The Best Hotels Near Hotel Montevideo, by the Record
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Naming your hotel after the city takes nerve, but the Hotel Montevideo earns it. This boutique luxury property sits in the upscale Pocitos neighborhood, a short walk from the beach, and every room comes with at least one balcony. Custom furniture pulls from antiques and modernist design in equal measure, and the rooftop pool looks out over the skyline. The Michelin Guide awarded it one Key.
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A 15-room boutique hotel in Montevideo's Ciudad Vieja where each room is named for a famous Uruguayan, from poets to athletes, and decorated to match. The colonial building has been restored with French doors, wrought-iron railings, and whimsical wallpaper. A rooftop terrace with a wood-paneled Jacuzzi sits above the old city's trees, and the library downstairs is a reasonable excuse to try Tannat, Uruguay's quietly excellent red.
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Carrara marble staircases and stained-glass windows share the building with mismatched vintage furniture and art that someone clearly had fun choosing. This ten-suite boutique hotel on Montevideo's main pedestrian drag resists the usual solemn restoration treatment, keeping the old bones while refusing to treat them like a museum. Mercado del Puerto is a short walk; the Rambla waterfront is three blocks further. Candombe drummers and fruit vendors handle the ambient soundtrack.
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A boutique hotel in the upscale coastal neighborhood of Punta Carretas, Own Montevideo keeps things relatively compact at 44 rooms, all roomier than expected and dressed in blonde wood and earth tones. Minibars stocked with Uruguayan wines and the option to have breakfast delivered free to your room set the tone: this is a place that quietly nudges you toward staying in, in a city that already has you wondering why you ever booked the connection to Punta del Este.
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The glass facade was designed to mirror the Río de la Plata, and most of the 92 rooms are angled to make the point. This contemporary MGallery hotel sits right on the Rambla at Pocitos Bay, with interiors that are calm and well-proportioned, each room fitted with a dressing room and minibar. Rooftop suites add a terrace and a city sweep above the water. The first-floor restaurant and bar handle Uruguayan cooking and locally inspired cocktails without asking you to leave the view.
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The Rambla, Montevideo's long waterfront promenade, runs right past the front door, and half the rooms look out over water so wide you'd swear it was the sea. This Hyatt sub-brand hotel in the Pocitos neighborhood pitches itself at a younger, design-forward crowd, with sleek rooms and a restaurant built around an olive tree growing through the middle of the dining room. The lobby bar pours Uruguayan wines worth knowing about.
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The ornate historicist facade on Montevideo's coastal Rambla has been many things, and its current incarnation as a Sofitel is among the grander ones. It's a full luxury hotel with the SoSpa, two pools, a sprawling restaurant, and enough meeting rooms to host a small country's parliament. The beach is just across the promenade, which helps justify lingering.