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Hotels
Ouro Minas
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Location | Cristiano Machado Avenue on Ipiranga district.
Rooms | 343 rooms equipped with telephone, air conditioning, cable
TV, safe box, mini bar, whirlpool bath and computer jack.
Features | Restaurant, bar and poolside bar, heated swimming pool,
sauna, gym and games room. Meetings facilities largest room for 750
persons.
www.ourominas.com.br
Mercure
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Location | At Avenida do Contorno, close to Savassi shopping district.
Rooms | 369 rooms and suites equipped with air conditioning, safe
box, mini bar, balcony and cable TV.
Features | Restaurant, piano bar, cyber café, business center, sauna,
heated swimming pool and fitness room. Meeting facilities: largest
room for 520 persons.
www.accorhotels.com.brr
Caesar Bussiness Hotel
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Location | Located in Belvedere neighborhood, 20 minutes from the
airport and 15 minutes from the city center.
Rooms | 158 rooms equipped with air conditioning, mini bar, safe box,
telephone and TV.
Features | Restaurant, bar, fitness center, sauna, swimming pool, tennis
and squash courts. Meeting facilities: largest room with capacity for 200
persons
www.posadas.com
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Ouro Preto
Ouro Preto was first named “Vila Rica”, as a result of the
adventure of the colonizers at end of the XVII century.
They arrived in the area and began the settlement. 30
years later, the village had around 40 thousand people
running for the gold in a disordered exploration. Vila Rica
grows and the gold becomes scarce, however the city
has created a unique civilization with splendor in arts,
literature and politics.
The “Inconfidência Mineira” is the height of the political
manifestation, where priests, soldiers, poets and public
employees turn into martyrs led by Tiradentes. With the
independence, the city receives the name of Ouro Preto
and becomes the capital of Minas Gerais state until 1897.
In 1980 the city is considered Cultural Patrimony of
Mankind by UNESCO.
The beginning and the apogee of the barroco in Minas
Gerais is a phenomenon completely related to the
exploration of gold in the XVIII century. The more the
city explored the gold mines, the more the barroco
manifestation was getting richer in its forms, pomp and
in its religiosity. That has marked very strongly the society
that constituted the region.
Ouro Preto, nowadays, represents the synthesis of colonial
art, not only for its expressivity in the Brazilian culture but
also for the preservation of its cultural heap.
The highlights of Ouro Preto are: Church of St. Francis of
Assisi (a masterpiece of Brazilian religious architecture,
Distance from Belo Horizonte: 100 km
Orientation: Southeast
Travel Time: 1h by car from B. Horizonte
designed and sculpted in wood and soapstone by
Aleijadinho), Museum of the School of Mines, Church of
Our Lady of Pilar (a church that marked the culmination
of Golden Age architecture, with carved works painted
entirely in gold) and Casa dos Contos (the Mint) is a
beautiful 18th century building that houses today a
collection of gold coins of the colonial period.
To have an idea of the richness of the Ouro Preto soil we
could mention that the Imperial Topaz, one of our most
beautiful and enviable stones only found in Ouro Preto.
Going shopping
Sculptures Studios
Bié | Pça Prof. Amadeu Barbosa, 129.
Gomides | Rua Pandiá Calógeras, Beco da Mãe Chica, 29
Veveu | Rua Pe. Rolim, 822
Painters Studios
Paulo Roberto Valadares | Bernardo Vasconcelos, 51
Milton Passos | Rua Cláudio Manoel, 26
Feira do Largo da Coimbra
Street market that sells a great variety of soapstone handcrafts. (8h to 18h)
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Eating out
Le Coq D’or | Hotel Solar do Rosário, Rua Getúlio Vargas, 270
O Profeta | Rua Conde de Bobadela, 65 - Centro
This friendly and cozy restaurant features mineira and international dishes.
Café Geraes | Rua Direita, 122 - Centro
Cozy café in the center of Ouro Preto’s artistic and intellectual life. The pastries and coffees are equally appealing.
Casa dos Contos | Rua Camilo de Brito, 21 - Centro
The restaurant is located in an old house that used to be the place where the slaves lived. Impressive scenery, tradition and
history along with delicious food.
Hotels
Pousada Solar do Rosário
Location | Getulio Vargas Street, close to Casa dos Contos (The Mint)
and the Rosario dos Pretos Church.
Rooms | 46 rooms equipped with air-conditioning, telephone, cable TV,
safety box, mini bar and hairdryer.
Features | Restaurant, bar, swimming pool, gym, 24 hour Room Service,
meeting facilities room for 90 persons.
www.hotelsolardorosario.com.br
Pousada do Mondego
Location | Built in an old colonial mansion of 1747 the Pousada do
Mondego is located in the heart of the Historical city center.
Rooms | 22 rooms and 2 suites with different sizes, windows and views.
It offers TV, telephone, mini bar and safety deposit box.
Features | The Pousada has a collection of Brazilian art with furniture
and pieces from the XVIII century. Main saloon, meeting saloon, tea
saloon, underground bar and restaurant.
www.mondego.com.br
Pousada do Arcanjo
Location |At the entrance of the city, 1km from downtown.
Rooms | 23 rooms equipped with mini bar, telephone and cable TV.
Features | Bar, parking and meeting room for 50 persons.
www.arcanjohotel.com.br
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