Trinidad (Uruguay)

Bus service is available from Montevideo as well as other Uruguayan cities such as Colonia and Salto. Service is offered by Agencia Central, COPAY, El Norteño, NOSSAR, and Núñez.

• Grutas del Palacio

  phone: +598 43604473
  A natural monument located forty-six kilometres from Trinidad, on the ancient National Road N°3 surrounded by nature. It is a seventeen-hectare geopark. It is considered the second geopark in Latin America, incorporated in the global network by UNESCO, which declared it a national natural heritage site. It is a stone monument which consists of caves that are formed by around two hundred columns of about two metres in height and eighty centimetres in diameter. The caves can be accessed through about forty different entrances and the public can explore them freely. For years it was thought that the caves had been constructed by the ancient inhabitants of Uruguay. These inhabitants did use the caves as dwellings, but recent studies have confirmed that the site is a natural formation which was sculpted by water about 70,000 years ago. Different tools and artifacts that were found there allowed geologists to learn about the Proterozoic, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic ages – see them at the museum at the entrance to the caves. Visitors can get in on their own all year round, or they can ask for guides who are specialized in its history. Every year, generally in April, Flores City Council organises tours to the place, and you can get there by bus.

• Museo Departamental

  phone: +598 4364 6964
  History museum of the region, located in the old train station.

• El Rancho

  phone: +598 4364 7078
  address: Pancho Lopez and Aparicio Saravia