interest. Nice guy, but not a good guide.

  Marilyn_PApril 2024via Viator

• 5Seeing montivideo

  guide was excellent. very informative very nice. he gave us a lovely tour of Montivideo would definitely recommend

  Marlene_BMarch 2024via Viator

Know before you go

How it compares in Montevideo

• Its from-price is 11% below the median of the 43 city tours we list in Montevideo.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 13 of 43.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Montevideo

Montevideo is Uruguay's relaxed capital on the Río de la Plata, with an old-town peninsula, a long seafront promenade and a love of grilled meat.

Montevideo spreads along the north shore of the Río de la Plata, where the river is as wide as a sea. The Ciudad Vieja, the old town on a small peninsula, is where the city began in the 1720s, a district of Art Deco and colonial buildings. Plaza Independencia opens onto it, with the Palacio Salvo tower and the statue and mausoleum of José Artigas, the national hero, and the Teatro Solís, opened in 1856, stands nearby.

Top-ranked sights in Montevideo: Rambla of Montevideo (Rambla de Montevideo), Montevideo Independence Plaza (Plaza Independencia), Montevideo Port Market (Mercado del Puerto).

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