Scandinavian furniture has its spot in Montevideo, where? In Lisää, in Ejido and Cebollatí. Ana Garmendia and Andrea Goires have at their store a unique offer that was previously hard to find in our city. They design and restore scandinavian style furniture. — How did Lisää started? — We are both architects, and ended up […]
Atchugarry: Pablo Atchugarry’s Foundation – guided visit of the sculpture’s park with a background meadow
Atchugarry: Pablo Atchugarry’s Foundation – guided visit of the sculpture’s park with a background meadow
Pablo Atchugarry’s Foundation is a symbol of Uruguay. Its majestic sculptures are surrounded by a huge green environment. It is located near Punta del Este, and the visit is a sensible experience, that is powered with our History of Art’s experts. We have scheduled departures from Montevideo.
Contemporary Art: visit a la carte in four languages
Contemporary Art: visit a la carte in four languages
You will have to go to jail to see contemporary art! The Contemporary Art Space (EAC) is where the first reclusion center was built following the panoptic rules of the English Bentham, which lately were theorized by Foucault. The jail opened in 1888. Known as ‘Cárcel de Miguelete’, located in the centre of Montevideo, it […]
May’s great goodbye
May’s great goodbye
May’s last weekend is full of all kind of activities to enjoy in Montevideo. In MyCityGuide we will tell you the different ways in which you can entertain yourself these Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy different flavors at Degusto Degusto, the gastronomic fair, is finally taking place this weekend in Parque Grauert. More than 80 different […]
#MontevideanosByChoice – Chapter 2: From Mexico, full of colors
#MontevideanosByChoice – Chapter 2: From Mexico, full of colors
We had the chance to talk with Julieta (@julietapintando), a painter. She was born in México City, and she’s been living in Montevideo for four years now, with her husband and her younger son. Julieta paints, decorates, studies french and enjoy’s Montevideo’s good stuff. Painting is her passion, in her free time she likes spending […]
Uruguayan painters from 19th and 20th Century: exclusive visit in four languages
Uruguayan painters from 19th and 20th Century: exclusive visit in four languages
We offer guided and private visits in four languages: Spanish, French, English and Portuguese, of iconic places of Uruguayan art. Begin with Blanes, realistic painter of the endings of XVIII century. He glorifies the founding historical epics of nascent Uruguay, illustrating scenes from life in the decades that followed independence. Blanes museum is in Prado, […]