Playa San Francisco | |
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Seaside resort | |
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  Playa San Francisco Location in Uruguay | |
| Coordinates: 34°54′00″S55°17′00″W / 34.90000°S 55.28333°W Coordinates: 34°54′00″S55°17′00″W / 34.90000°S 55.28333°W | |
| Country |  Uruguay |
| Department | Maldonado Department |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
| Dial plan | +598 42 (+6 digits) |
Playa San Francisco is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.
The resort is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of downtown Piriápolis.
It was named honoring businessman Francisco Piria, founder of Piriápolis. [1]
RIU Hotels & Resorts is a Spanish hotel chain founded by the Riu family as a small holiday firm in 1953. It was founded in Mallorca, Spain, and is currently 49% owned by TUI and run by the third generation of the family. The company's business is focused on the holiday hotel sector and over 70% of its establishments offer an all-inclusive service.
Piriápolis is a city in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay. It is an important summer resort in the country, predating the larger and better known resort town of Punta del Este. Because it is mainly used as a resort, it has a relatively small permanent population for a city of its size.
Maspalomas is a tourist resort in the south of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, stretching from Bahía Feliz in the east to Meloneras in the west, including the resort towns of San Agustín and Playa del Inglés and San Fernando. Maspalomas constitutes the southernmost part of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, and of the island.
Playa del Inglés is a beach resort in Maspalomas on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. It is part of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, and is a popular tourist attraction. The resident population was 7,515 in 2013.
Punta Colorada is a small peninsula and a resort in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.
La Marina is a coastal village administered by the city of Elche, in the province of Alicante on Spain's Costa Blanca. Nearby inland is a large urbanisation built from the mid-1980s onwards confusingly also called La Marina: more correctly called Urbanisation La Marina. The village is on the Costa Azul bus route providing access northwards to Alicante and southbound to Torrevieja and ultimately Cartagena.
Tourism in Uruguay is an important part of the nation's economy.
Judah and La Playa station is a light rail stop that serves as the western terminus of the Muni Metro N Judah line. It is located in the Sunset District neighborhood adjacent to the Great Highway and Ocean Beach. The station has functioned as the terminus of the N Judah line since October 21, 1928. The station has a mini-high platform which provides access to people with disabilities, but most passengers load trains from the street, crossing a lane of traffic to reach the sidewalks.
Iberostar Group is a global tourism company and hotel group. The company has four areas of business: the hotel division, the core business of the company; the holiday club, called The Club; the inbound tourism and travel brands Almundo.com, World 2 Meet (W2M) and Iberoservice; and the property business. The company's trademark is "first line" hotels, surrounded by gardens.
Cerro Pan de Azúcar is among the top 10 highest points of Uruguay, with an altitude of 423 metres (1,387.8 ft).
Route 10 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1983, it was assigned the name Juan Díaz de Solís, honouring the Spanish navigator.
Ruta Interbalnearia or Ruta Líber Seregni is a national route of Uruguay. It connects Montevideo with Punta del Este to the east along the coast. The road is approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) in length. It is marked on maps and signs as IB.
Playa Grande is a resort town and western suburb of the city of Piriápolis in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.
Playa Verde is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay.
Playa Hermosa is a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay.
Punta Negra is a small peninsula (punta) and a resort (balneario) in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay.
Fernando Juan Santiago Francisco María Piria de Grossi was a Uruguayan inventor, alchemist, writer, politician and businessman of Italian descent. He was notable for establishing the city and seaside resort known as Piriápolis.
Blue Chairs Resort by the Sea, is an LGBT-friendly hotel in Puerto Vallarta's Zona Romántica, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The property has a rooftop bar called Blue Sunset Rooftop Bar.
The La Playa Hotel, also known as the "Grande Dame of Carmel," is a historic two-story hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, once owned by artist Chris Jorgensen. The building is an example of Mediterranean Revival architecture. The building qualified as an important commercial building and was registered with the California Register of Historical Resources on September 21, 2002.
Argentino Hotel, the largest hotel complex in the city of Piriápolis, Uruguay.
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Glossary :Balneario = Resort , Barra = Mouth (of river) , Laguna = Lagoon , Playa = Beach , Puerto = Port , Punta (or Pta) = Point, Small Peninsula | |
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