'Punta' is the only place in the world worth spending the week between Christmas and New Year's Day." Bold words from the fall issue of Town Country Travel . What is "Punta," anyway? Its full name is Punta del Este, Uruguay, and it's "the preferred summer vacation spot for the Latin American elite." Expensive by South American standards, it nonetheless represents a bargain for those used to European exchange rates. St. Tropez at Ocean City prices, if you will.
Beaches there are brava (rough and dramatic) on the ocean side and mansa (calm-watered) on the river side. The celebrity action (Leonardo DiCaprio has been spotted) is a short drive up the coast in La Barra and Jose Ignacio. But the best views are from Casapueblo, the museum, atelier and Dr. Seuss-ish "habitable sculpture" of artist Carlos Páez Vilaró on the Rio de la Plata.
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