San Pedro de Timote

Posted on March 5, 2020 by volovecto

We drove 2 1/2 hours north of Montevideo into the Florida region of Uruguay.

When it looked like we were in the middle of nowhere, we a saw sign with an arrow, and drove another 14 km on dirt roads to find the historic estancia.

As an estancia, it was founded in 1854 by Pedro Jose Jackson. But the land’s history as an agricultural venture goes back to the Jesuits and 1740. It was roughly 250,000 acres then.

It is now mostly a tourist Estancia. There are 1200 acres and the beautiful house.

The library at San Pedro de Timote.

The meals are good, the people friendly and the horses well fed.

Reception.
“We still have much to do”
The estancia at dusk.

We went for a mid morning ride with Beto.

Beto explaining the property to me in Spanish. I understood very little, but he tried.
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2 Responses to San Pedro de Timote

  1. Teresa Favazza says:
    March 6, 2020 at 12:19 am

    Beautiful place and nice horses
    Looks like a great place to get away and relax!

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  2. Thomas J. LaGrave, Jr. says:
    March 6, 2020 at 7:54 pm

    Thank you for the share, I’ve been to many places but yet to have this experience. Now that I know it’s there, I’ll make a point of finding and seeing it for myself.

    Always,

    Tom

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