Uruguay Day 10 – Flamenco Show + Big Shopping Mall

The highlight of the day was the flamenco show at Teatro Solís, but first we went to Montevideo Shopping Center, which is a huge shopping mall in Pocitos.

We, of course, started the day at Pausat (now that they were open again in the mornings), then took the bus to Montevideo Shopping Center in Pocitos. It’s a big, modern, 3-story shopping mall. I bought a nice shirt at Harrington, and Teresa got a few items at Si Si.

We actually went to the mall to visit the American Airlines customer service desk, which, strangely, is in the mall. We were hoping to change our return flights to Thursday or Friday, instead of Saturday, but it wasn’t meant to be. The $500 difference was OK (given we’d have 2 fewer days in Uruguay where we’ve been spending $120+/day), but we would have lost our Premium Economy seats and didn’t want to fly Basic Economy all the way home.

We had lunch at the food court in the mall, which had a La Pasiva outlet. Teresa had chivito and I had what Google Lens said was “sweet and sour ribs” but was actually sweet and sour pork chops. Whatever you want to call them, they were tasty. They were served on a bed of sweet potato fries.

In the evening we met Daniel at Bar Tasende for dinner, then walked across the street to Teatro Solís for the Tablao Flamenco (Flamenco Show). It was the opening performance of the third edition of the annual flamenco cycle, which is the leading flamenco event in Uruguay, taking place between March and November 2026. Directed by the Spanish-Uruguayan dancer Valeria Galán, this series has been declared of cultural interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and is part of the IBERESCENA Program, with the support of the Embassy of Spain and currently seeking support from UNESCO.

Ther performers were:

Dancer Alexis Menéndez (Argentina)
Dancer Valeria Galán (Uruguay)
Singer Eugenio Romero (Argentina)
Guitarist Giovani Capaletti (Brazil)

The show was performed without prior rehearsal or choreography. Everything was done in the moment, and it was spectacular. There was a Q&A afterwards, that both Daniel and Teresa understood, but my middle-school Spanish was unable to keep up.