Originally Posted by jeff191

I spent a day and a half in Montevideo last December. I was pleasantly surprised as well - honestly I initially booked it just to pop into a new country as Buenos Aires was my main destination. But decided to fly into Montevideo and then take ferry. It actually exceeded my expectations and was much more charming than I would have expected.

I took an Uber as well, the taxi rates were crazy especially given the cost of everything else being reasonable.