Punta del Este Cruise Reviews

Right near where the tender docks is a fish market and plenty of sea lions to be seen there enjoying the leftovers. We didn't take a tour here but wandered down to the Playa Brava beach where we hired a couple of chairs and a parasol. It's a huge beach but didn't seem to have any facilities. The 'dedos' statue is in that area. Everyone seemed very friendly and a few words of Spanish helped. ...

Beautiful beaches. Walkable town. Interesting sculpture ( hand coming out of the sand). ...

Bad embark process and worst disembark with tenders. Few hours at port so, if you intend to visit the Railli museum of contemporary art with its Dalí sculptures on permanent display and surrounding park ( free of charge but far away from everything) and the iconic Casapueblo, often crowded on a day cruise the only option is again the ncl sponsored pricey and not very satisfactory ncl sponsored ...

Very nice area to be able to walk along the waterfront from the ship ...

This is a tender port and the ship is quite far from shore. The ship tender operations were disorganized so plan accordingly and leave plenty of time if you are meeting a 3rd party. It took about 20 minutes for the tender to get to shore. We left 2 hours from the time we got a tender ticket to the time we had to meet pre-arranged free walking tour, and we still missed the tour. Once ashore, you ...

Great Port to walk along the water, beaches, and town quaint! ...

This town is safe and easy to walk around. It was hot out! Definitely recommend the marina, which is about a 15 minute walk from the pier. The seals were hilarious and HUGE. The hand statue was fun, but get there early before there are lines of people. The statue was maybe a 10 minute walk from the ship - it was close. No excursion needed in this port. ...

Great tendered port. This is a resort town with a nice beach, walkable main town mall area, with a few places to eat and shop, and of course, the hand in the sand at Paseo De Las Americas, Playa Brava at Parada 1 (where most tourists headed). We ate lunch here since we were tired of the bland food aboard the Pursuit. Had fresh shrimp, langoustines, and salmon at Leonardo Etxea, a Basque Restaurant ...

The tour was quite monotone. ...

Very nice beach resort town. ...