'Cerro Pan de Azúcar' Piriapolis  

Cerro Pan de Azúcar

Hippie from free love -

Has anyone ever climbed Sugar Loaf Hill? I'm not a serious climber. I just like to see what there is to see and get exercise. I know this is the highest hill in Piriápolis and it's also emblematic.

No trackbacks.

Comment #1 Lee from Pocitos -

We walked up to the stair for one of those hills, but not Sugar Loaf... El Toro I think. Someone told it was a couple blocks... but the hike from the coast to the stairs was enough to wear us out so we never made it to the top.

Did make it to the top of Pan de Azúcar in Rio, but cheated and didn't walk.

Comment #2 Hippie from free love -

Wow! The hills have stairs? So you're not doing a hard trek up the side of the hill? Instead it's a steep climb up steps? Either way, it sounds tough.

Comment #3 PokerPrincess from Canada, Earth -

I have always heard of Sugar Loaf Hill but I was not aware until now that it was in Uruguay. That's funny how you get an image in your mind and my image always showed it to be somewhere in the United States. I find that funny now.

Do you have any pictures of this area? It sounds like it is quite a climb whether it be hiking up the hill or climbing up the stairs.

Comment #4 Lee from Pocitos -

The famous Pan de Azúcar or Sugar Loaf, the one in the James Bond movie is in Rio (Brazil).

Comment #5 raven from over the moon -

I haven't heard much about before. It would be interesting to see. I don't think I would be up for the climb just yet.

Comment #6 lizroxy24 (98.202.54.168) -

I have done the climb twice before. It has been a couple years but I remember it only taking about an hour or two. I am not a skilled hiker by any means, but I remember the trail being well marked with swichbacks and only moderatly steep at places. We accessed the trail from the nature preserve at the base and at the top is a large cross that you could climb up and take pictures from inside. The view was beautiful and totaly worth the climb but if you are planning a visit in the summer I would sugest starting earlier in the day as it can get quite hot.

Comment #7 Santiago Torres from Montevideo, Uruguay -

The Pan de Azúcar hill is about 430 meters and is not a few blocks from the Toro hill. Is much much farther. It's not that easy to climb. It's not that unusual that people get lost or don't know how to descend when the sun sets. The hill also has sharp dangerous cliffs. People are advised to climb during the day light time and to take cell phones with them, so as they can call for help in any case (accident, getting lost, etc.).

Name:           
E-Mail:         

Optional (please add link to our directory first)
Web Link:       

Link Title:     

Message:

Note: once you register your email address with Uruguay Expat and Travel Forum it is used across our whole network of forums and blogs. You can create seperate profiles for each forum or blog, but use the same login.