Chuy is a town in the Atlantic Coast region of Uruguay, with its twin town of Chuí right across the street in Brazil.
The main street in Chuy is the actual border between Uruguay and Brazil. One half of the town speaks Spanish and pays in pesos, while the other half speaks Portuguese and pays in reais.
Get in
Buses stop in the center of town, on Leonardo Olivera near the Plaza Artigas.
The border is open, so you're free to cross back and forth between Chuí and Chuy. If you plan to continue into Brazil past the town of Chuí, though, make sure you get your passport stamped at passport control 📍 before entering the town. Bus drivers should stop there and wait for you if you ask them to. When leaving Chuí for the rest of Brazil, you'll likewise need to stop at Brazilian passport control 📍, and the same thing in reverse if you're coming from Brazil to Uruguay.
Get around
By taxi
- Radio Taxi Chuy, +598 4474 2073. All the day. Fee depends on distance travelled.
See
- The main street might be not a impressive sight, but it is the actual border between Uruguay and Brazil.
Do
- Casinos del Estado, Avenida Brasil 545, -33.693111°, -53.451093°, +598 4474 2785.
Buy
- Angra Free Shop, Avenida Brasil 611, +598 4474 2412.
- Angra II Free Shop, Avenida Brasil 521 (at Brasil gallery), +598 4474 2412.
- Border Free Shop, Avenida Brasil 583, +598 4474 2266.
- Center Shop, Avenida Brasil 643, +598 4474 2269.
Eat
- Restorán Los Leños, Gral Artigas 113, +598 4474 3316.
- Restorán Miravos, Avenida Brasil 507, +598 4474 4180.
- Tango Restoran y Cafetería, Avenida Brasil 321, +598 91073549.
- Restorán Jesús, Avenida Brasil 603, +598 4474 2766.
Drink
Sleep
- Alerces, Laguna de Castillos 578, +598 4474 2260, hotelalerceschuy@adinet.com.uy.
- Etnico Hostel, Laguna Negra 299, -33.697047°, -53.453331°, +598 4474 2281, info@etnicohostel.com.uy.
- Fortín de San Miguel, Ruta 19 Km 9 (between 18 de Julio and Chuy st.), +598 4474 6607, info@elfortin.com. from $ 71,5 the night
- Hotel Internacional, Avenida Brasil 679, -33.692695°, -53.459228°, +598 4474 2055, hotel@adinet.com.uy.
- Madruga Hotel, -33.695575°, -53.460305°, +598 4474 2346.
- Nuevo Plaza Hotel, Arachanes 565, +598 4474 2309, hotelplaza@hotmail.com.
- Victoria Hotel, +598 4474 3547.
Connect
General
- Administración Nacional de Correos (postal mail service), Gral. Artigas w/n, +598 4474 2093.
- ANTEL (telecomunicaciones) (phone and internet), Samuel Priliac and Gral. Artigas, +598 4474 2000.
- Ciber Game, 1º de Agosto 920, +598 4474 3700, imargam@hotmail.com. A internet café where you can connect to internet.
Radios
- Radio Oceánica FM 89.3, Av. Artigas 124, +598 4474 2229, direccion@oceanicafm.com. Journalism and variety programs, in Spanish.
Stay safe
- Firefighters (Dirección Nacional de Bomberos, Destacamento de Chuy), Ruta 9 and Av. Brasil, +598 4474 2226.
- Police (Comisaría Seccional 5ª), Av. Brasil y Ruta 9, +598 4474 2042.
- Hospital of Chuy (Públic Health Service), Santa Teresa s/n (between Río Olimar and Río Cebollatí st.), -33.698306°, -53.462729°, +598 4474 2429.
- Médica Uruguaya (Private Health Service), Bernardo Ventura 520, +598 4474 3060.
Cope
Banks
- Bank of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay (Banco de la República Oriental de Uruguay), Gral. Artigas and Guaraníes, +598 4474 2017.
Diplomatic missions
Brasil Consulate to Uruguay, A. Fossati w/n, +598 4474 2049.
Go next
- Chui in Brazil just across the main street.
- Seven kilometer west of town is the beautiful Fuerte San Miguel an old Spanish fortress. There are infrequent buses going, but hitchhiking is also an option. If you have to wait for your connection it's worth a visit.
- Punta del Diablo – the nearest major beach town, less than an hour away by car or bus.