Las Taperas

About

Las Taperas is a gated community of 5-hectare farm plots, set on a rural subdivision of about 300 hectares in the hills north of Pueblo Edén, in inland Maldonado. It is developed by XGROUP (the team behind Pueblo Mío and El Quijote) together with Land Latin America. Works began in January 2020 and the project has two phases: the first, of about 21–25 plots, is mostly sold, and the second adds 27 more, for a total of about 52.

The estate lies 2 km off Ruta 12 and 4–7 km from Pueblo Edén (sources differ); the sea is about 38 km away, Punta del Este about 50 km and Montevideo about 140 km. The landscape is hill country: 8 peaks, a high valley, more than a hundred hectares of native woodland and several streams, including the Conejo Negro and the Mataojo, with waterfalls and natural pools. A 120-metre hill marks the entrance.

The heart of the community is the Posada Las Taperas, built on restored century-old stone ruins (taperas). It serves as the owners' club house and also as a boutique inn and restaurant open to the public by reservation. About 12 hectares of common land also hold stables and corrals, a barn, a caretakers' house, a vegetable garden and orchard, trails, a waterfall with a pool and a spring-fed pond with a jetty. Water and power are supplied; internal roads are dirt tracks.

Access is controlled and there is security, but the concept is open: owners may fence only part of their plot so as not to break the views. A shared service ('Tu Casero') provides garden and house maintenance, housekeeping, laundry and firewood. Buildings must follow strict architecture and landscaping rules inspired by Scandinavian rural architecture, using stone, timber and pitched roofs.

Plots were launched from U$D 150,000; in 2026 first-phase resales were listed at U$D 250,000–260,000. It suits buyers looking for hill-country nature, horses and seclusion an hour from the coast.