BrazilBelo Horizonte
Discover routes, attractions, and guides in Belo Horizonte.
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Serra do Cipó: Dramatic Canyon Country Near BH
Serra do Cipó National Park — 100 km from Belo Horizonte — is a landscape of quartzite canyons, endemic orchids, and extraordinary waterfalls that provides the city with some of South America's most accessible wilderness
Ouro Preto: Brazil's Colonial Gold City & Baroque Masterpiece
Ouro Preto — 100 km from Belo Horizonte — was the richest city in the Americas during the 18th-century gold rush; its UNESCO-listed baroque churches, cobblestone streets, and revolutionary history make it essential Minas Gerais
Mineirão & BH Football: The Most Passionate City in Brazil
Belo Horizonte's football culture — divided between Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro — is among the most intense in Brazil; the Mineirão stadium hosted the infamous 7-1 World Cup semi-final and remains one of South America's great football temples
Comida Mineira: Belo Horizonte's Extraordinary Food Culture
Minas Gerais food is considered Brazil's finest regional cuisine — the comida mineira tradition of feijão tropeiro, pão de queijo, and dozens of pork preparations makes BH one of South America's great food cities
Praça da Liberdade & BH's Cultural Circuit
Belo Horizonte was designed as a planned city in 1897 — and the Praça da Liberdade, the civic heart of this planned capital, is now ringed by cultural institutions housed in the former government buildings
Inhotim: Where Contemporary Art Meets the Brazilian Forest
Inhotim — two hours from Belo Horizonte — is simultaneously one of the world's largest contemporary art collections and a 5,000-hectare tropical botanical garden; a wholly unique cultural phenomenon
Pampulha: Niemeyer's Modernist Masterpiece on the Lake
The Pampulha Lake complex — commissioned in 1940 by then-mayor Juscelino Kubitschek and designed by Oscar Niemeyer — is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the origin story of Brazilian modernist architecture
BH's Historic Centre: Streets, Markets & Urban Life
Belo Horizonte's planned grid centre — laid out in 1897 as a modern replacement for the colonial capital Ouro Preto — has the Praça Sete as its commercial heart and a fascinating urban history