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Salto

Where should I stay?

Where should I eat?

  • La Caldera · Centro · Uruguayan parrilla: A long-running grill house in the center for Uruguayan beef, chorizo and other cuts cooked over wood embers.

What should I do?

  • Termas del Daymán · Daymán: A thermal spa village about 10 km south of town with public hot-spring pools open year-round.
  • Termas del Arapey · Arapey: Uruguay's oldest hot-spring resort, set in open countryside about 90 km north of Salto, good for a quieter day or overnight.
  • Represa de Salto Grande · Salto Grande: The large binational hydroelectric dam on the Río Uruguay just north of town, with guided visits of the plant and views over the reservoir.
  • Museo del Hombre y la Tecnología · Centro: A museum in the former municipal market building covering the region's archaeology, rural life and industrial history.
  • Museo Casa de Horacio Quiroga · Centro: The house where writer Horacio Quiroga, born in Salto, lived as a young man, with personal objects and material on his life and stories.
  • Teatro Larrañaga · Centro: An ornate 19th-century theater in the city center that still stages concerts and plays.
  • Costanera · Costanera: The riverside promenade along the Río Uruguay, where locals walk and drink mate at sunset facing Concordia, Argentina.