The definitive introduction to Montevideo — a four-hour walking tour through the Ciudad Vieja (Old City) peninsula with a local guide who grew up here, culminating at the legendary Mercado del Puerto for a traditional asado lunch. The tour covers the Plaza Independencia, the Teatro Solís, the art deco architecture of the 1930s financial district, the Palacio Salvo (the building that defined a city's skyline for decades), and the quieter streets of the old port neighbourhood where the immigrant story of Uruguay is written on every façade. The Mercado del Puerto lunch is the centrepiece — cast-iron grills loaded with Uruguayan beef cuts, accompanied by medio y medio (a mix of white wine and sparkling wine) in a market hall that has operated continuously since 1868.