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Punta del Este, Uruguay

Punta del Este is South America's most celebrated summer resort, a narrow peninsula where the calm bay of Playa Mansa meets the Atlantic surf of Playa Brava. Beyond its marina, Avenida Gorlero and the famous hand sculpture, the coast stretches to Casapueblo in Punta Ballena, the galleries of La Barra and the grand old resort of Piriápolis, with vineyards and hills just inland.

Fasano Punta del Este

Isay Weinfeld's bungalows scattered across a 490-hectare estate along the Maldonado river near La Barra, with a rock-carved pool, three restaurants, a spa and an equestrian centre.

Enjoy Punta del Este Resort & Casino

The former Conrad, a landmark resort and casino on the Rambla facing Playa Mansa, with sea-view rooms and suites, pools overlooking the bay, a spa and a vast gaming floor.

L’Auberge

A Normandy-style hotel built around an old water tower in Parque del Golf, two blocks from Playa Brava, famed for its garden pool and teatime Belgian waffles.

Club Hotel Casapueblo

Suites inside Carlos Páez Vilaró's whitewashed sculpture-house cascading down the cliffs of Punta Ballena, with sea-view terraces, pools and the famous daily sunset ceremony.

Serena Hotel

An adults-only boutique hotel at Parada 24 of Playa Mansa that bills itself as the only hotel set directly on the sand, with sea-view suites, a heated pool and a spa.

Argentino Hotel Casino & Resort

Francisco Piria's grand 1930 seafront palace on the bay of Piriápolis, with more than 300 rooms, indoor, outdoor and thermal pools, a spa and its own casino.

Sacromonte Landscape Hotel

Four glass shelters by MAPA architects among Tannat vineyards in the hills of Maldonado, each with an outdoor hot tub, plus a hilltop restaurant and guided wine tastings.

Barradas Parque Hotel & Spa

A classic four-star boutique hotel in a 6,000-square-metre park two blocks from Playa Mansa, with the Aquarius Spa, indoor and outdoor heated pools and a garden pergola restaurant.

AWA Boutique + Design Hotel

A contemporary design hotel on Avenida Pedragosa Sierra, between Playa Brava and Playa Mansa, with the heated pool and saunas of the Wave Spa and the Life Bistró.

Villa Toscana Boutique Hotel

An adults-only boutique hotel with ten suites around an Italian-inspired garden in the woods of Punta Ballena, near Laguna del Sauce and the Club del Lago golf course.

Hotel del Lago Golf & Art Resort

A family resort on the shore of Laguna del Sauce near Punta Ballena, with lake-view rooms hung with work by local artists, ten clay tennis courts, two pools and golf.