Old Town Colonia Tour: History and Highlights

Explore Colonia del Sacramento’s Old Town with an expert guide. Discover history, top spots, and local tips in a 1.5-hour walking tour.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Faro de Colonia del Sacramento - Lighthouse from the year 1857
  • La Calle de los Suspiros - Renowned Portuguese street featuring original Portuguese houses.
  • Porton de Campo - Primary gateway to the Old Town through the wall.
  • Basilica del Santisimo Sacramento - The oldest church in Uruguay.
What's Included
  • Personalized recommendations for your trip
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

Discover the Old Town of Colonia del Sacramento with an official guide who will share the history and interesting facts about each location, while also suggesting the best restaurants and activities in the city and surrounding area. Our tour will take us through the Field Gate, “La Calle de los Suspiros”, the lighthouse, the yacht harbor, and the…

Location
Fuente Portuguesa
Meet us at the "Fuente Portuguesa", in the square next to the church "Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento".
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Maujlima
Jan 11, 2025
If you are in Buenos Aires - Beautiful set of Portuguese colonial houses, in the city that was the center of dispute between Portugal and Spain. It offers museums, bars, restaurants, cafes and shops in addition to a lot of history. Both the walk from the harbour to the Historic Center, as well as the return and walk through the Center are very quiet.
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Katya
Jan 11, 2025
Strongly recommended tour you'd really enjoy! - This was an exceptional walking tour with a lovely, very knowledgeable guide with excellent English. I have learnt so much about the history, politics, economy, and current development of Colonia and Uruguay. If I have another opportunity to visit this beautiful town, I would definitely look for other tours provided by Idoia.
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Henrycz6998eo
Jan 6, 2025
Discover Cologne - Excellent accompaniment to the guide. Their professionalism, joy and ease of communication made this experience unforgettable
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New_sisi
Dec 29, 2024
A must to get the most out of this beautiful city - An informative tour with a lovely guide who went out of her way to be accommodating. Very knowledgeable and an engaging storyteller. The sites were beautiful and the tour gives the right context for this little city. The guide tried had to switch things around as many of the tour group were stuck on a late ferry. She managed to start on time and have part of the tour start at a different point. More work for her but worked out well for everyone on the tour. Really went the extra mile
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Garrett_l
Dec 29, 2024
Great tour with a great guide! - Idoia was a great tour guide! She gave a lot of information about the history and of Colonia, as well as fun random facts. Additionally, our Buquebus was very very late, and she was gracious enough to delay the start time by an hour. I would highly recommend Idoia’s tour!
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Johannafinocchio
Dec 24, 2024
Nice day. - Very nice day of tour of colony of the sacrament. Beautiful scenery, houses and friendly people as always. They can treat the tourist very well. Expensive prices as expected. Good for a day or two.
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Wouter
Dec 21, 2024
Fun and interesting! - She knew what she was talking about, made it fun and we made us excited about the city. Spoke almost fluent English, while using maps and pictures to strengthing her stories.
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Jonathan_t
Dec 17, 2024
Colonia through Idoia's Services. - A fantastic destination, with a great history. Nice restaurants. Worth the visit. Our guide, Idoia, was great. Idoia is very knowledgeable and helped us get oriented to the town, so that after the tour we could confidently find our way around. We are very thankful for her sevices.
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Perezmauria
Dec 17, 2024
Idoia is a genius!! - Hello Idoia, I am Silvia from Argentina. On Saturday the 14th I went with my daughter to Cologne and we did the walking tour. Very good and complete! You made us enjoy the city and gave us very useful information! Thank you very much for your kindness and willingness!
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Tera_s
Jan 8, 2025
It's a long process for... - It's a long process for about 3 hours in colonial. I booked a separate walking tour which I enjoyed but I would recommend only going if you plan on staying the night.
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