Sunset in Rocha
General Description
The village of Rocha, founded in 1793 as "Nuestra "seniora" de los remedios de Rocha", obtained the city category in 1894.
Today, Rocha has a bit more than 26.000 habitants and itīs 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.