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Pocitos is the high rent district in Montevideo. The beautiful people live hre and shop at the Puerto Carretas Mall. Go to the Puerto Carretas Parque at sunsiet for some great sunset photo ops.

Very good neighborhood, where you can find lots of bars/pubs and restaurants. Good to shopping and safe to walk around.

Nice área with a lot of restaurants and shops. The beach of Pocitos is quite nice place to swim and relax.

Since my youngster days, Pocitos is known to be a pleasant beachIt is nice to stroll along its rambla, and as in everywhere else in Uruguay, a pleasant viewThere is not much toadd

The Pocitos neighborhood offers a variety of restaurants and on its seashore, Pocitos Beach, you can walk or ride a bike.

I am an Aussie from Queensland so I am used to great beaches and certainly do not travel to see beaches. For all that I live just a couple of blocks from Pocitos Beach so it is very familiar to me. The beach itself is great - wide, long, fine sand which is clean except for a small corner at one end which catches black stuff from the currents. No surf of course. Although it looks like the sea we are actually still in Rio de Plata (River Plate) even though the other bank is probably about 150 km away and out of sight. The water though is not blue. It took me a long time to get used to looking out to sea and seeing brown water, or at the best a dirty green colour. You can swim in it though and it has very little salt content.La Rambla, the street along the waterfront, runs for 21km in Montevideo so there is a wide pavement area well used by locals for walking, running, cycling or just sitting around socialising. There are also beach sport facilities in the summer where people play beach volleyball and beach football (soccer). There are restaurants across the road at a few spots, most with outdoor tables as well. In summer there are also toilet facilities (mobile ones) but these are not usually there in winter.A great place to spend time if you want to sunbake on a beach or throw a ball around, also OK for swimming but no decent waves and the water is a bit silty.Of course if you want really wonderful beaches that go forever, with blue water and surf, go to Australia.

It is nice to stroll in the shady streets with many corner restaurants and bars.iIt is also recommended to visit the mall Punta Carretas which was once the prison during the dark period of Uruguay,and is now bustling with shops and restaurants.

The beach is nice and long and not too busy bearing in mind it's attached to the city. volleyball and football being played in one corner adds to the attraction. The water as it is the River Plate is a bit brown and as you walk out into the water thee is a weird sensation of a mud floor.None the less this is a nice beach, probably not to the standard of beaches further up the coast but it does have the benefits of being in Montevideo city and the busses come from all over the city p to it, so transport is simple.

Pretty little stretch of beach and area of town. I am not sure of the water quality for swimming, but there were lots of people enjoying the muddy, warm water.

The beach had almost nothing..... The sea was brown, no service at all and 99% os the restaurants were closed on sunday to lunch, really dissapointing... It's a nice bike ride but you'll have to take all of what you want

I'm very happy I chose this area (based on TA reviews) to spend three days after visiting BA. It was a tranquil contrast to the crazy-busy latter. Pocitos reminds me of Waikiki but in a lower echelon form. The beach is decent but far from the greatest I've been to. There is a beautiful riverwalk all around the bay and it really becomes a beautiful thing to see at night. You'll see people of all ages in pairs or groups talking away while they share their beloved Yerba Mate from their thermos and drink it from a cup with straw. Pocitos is a wonderful cultural experience! Side note: if you're going to try and get marijuana here, it is not easy, despite the national legalization. Only residents can buy it and it's not nearly as popular as I expected. It has only been a year since legalization and the locals say it's more commonly found in the suburbs. If you speak decent Spanish, and you find the right local, you may be able to pay for them to run and get it for you. :)

Really liked Pocitos Beach! The sand is soft and clean and I enjoyed the beach, nice neighborhood. It's trendy, clean and has good restaurants and shops . There's soccer matches on the beach and volleyball too.

The water is not the best because the Rio de la Plata is is an estuary, but my kids enjoyed Montevideo beaches. You can play volley, swim, or play some other sports. There are many restaurants nearby, and there is also a mall, the Montevideo Shopping Center walking distance from the beach. It should be safe, just don't leave any belonging unattended (which you shouldn't do in any new place anyways).

Hotel right up the block, adjacent to the golf course, so the Plaza Pocitos was a natural walk-to spot, wether to find a new restaurant, just walk, or embrace a fully fledged shopping mall, the place is fully loaded. Overall quiet place, but with plenty to keep you distracted

Last July we went to Montevideo to stay for a week and we chose Pocitos as our neighborhood! We didn´t regret at all!!! Everything you need is in a walking distance, besides that, the the Rambla is very, very nice! I was there with my 2 kids ( 15 and 10 ) and they loved everything in Pocitos. The restaurants, the Montevideo Shopping, the supermarkets very close and the security!! We felt safe all the time! Most of all, we enjoyed the Rambla!!! We rented some bikes and ride over it almost every day, enjoying the neighborhood and the city!