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Maldonado

Maldonado, Uruguay, a city of 63 thousand,1 sits in south central Uruguay along the Atlantic Ocean coast and forms a metropolitan area with nearby towns like Punta de Este. Tourists visit 'Los Dedos Playa Brava' ('La Mano en la Arena'), a modern sculpture at the town of Punta de Este (as well as the town's yacht club). The area is served by the C/C Carlos A. Curbelo de Laguna del Sauce International Airport.2

External references

Los Dedos Playa Brava, Punta del Este (near Maldonado), Uruguay

Footnotes

1. 2011 figure from the side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldonado,_Uruguay, accessed April 27, 2016.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Uruguay, critiria for selecting from this list: scheduled service on commerical airlines; accessed April 27, 2016.