Punta del Este is one of the most picturesque resorts in Uruguay. This city is situated in a truly scenic area – the place when the Rio de la Plata River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Local nature is like a magnet that attracts tourists from all over the world to this fabulous region, and excellent beaches covered with white sand together with crystal clean ocean make a vacation here truly unforgettable. Besides that, there are many parks in the vicinity of Punta del Este. These green areas are perfect for outdoor recreation. Both citizens and guests of the city visit local parks to enjoy fresh air and silence or to make a family picnic or a barbecue with friends. When comparing Punta del Este to other Uruguayan cities, it is easy to notice a striking difference. Punta del Este is a clean and charming city with a developed infrastructure. Explorers reached this part of Uruguay for the first time at the beginning of the 16th century. That being said, the actual colonization of the territory started only two centuries later. Until that time, Punta del Este was nothing but an endless desert with dunes being its only decoration. In 1896, Antonio Lussich bought almost two thousand hectares of land here. Lussich planted different trees and bushes in the area. In total, thousands of eucalyptuses, pines, and acacias were planted in different parts of the province. The city of Punta del Este was founded in 1907, but the settlement officially became a city only fifty years later.
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