Uruguaiana

Uruguaiana is a town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the South of Brazil, on the border with Paso de los Libres in Argentina.

Understand
Once the tripoint town on the border with Argentina and Uruguay (before Barra do Quaraí got town status in 1995), Uruguaiana remains a place of transit for all 3 nationalities, and a convenient gateway to Brazil for those in Argentina, Paraguay or Uruguay, roughly equidistant from the three nearest countries' capitals: Buenos Aires (678 km away), Asunción (679 km away) and Montevideo (709 km away).

By bus


Coming from Paso de los Libres with the international commuter bus (30 min, 30 pesos or R$8), the closest to the bus station is the third after the bridge.

By car
The city is reachable through BR-290 coming from Porto Alegre and continuing west until the Paso de los Libres/Uruguaiana International Bridge (officially Agustin Justo - Getúlio Vargas Bridge), and through BR-472 coming from São Borja and continuing south until connecting with Uruguay Route 3 towards Salto.

Get around
Uruguaiana has a network of city buses - the fare is R$3.50 (as of Jun 2018).

To get to nearby Paso de los Libres across the international bridge, Argentinian company Crucero del Sur operates an international commuter line. The fare is R$8.

Timetable from Uruguaiana to Paso de los Libres

Another option is to catch a mototaxi to the Brazilian immigration (around R$7 from Rio Branco square and around), hitch a hike to get to the Argentinian immigration (the bridge is long), and from there catch one of the frequent city buses to the bus station (15 pesos as of January 2019).