charming colonial town that sits on the shores  of the river plate this destination is a super  

popular day trip from buenos aires argentina  since it's just one hour across by ferry  

but we're going to be showing you what  you can do with a couple of days there  

together we'll be exploring the  cobbled streets of the historical town  

sampling a traditional uruguayan food - a dish  known as chivito museum hopping to learn about  

colonia's past catching some spectacular  sunsets on the riverfront and befriending  

lots of dogs along the way because you know us  so let's go explore colonial sacramento shall we  

first up let's go to barrio historico this is  the historic quarter in colonia uruguay this  

is an area known for its narrow lanes  cobbled streets and walls that reveal  

so many layers of history one  of the main attractions here is  

cade de los suspiros or the street of size which  will transport you back in time by a few centuries  

well guys we just finished visiting the bridge  not the bridge of size that's in peru the street  

outside you're just gonna take your breath away  it's impressive it's important very nice cobbled  

streets are the most impressive part to me yeah  also the old homes it's old world charm and it's  

also popular with everyone yeah i would say that's  probably considered like the prettiest street and  

all of colonia uruguay if you want if you want  to get a picture without too many people in it  

you gotta you have to have some patience for sure  and some of the places are are commercial and some  

of them are homes yeah and so there's a couple  signs where people are like don't step on my  

they'll stand outside my door doorstep don't  knock on my door so yeah it's a very fascinating  

street and if you're visiting uruguay in  colonia you definitely have to check it out

since colonia uruguay was built on a peninsula  that juts out onto the river plate a fortification  

was erected to protect what is now the old  town only part of these walls still remain but  

at this gate known as puerto de la ciudadella  you can get an idea of just how massive these  

fortifications were so we are out exploring  the old town here in colonial sacramento  

and we've just discovered that the old town is  actually considered a unesco world heritage site  

and we should mention the size of the walls  because we entered through the gate but then  

we went around and like the wall has been  cut in half for traffic look at that size  

look at that the width is width yeah it's like  maybe one and a half meters thick that's some  

that's some kind of a fortress and the type  of uh the rock that they use is like a granite  

extremely extremely strong so strong yeah at  least they had to resist the cannon uh you  

know bombardment from whoever came and tried to  take over you know in those days it was like that

as we were walking around the old town  we also came across this dog we'd met  

the previous day so we stopped for some  pets and a game of fetch by the river

so something else we've noticed visiting here in  colonia uruguay is that there are a few different  

beach areas yes there are yeah we've been walking  around but in a few different areas and we've seen  

beaches in a few different spots you know what  the river plate is so wide yeah it feels like  

you're staring out at the ocean and you get waves  kind of like the ocean but it mimics the ocean in  

so many ways it sure does and the beaches are  just one more aspect of that so if you've got  

oh there's people swimming there's actually  people i just see a kid swimming off here in  

the distance so bring your swim trunks you  want to get out there yeah i have to say  

it's very humid out like we thought it was  going to be kind of cool chilly this morning  

it really warms up during the day and you can  feel the humidity so it's like kind of sticky so  

a dress for that i think we're  going to be ready for lunch

for lunch we decided to try a classic uruguayan  food - a dish called chivito all right guys so  

our lunch is here we ordered two monster dishes to  share these are massive portions this one you're  

already familiar with because we've seen it before  we've eaten it before yeah it's the veal cutlet or  

a schnitzel you know yeah with a ham mozzarella  cheese and some sauce and this one is called  

chivito i don't know why they call it chivito  because in argentina chivito would be a kid a kid  

goat a little girl yeah at the bbq yeah but this  is not this is a piece of steak yeah with uh fries  

mozzarella fried egg olive  french fries uh russian salad

and whatever is buried underneath that we  don't see yeah what can i tell you it's a  

monster it's a monster let's dig in well  we dug into you're having milanesa right

he's having a moment he's going to heaven  i'm in heaven this is amazing people  

the flavor of this beef what about the chivito  what do you guys think of that a new dish

it's got bacon too right  yeah we found some pancetta  

buried in there with all the ingredients yeah  it's really nice you like it i like that it's  

loaded with so many different ingredients so  many flavors combining and mixing together  

nice and greasy and heavy do you  recommend both dishes yeah yeah absolutely

like this i'm levitating

i can't believe it come on it's a barbecue my  friend are you well fed up she is fat eat it  

what she wants pets she wants correct  you kidding me look at how round she is  

she's like i guess i'll stick it in my mouth

hold on get that oh yeah i'm a nice boy

you want something

all right

our favorite time of day to be out  exploring colonia was right around sunset  

there's something about that soft golden light and  

that cool breeze at that time of day  that just adds a little bit of magic

after walking along the waterfront for a bit  we grabbed a seat at a little gastro bar called  

hitana time for an update we had a monstrosity of  a lunch i ended up having a big siesta we did a  

little bit of work and now we're back wandering  around it's a beautiful sunset the temperatures  

cool down everyone's out chilling at the beaches  by restaurants we found a great little cafe  

actually recommended to us by a friend so yeah  thank you for the recommendation thanks candace  

for the recommendation i'm having uh tana malbec  blend wine here you've got yourself some lemon tea  

yes i have a sore throat guys i'm trying to  trying to get you over that so no wine for you  

i'll drink the wine on your behalf cheers cheers  and you've got um a shrimp risotto coming soon  

and i'm gonna share they brought out the risotto  

the creamy shrimp soda yeah they split it  in two they asked us if we wanted to share  

and we said yes so they split the portion in  half which is really nice it's so cheesy oh my

wow so cheesy i love risotto it's  one of my favorite dishes wait  

so much when we were in croatia yeah like  almost on the daily i was even making it in  

the airbnb also reminds me of our time in milan  here we have this local risotto with the saffron  

i'm very nice are you gonna make it when  we come to argentina in the future maybe

do

oh

we kicked off our second day in colonial  sacramento with a leisurely stroll through the old  

town we woke up to clear blue skies and beautiful  weather so we were just happy to wander around  

enjoying the architecture the greenery and the  flowers in bloom this was late spring at its  

finest yeah here we found another one of those  little streets typical of this little town and  

it's amazing the construction this colonial type  of construction that you look at these houses  

and in a way the facade they are so simple you  know but at the same time they're so exquisite

so we are now standing on the shores of the river  plate there you have it there you have it the  

world famous river plate or rio de la plata  and the big question is when does it go from  

being a river to an ocean well this area here  is the mouth of the river plate right where it  

is going to be meeting the ocean but a lot of  people say okay the river plate is the widest  

river in the world but some other one they say  no because at the point where is the whitest  

it's already meeting the atlantic ocean let's say  right you got the two different points of view  

it's a beautiful river it's got the typical uh  brownish uh color yeah because of all the sediment  

that it brings from the northern uh all the  other northern rivers that come and join you know  

and uh yeah it's uh it's nice a lot of  sailboats uh enjoying uh the day people  

fishing the beautiful flag from uruguay  a country that i always wanted to visit  

and finally now i have the chance to do it the  people are super friendly it's been a beautiful  

place to visit here in colonia and we recommend it  you know if you have the chance come on over okay

and then it was time for a bit of  museum hopping this city has no  

shortage of museums each of them covering  a different aspect of colonia's past

we just finished visiting the museum of colonia  uruguay we got our passes we paid 50 uruguayan  

pesos and it's going to give us access to multiple  museums here in the historic part of the town  

that's just like what a dollar thirty or a dollar  really cheap this one especially the colonial  

it's all related to the uh the colony  of this place right the early days the  

early days and they have just uh a little bit of  everything so we're gonna museum hoppy for lunch

if you enjoy history and you want to  learn a bit more about colonia's past  

this museum pass is a great option not only  is the past super affordable but the museums  

are all quite small and close by so they  are easy to cover in one day each museum  

has a different theme showcasing everything from  local flora and fauna to how the early colonizers

lived

after visiting a few of the museums it was time  for lunch and i think we can all guess who chose  

this spot so sam what's the plan for today's lunch  the plan is pizza apparently we've come to one of  

the best places in the city this is called la  and there was a lineup just waiting to get in  

it opened at 12 30. yeah we haven't had pizza in a  while so excited to try this i got ham mozzarella  

sauce and oregano very good i went for the anchovy  pizza it's nice and salty it's got some onions  

peppers tomato sauce matzah cheese yeah over here  pepperoni and great views the location's amazing

so that's a little taste of what you can do in  colonia de sacramento uruguay on a short visit  

we hope you enjoyed this video and  we'll see you in the next one where  

we continue our travels in uruguay next up  the capital city of montevideo see you soon  

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