The Peninsula is the main point of the city, with the Gorlero Avenue as main protagonist. Here you'll find the best commerce, shops, cinemas, etc. and is an obligatory long walk if you want to know Punta del Este. The Boulevard, the Port, the Lighthouse, the Square with its Fair of Craftsmen, much to see ...
La Barra has become the nocturnal center par excellence, mainly for youth people. There is infinity of bars, discos and restaurants, so anyone can find a place to fit great.
The beaches, either the Mansa or the Brava, are excellent and allow the practice of most of the aquatic sports.

You can spend the day at the beach enjoying one of many water sports (yachting, swimming, surfing, deep-sea fishing and waterskiing). Then relax in the afternoon with a traditional British high tea (tea and scones) at one of the tea rooms in town. The wonderfully surreal Casa Pueblo is a good place for a break from the sun: The Moorish-style fortress, once the home of painter Carlos Paez Vilaro, is now an art gallery and hotel. Punta also has great golf courses, tennis courts and a vibrant night life (discos and casinos).
One geographic thing we particularly enjoy in Punta is being able to watch the sun both rise and set over water. The Mansa beaches are favored by families and water-sports enthusiasts. Playa Brava's waves draw surfers, and the activity carries on into the night, with numerous pubs and nightlife options.

Day trips can be taken to Isla Gorriti, a beautiful island just off the coast, which has uncrowded white beaches and the ruins of an 18th-century fort. Another boat trip will take you to Isla de Lobos, an island jammed with sea lions.Or drive along the East side of the peninsula past the spectacular mansions to Jose Ignatio, an increasingly popular small resort just outside of town with perhaps the prettiest beaches and best waves in Uruguay. Should you choose a time of the year to come and visit, that would be the summer. Punta is at its best when the sun is shinning!

The province presents attractions offered by nature itself in the Strait of Magellan, Cerro de la Cruz, the penguin colony in Seno de Otway, the Forest Reserve Ferdinand Magellan, the National Park Pali Aike, and many other sites like museums and institutes at the end of the continent.

3.090 km. south of Santiago, the capital, Punta Arenas presents a population of around 115.000 inhabitants, with a commercial, cultural and social development that covers the Magellan territory.

Among its main attractions are Museo Salesiano Mayorino Borgatello; the monument to the shepperd with his dog, his horse, and his sheep; the cementery; Instituto de la Patagonia, a regional history and resources center with the memory museum in the garden; the town theatre; square Muñoz Gamero with the sculpture in memory of the discovery of the Strait of Magellan by Ferdinand Magellan; and magnificent works conserving their traditions like the Gran Hotel Cabo de Hornos, public buildings, local companies, and the free tax area.

The climate is cold steppe, with an average year-round temperature of 6.5º C and winds of up to 150 km/h.