Uruguaiana

Once the tripoint town on the border with Argentina and Uruguay (before Barra do Quaraí got town status in 1995), Uruguaiana remains a place of transit for all 3 nationalities, and a convenient gateway to Brazil for those in Argentina, Paraguay or Uruguay, roughly equidistant from the three nearest countries' capitals: Buenos Aires (678 km away), Asunción (679 km away) and Montevideo (709 km away).

By bus

• Uruguaiana bus stationHas services to Porto Alegre (Planalto, 11h, 120 reais) and a daily straight service to Buenos Aires leaving at 4am (JBL Turismo, 10h, 160 reais). There are also 4 services a day to Barra do Quaraí (Mon-Sat 6:30, 12:30, 16:00 and 18:00, 32-46 reais, coming back at 8:00, 10:00 14:00 and 20:00), the Brazilian town across the bridge from Bella Unión in Uruguay.

Coming from Paso de los Libres with the international commuter bus (30min, 30 pesos or 8 reais), the closest to the bus station is the third after the bridge.

By plane

• Uruguaiana airportIs managed by the national airport operator and info about its flights can be found at the respective Infraero webpage. Even though the offer is limited, 4 flights a week to Porto Alegre by Azul (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday), good offers aren't rare and this is usually the cheapest option to reach further Brazil from Argentina (as flights from Foz do Iguaçu tend to be pricey). As of January 2019, there are no public transit options to the airport, and the taxi from downtown costs around 50 reais on Sunday and 35 reais any other day (Sundays have a legal surcharge).

By car

The city is reachable through BR-290 coming from Porto Alegre and continuing west until the Paso de los Libres/Uruguaiana International Bridge (officially Agustin Justo - Getúlio Vargas Bridge), and through BR-472 coming from São Borja and continuing south until connecting with Uruguay Route 3 towards Salto.

Uruguaiana has a network of city buses - the fare is 3,50 reais (as of Jun 2018).
To get to nearby Paso de los Libres across the international bridge, Argentinian company Crucero del Sur operates a international commuter line. The fare is 8 reais.
Timetable from Uruguaiana to Paso de los Libres Sunday: no service
Another option is to catch a mototaxi to the Brazilian immigration (around 7 reais from Rio Branco square and around), hitch a hike to get to the Argentinian immigration (the bridge is long), and from there catch one of the frequent city buses to the bus station (15 pesos as of January 2019).

• Castelinho de Uruguaiana

  address: Rua 15 de Novembro, 2512
  Built in 1955 by a local lawyer, and fully furnished with French objects and vintage decoration, it has 24 rooms and 3 terraces. It's a private house not open to visitation.

• Barragem Sanchuri

• Dr. Pedro Marini Cultural center

  phone: +55 55 3412-1633
  address: Rua Santana, no number
  This center holds five museums: the Didactic Art Museum, the History and Art Museum, the Crioulo Museum, the Piá Museum, and the Museum of Natural and Exact Sciences.

• Parque Dom Pedro II

• Praça Barão do Rio Branco

• Praia do Cantão

• Pão & Caffé

  address: Av. Presidente Vargas 2704
  With a nice glass-walled room, this beautiful bakery offers shelter from the cold and a nice breakfast or afternoon tea. Free wifi available and power sockets under every table (but you might need to ask staff to turn on power).

• Casa do Peixe

  phone: +55 55 3411-0531, +55 55 8411-0498
  address: R. Marechal Floriano 1850
  Specializing in fish dishes.

• Confraria Restaurante

  phone: +55 55 3402-3001
  address: R. XV de Novembro 2184

• Gringo

  phone: +55 55 3413-1319
  address: R. Setembrino de Carvalho 1658

• Monte Carlo Grill

  phone: +55 55 3411-8336
  address: R. Sete de Setembro 1915

• Napoli

  phone: +55 55 3412-4097
  address: R. Benjamin Constant 247

• Paradouro 1

  phone: +55 55 3413-5377
  address: Rod. BR-290 km 715

• Mainardi

  phone: +55 55 3401-3100
  address: Av. Presidente Vargas 4845
  Churrascaria.

• Restaurante Glória

  phone: +55 55 3412-4422
  address: R. Domingos de Almeida 1951

• River's Grill

  phone: +55 55 3412-2383
  address: R. Bento Martins 1818

• Bar 10

  address: R. XV de Novembro

• Bar 12

  phone: +55 55 3413-2300
  address: BR-472

• Fares Turis Hotel

  phone: +55 55 3412-3358
  address: Av. Presidente Vargas 2939

• Hotel da Fronteira

  phone: +55 55 3411-7812
  address: R. XV de Novembro 2223

• Hotel Glória

  phone: +55 55 3412-4422
  address: R. Domingos de Almeida 1951

• Hotel Khatib

  phone: +55 55 3412-2467
  address: R. Santana 2840

• Hotel Monte Carlo

  phone: +55 55 3412-2145
  address: R. Sete de Setembro 1905

• Hotel Paineiras

  phone: +55 55 3412-4440
  address: R. Flores da Cunha 1051

• Hotel Presidente

  phone: +55 55 3411-3160, +55 55 3411-2276
  address: Av. Presidente Vargas 4070

• Mainardi Hotel

  phone: +55 55 3411-3555
  address: Av. Presidente Vargas 4845

• River Hotel

  phone: +55 55 3412-3404, +55 55 3412-5777
  address: R. Sete de Setembro 1088