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Trip for · Tight budgets

Montevideo for budget travellers

A 3-day outline built from what the Montevideo guide marks as suited to budget travellers.

Only items the guide tags or describes for budget travellers; each shows the field it came from. Prices and hours: check before you go.

Key facts

Days: 3
Matching items: 9
Verdict: good fit

A 3-day outline

Grouped by walking cluster where the guide gives one. Order inside a day is loose: the timed day plans check opening hours and walking.

Day 1 · Plaza Independencia & Avenida 18 de Julio

Plaza Independencia & Palacio Salvo
Why it fits: Free. The main square and the Artigas monument.
From: Top 10 · cost
Palacio Salvo
Why it fits: Free from outside. The 1928 tower.
From: Top 10 · cost
Chivito al pan at a café
Why it fits: Steak sandwich · UYU 450–800. Big; share if you are not starving.
From: Eat guide · Budget tier

Day 2

Pocitos beach & Rambla
Why it fits: Free. Beach and promenade at sunset.
From: Top 10 · cost
Parque Rodó
Why it fits: Free. Park, lake and a break from the old town.
From: Top 10 · cost
Empanadas and pizza slices
Why it fits: Empanadas, fainá · UYU 60–200 each
From: Eat guide · Budget tier

Day 3 · Ciudad Vieja

Chivito and empanadas
Why it fits: filling and cheap.
From: Good for · budget travellers
Free Rambla
Why it fits: the city's best free sight.
From: Good for · budget travellers
Café Bacacay
Why it fits: Coffee and a pastry · UYU 250–500
From: Eat guide · Budget tier

3 days in Montevideo: A slower stay →

Where to stay

Sleep areas the guide points budget travellers to.

Hostel in Ciudad Vieja
cheap beds.
From: Good for · budget travellers

Before you go

What the guide flags for budget travellers.

Keep UYU 2,000 in small notes; withdraw at bank ATMs in daylight, not on quiet streets. (Money · ATM rule)