Venga Posada — Hotel in La Barra

We were lucky enough to be guests of this posada under brand new managment: the owners had re-opened just a month before our arrival and everything was brand new and so carefully thought of||||As we were visiting a couple of weeks ahead of Christmas there weren't many people in town and we were the only guests here, which added to the experience as we were really taken care of, and we had the whole structure to us, which was great especially on a sunny but very windy day, when staying on the beach would have been impossible||||The structure itself is pretty small, with 4 rooms on the top floor and 2 on the ground it would make for a perfect private family reunion location. When we arrived we were given the choice of which room to stay in and we picked one facing the swimming pool, and the peaceful surrounding||||The rooms are small but comfortable, decorated in white and grey, and very big window panes giving access to the private balcony. If I have to move a comment to the rooms is that the heavy curtains aren't enough to keep out the Uruguayan sun, you'll need to top up the effort with eye shades||||Of the very lovely stay, my favourite part was the breakfast: served between 9 and 11, it sported the best croissants (medialunas) of South America. Our hosts bought them everyday from a panaderia in the area and they were a great reason to get out of bed||||The central location of the posada in la barra, two blocks from the beach allows guests to forgo a car, however the area is really pretty and a car would be necessary for exploring it, or just going to punta for the night (and then rush back to la barra when you're fed up with...

We got to Venga after weeks of shacking in the uncomfortable accomodations of punta del diablo and the lushness of jose ignacio. What we found was a perfect medium of comfort and affordability, very centrally located in labarra but still a couple of streets up from the action. Very clean and comfortable rooms, cute pool in the back, super friendly staff ... the owner Joao even cooked us a full parilla! Also, best breakfast of any place we went in uruguay (seriously, even better than Estancia Vik) and a kitchen where we could (finally!) cook some home made food ... top, top place where you can feel like home...

My wife and I stayed here for 3 days in February |First la barra is not cheap anywhere but it is v week located for punte del este and Jose ignacio|The rooms are small but very clean and maintained well by a good daily cleaner|The couple that run the B and B gave excellent advice to us to some very good restaurants indeed and even arranged reservations |The pool is small but sufficient probably not big enough for families |They also Lewis take gold up beach chairs to the nearby beaches which are very good|I...