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Places worth the detour in Montevideo

10 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Montevideo, Uruguay, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (6). Best known: Cerro de Montevideo. 9 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Nature6 Archaeological4
Within 30 km
10
Oldest
Casa de Juan Antonio Lavalleja 1783
Little known
9 of 10
Most from
20th century

All 10, ranked 10

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Montevideo?

10 places within 30 km: 6 nature & landscapes and 4 archaeological & historic sites. The best known is Cerro de Montevideo.

Is there anything near Montevideo that most visitors miss?

9 of these 10 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Montevideo?

Casa de Juan Antonio Lavalleja, dated to 1783.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Montevideo, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.