Punta Carretas Lighthouse

El faro de basura

The “Carreras” this refers to were the carts used to haul garbage from the city and dumped at the shore. There is an old lighthouse built over the dump

Just another lighthouse

I went there in a morning, quite a long walk from the main road, going through the empty parking lot, something that looked like a squatter camp, on the gravel road. The lighthouse is small with a tin...

Is this a lighthouse or someone's private house?

I was excited to see this lighthouse, but it was not that pretty and visiting was a weird experience. When we were walking toward it, my first thought was "Is that it?" It seemed really short and stub...

Well preserved

Original Text

We were going to the headlight and I expected a greener area, but really didn't see a walk that I would recommend. Cars can access the area. The headlight is very nice and the state of co...

It is very important and very nice to keep it so well.

Original Text

The lighthouse made it build the company of my grandfather Juan Bautista Costa and company in 1874 and two more Las Panela and the one of José Ignacio.