Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.4 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million.
Belo Horizonte is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.4 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, ranked as the third most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and the 17th most populous in the Americas. Belo Horizonte is the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second-most populous state. It is the first planned modern city in Brazil.
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Worth seeing in and around Belo Horizonte
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Federal University of Minas Gerais
The Federal University of Minas Gerais is a federal research university located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its main and biggest campus is located in the city of Belo Horizonte.
6.3 km · public, federal university in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil · Wikipedia - 02Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
The Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais is a private and non-profit Brazilian Catholic university in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. In 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014, PUC-MG was chosen the best private university in Brazil.
6.1 km · Brazilian catholic, private and non-profit university in Belo Horizonte · Wikipedia - 03Mineirão
Mineirão, officially known as Governor Magalhães Pinto Stadium, is an association football stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Owned by the state of Minas Gerais, it is used by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.
6.9 km · football stadium in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil · Wikipedia - 04Estádio Independência
Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, more commonly known as Arena Independência, is an association football stadium located in the Horto neighborhood of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was built in 1950 for the FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil.
1.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 05Pampulha Modern Ensemble
The Pampulha Modern Ensemble is an urban project in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state of Brazil. It was designed around an artificial lake, Lake Pampulha, in the district of Pampulha and includes a casino, a ballroom, the Golf Yacht Club and the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi.
8.3 km · UNESCO World Heritage Site in Minas Gerais, Brazil · Wikipedia - 06Church of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi is a chapel in Pampulha region of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It was designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in the organic modern style.
8.1 km · church in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil · Wikipedia - 07Praça da Liberdade
Praça da Liberdade is a public square and an architectural and landscape ensemble in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the Savassi area, at the junction of Bias Fortes, Brasil, Cristóvão Colombo, and João Pinheiro avenues.
1.8 km · urban square in Belo Horizonte, Brazil · Wikipedia - 08praça Diogo de Vasconcelos
The Praça Diogo de Vasconcelos or Praça da Savassi is a public square of Savassi, in the city of Belo Horizonte. It is located at the confluence of the avenues Cristóvão Colombo and Getúlio Vargas.
2.4 km · square in Belo Horizonte, Brazil · Wikipedia - 09Arena MRV
The Arena MRV is a football stadium located in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. The arena belongs to the Clube Atlético Mineiro, which hosts its home games there.
8.8 km · stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil · Wikipedia - 10Praça Sete de Setembro
Praça Sete de Setembro, popularly known as Praça Sete, is a public square in the Centro of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located at the intersection of Afonso Pena Avenue and Amazonas Avenue, two of the city’s principal thoroughfares, and is crossed by Rio de Janeiro Street and Carijós Street.
600 m · Public square in Belo Horizonte · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Note that a lot of places including museums, the parque municipal and the Mangueira park are closed on Mondays.
- 01Pampulha
- 02Mineirão Stadium
- 03Mangabeiras Park
This is an amazing place for nature lovers, a place where the Cerrado mixes with the Atlantic Forest, this is a great visit for children and family.
- 04Praça da Liberdade
- 05Museum of Arts and Crafts
Praça Rui Barbosa, Centro, info@mao.org.br.
- 06Alta Vila Tower
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Things to do
Watch the sunset at Parque das Mangabeiras. See the metropolitan area illuminated at night by visiting Praça do Papa, in the Mangabeiras district (recommended for those with a car). Take a seat in one of the many bars scattered throughout the city. There is a myth that Belo Horizonte is the city with the most bars per capita in the country.
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Where to eat
Minas Gerais is renowned for its cuisine across Brazil, and is the origin of many famous foods such as pão de queijo (small baked roll made with cheese and cassava flour) and feijoada (black bean and meat stew). Like elsewhere in Brazil, restaurant food is typically served in some variation of a buffet. = =
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- 02A Pastelândia
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- 03Gruta do Paulista
Rua dos Tupis, 149 - Loja 3.
- 04Cozinha Mineira
Rua dos Goitacazes, 376.
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Getting to Belo Horizonte
- Airports
- Tancredo Neves (CNF), 31 km
- Stations
- Belo Horizonte/Pampulha – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, 7.4 km · Carlos Prates Airport, 5.9 km · Cidade Industrial Station, 9.2 km · Vila Oeste Station, 7.7 km · Calafate Station, 3.9 km
- Rio De Janeiro → Belo Horizonte341 km · quickest by air, 4h 58m · R$330–510
- Rio de Janeiro → Belo Horizonte341 km · quickest by air, 4h 58m · R$330–510
- São Paulo → Belo Horizonte490 km · quickest by air, 5h 53m · R$430–660
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Belo Horizonte
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Belo Horizonte. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt also serves for the Orange minibuses as well (as known as "Suplementar") Green buses serve BHBUS bus stations, going from a BHBUS station to downtown and then back or connecting two different BHBUS stations.
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Next door to Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is 13 km from Contagem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pampulhaneighborhood and administrative region of Belo Horizonte, Brazil7.2 km
- Savassineighbourhood in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil2 km
- Centroneighborhood in the Brazilian municipality of Belo Horizonte700 m
- Municipal Chamber of Belo Horizontecity council in Belo Horizonte, Brazil1.9 km