Montevideo, Uruguay's Capital
Montevideo,
Uruguay: the peculiarities of a capital
Montevideo,
the Capital of Uruguay, contains some interesting characteristics
which make it be very attractive to visitors. To start with, Montevideo
is Uruguay's main city according to the great amount of people who
lives in it. Actually, 1.4 million people, lives in Montevideo, while
the total of Uruguay's population is of about 3.5 million, and therefore
it is very peculiar the way in which the capital concentrates this
really high percentage of the country's population.
This
capital concentrates an important amount of the country's main attractions,
although there is a great amount of other very interesting places
and attractions for visitors to meet in the rest of the country as
well. Montevideo allows visitors to meet some of the typical Uruguayan
culture aspects, although there are some aspects which particularly
belong to the city lifestyle as the country side has some other characteristics
of its own as well, but all of them somehow shared by all the Uruguayans.
Montevideo,
Uruguay: Some of its main characteristics and attractions
One of
the main characteristics of Montevideo, Uruguay, is its coastline.
Montevideo has a long coastline, full of beaches, which gives the
city a beautiful and special personality. Along this coastline, locally
known as "la rambla", most of the times there are a lot
of Uruguayans walking or sitting in front of the beach while drinking
"mate", one of the most characteristics elements of the
Uruguayan culture.
There
are several other interesting places and attractions to visit in Montevideo,
Uruguay. Among these attractions, we can name its local ferias. There
are different food and clothes ferias which open about once a week
at many Montevideo's neighborhoods which are very characteristic to
this city’s culture. Besides this, Montevideo also offers several
other interesting places to meet among which there are parks, squares,
and many historic buildings.
Montevideo,
Uruguay: the weather
Montevideo's
weather is similar to the rest of Uruguay; it averagely ranges between
13ºC and 5ºC in winter and between 28ºC and 18ºC in summer. During
summer time, from December to March, there might be temperatures higher
than 30ºC during day while nights are of a very nice and enjoyable
climate, which makes it ideal to be outdoors or at the "rambla".
