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| | | | | Hostería Fortín de San Miguel | | | The Inn and Pulpería Fortín de San Miguel, known today as the Hostería Fortín de San Miguel, is located on the hill pertaining to the set of Sierras of San Miguel.
Where everything is peace, silence, and bird singins, the musical sound of the wind and our breath are part of the natural concert. Majesty, warmth, formidable and beatiful sights everywhere make you feel like home.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The village of Rocha, founded in 1793 as "Nuestra señora de los remedios de Rocha", obtained the city category in 1894.
Today, Rocha has a bit more than 26.000 habitants and it´s the capital of the department. From this place located in the kilometer 210 of route 9, two routes start off, the 15th (to La Paloma) and 109th (to Maldonado).
The contact with the nature is one of the best atractives of Rocha, where the "ecotourism" and rural tuorism grow day by day.
Native fauna and flora
The 70% of bird species from Uruguay can be found in far lands of Rocha, and 60% of all the animal species in Uruguay can be found here .
You can find the largest black neck swans population in the planet, and the "palmares" (butiá trees) constitute the biggest group of "butiá capitata" palms in the world.
There is also the biggest "ombúes" tree group on earth, in the well known "Monte de Ombúes" (Ombúes woods).
Its coasts may hide the biggest quantity of shipwrecks in the country.
There are a lot of places to visit in the department of Rocha, within which we can emphasize on La Paloma, La Pedrera, Cabo Polonio, Valizas, Aguas Dulces, Punta del Diablo, Sierra de San Miguel, Santa Teresa park and the Ombues woods. | | | | | | | | | | |
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