Nova Posada

Colonia del Sacramento


With gleaming contemporary decor and spacious rooms with comfy beds, minibars and cable TV, this hotel is a good option for anyone who prefers modern comforts over colonial charm. It has a pretty garden with a breakfast patio and a cozy living room with a working fireplace, too. The ground-floor interconnected rooms are great for families.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Colonia del Sacramento attractions

1. Centro Cultural Bastión del Carmen

0.27 MILES

Incorporating part of the city’s historic fortifications, this theater and gallery complex adjacent to Colonia's Puerto Viejo hosts rotating art exhibits…

2. Iglesia Matríz

0.32 MILES

Uruguay’s oldest church – begun by the Portuguese in 1680, then completely rebuilt twice under Spanish rule – is the centerpiece of pretty Plaza de Armas…

3. Portón de Campo

0.34 MILES

The most dramatic way to enter the Barrio Histórico is via the reconstructed 1745 city gate. From here, a thick fortified wall runs south along the Paseo…

4. Museo Portugués

0.39 MILES

In this old house on Colonia's main square you’ll find Portuguese relics including porcelain, furniture, maps, Manuel Lobo’s family tree and the old stone…

5. Puerto Viejo

0.4 MILES

Colonia’s yacht harbor makes for a pleasant stroll.

6. Archivo Regional

0.41 MILES

On the northwest edge of Plaza Mayor 25 de Mayo, the tiny Archivo Regional contains historical documents along with pottery and glass excavated from the…

7. Museo Indígena

0.41 MILES

Houses Roberto Banchero’s personal collection of Charrúa stone tools, exhibits on indigenous history, and an amusing map upstairs showing how many…

8. Museo Municipal

0.43 MILES

Houses an eclectic collection of treasures including a whale skeleton, a re-creation of a colonial drawing room, historical timelines and a scale model of…