Punta del Este and La Barra are the highest-end beach-resort in Latin America, and during the high-season it gets so crowded of tourists that you can't often find a tranquil and peaceful place to be with yourself and relax or meditate if you will.
The beaches of La Barra, beginning from the famous bridge of La Barra, are "El Arroyo", or the end of the Maldonado river where it almost ends in the Ocean. Later, where the river mixes in the ocean, is La Boca. That place is never available for bathing because it is dangerous 365 days/year. However, the beach beside it is called Playa de la Boca ("playa" means beach). This is the most tranquil beach for those who are looking for some peace. Also, since the beach is very wide, it has enough space to be by oneself, play in the sand, do sports, etc. Although usually people who choose to go there are of the peaceful kind that are looking for a tranquil and more lonely beach.
Inside the water it is quite shallow for quite a distance inside. Depending on the year, it can be more or less shallow. But quite often you have to get in for some hundred meters before you loose ground in the water. That's also why families with children often prefer this beach to let their children play in the water without so much stress (always be sure to go more towards the rocks, or to the left; because towards the right is La Boca, although it's far away enough to be normally safe). This beach provides also with several sand-banks inside the water and quite near the shore. So it forms natural smaller water pools beside the shore where children may play without any risk.
The sand of this wide beach is very white and thin. As for rocks, this one has one of the best places where to lye down or where to sit in peace between the rocks. Some wide flat spaces between the prickly rocks that are an ideal place to sit for hours watching the sea and the landscape undisturbed in deep contemplation, and where you can also take your private baths by the rocks.
The other beaches following this one are more fashionable and touristic. These are La Posta del Cangrejo, El Curro, Montoya, Bikini, Manantiales, and the coast continues for many kilometers more. Montoya and Bikini are perhaps the most fashionable, chic and touristic of all the beaches.
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