Travel to San Jose de Mayo
Every way to reach San Jose de Mayo: 1 mode compared, with fares.
![Plaza San Martín (Spanish: San Martín Square) is a park located in the Retiro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. A succession of colonial Spanish governors had their official residences built on what today is the plaza and, in 1713, the land was sold to the British South Sea Company. The South Sea Company operated their slave trade out of the former governor's residence and a fort and bullring were later built nearby. The land was the site of Gen. John Whitelocke's 1807 defeat upon King George III's second attempt to conquer Buenos Aires, whereby the area became known as the "Field of Glory". The Revolution of 1810 brought an autonomous government to Buenos Aires, which entrusted the Mounted Grenadiers to José de San Martín and allowed him to establish his main barracks at the plaza. An 1813 resolution abolished the slave trade in the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the slave quarters were shuttered. Following his decisive military victories, Gen. San Martín was forced into exile in 1824 for political reasons; but a reappraisal of his place in history led to his becoming nearly eponymous in Argentina after his passing in 1850. Accordingly, French sculptor Louis-Joseph Daumas was commissioned in 1862 to create an equestrian statue of the hero of the Wars for Independence and the square was renamed in his honor in 1878, upon the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Monument to José de San Martín, the plaza namesake. Following remodeling works by British architect Edward Taylor and Argentine architect José Canale, the fort, bullring and other buildings were demolished in 1883 by order of Mayor Torcuato de Alvear, converting the area into a plaza. Numerous Ombú, Linden and Floss Silk trees were planted. The same administration also shaped the Plaza de Mayo, nearby and in 1889 French urbanist Charles Thays was commissioned to give the plaza its approximate current form (among numerous other designs he left Argentina over the next twenty years). The plaza became the preferred surroundings for some of Argentina's wealthiest landowners around 1900. Three architecturally significant mansions facing the plaza surviving today were the Beaux Arts Anchorena Palace (today the ceremonial annex of the Foreign Ministry), the Second Empire Paz Palace (today the Military Officers' Association) and the Neogothic Haedo palace (today the Secretariat of Environmental Policy). 'Monumento a los Caídos en Malvinas' (Monument for the fallen in the Falklands War) is located in Plaza San Martin The plaza in 1909 was the site for the inaugural of both the first premier hotel in Argentina (the Plaza) and of the new National Museum of Fine Arts, for which the glass and steel pavilion used at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris was enlisted; structurally inadequate, the pavilion was demolished in 1932, however. Plaza San Martín and its surroundings acquired their current physionomy in 1936, when Charles Thays' son, Carlos León Thays, designed the esplanade surrounding the monument and when the 33-story Art Deco Kavanagh building was completed. Though the surrounding area has since seen much of its older architecture replaced by highrises (notably the 1975 Pirelli building), the plaza has remained timeless. Its western section was separated to make way for a rerouting of Maipú Street in 1972; but President Néstor Kirchner ordered the change reverted in 2004, in response to long-standing appeals by neighbours and friends of the park [Wikipedia.org]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F5%2F5c%2FPlaza_San_Mart%25C3%25ADn_%25284728814329%2529.jpg%2F1920px-Plaza_San_Mart%25C3%25ADn_%25284728814329%2529.jpg&w=1280&q=78)
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San Jose de Mayo is reachable from 2 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 31m door to door. The nearest origin is 45 km away.
How people reach San Jose de Mayo
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 4 | €10.07 | 1h 31m | 79 km | 2 |
- 2Places you can arrive from
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 4 | 100% | Canelones, 45 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 4 | 100% |
Stations, airports and ports in San Jose de Mayo
San José de Mayo
- Raigón train station
The cheapest journeys into San Jose de Mayo
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montevideo to San Jose de Mayo bus | €10.07 | 2h 1m | 79 km |
| Canelones to San Jose de Mayo bus | €10.07 | 1h 31m | 45 km |
San Jose de Mayo is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Raigón train station
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Common questions about Travel to San Jose de Mayo
How can I get to San Jose de Mayo?
San Jose de Mayo is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 2 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 2 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to San Jose de Mayo?
The cheapest way into San Jose de Mayo is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 2 origins we sell into San Jose de Mayo over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to San Jose de Mayo?
The fastest journey into San Jose de Mayo is by coach, at 1h 31m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 45 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does San Jose de Mayo have?
San Jose de Mayo has 1 named terminals on our network, including 1 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Raigón train station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to San Jose de Mayo from within 200 km?
4 of the routes we sell into San Jose de Mayo start within 200 km. The nearest is Canelones, 45 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from San Jose de Mayo in Uruguay?
San Jose de Mayo connects to 2 places on our network across 1 country the furthest of them 79 km away in a straight line. Uruguay routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
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