LOCATION:

Minas Gerais is located on the southeast of Brazil.


WEATHER:

Minas Gerais has tropical weather during the whole year. The avarege temperature is around 17ºC. The days are comfortably warm and the nights are cooler then the days, but they are not so cold.

Mina do Chico Rei

WHAT TO SEE:

There you can see a lot of beautiful things and places. There are many historical churches, like the church of São Francisco. It is nice to see the gold mines, like the mine of Chico Rei. There is a famous museum called Museum of Inconfidencia.

WHAT TO DO/ WHERE TO GO
 



You can visit Mina do Chico Rei, it is an old mine where the slaves used to work extracting gold.
There are a lot of  historical churches, like Nossa Senhora do Pilar and Matriz de Tiradentes, which are the most beautiful ones, these churches were made by Alejadinho, the most famous sculptor in Brasil.
You can visit a special man called Tião Paineiras, he is a ceramist.

Hotel Ponta do Morro

WHERE TO STAY

You can stay in  Providencia Hotel which is a good hotel in Mariana. In Tiradentes you can stay in Hotel Ponta do Morro, which is very comfortable. There are many other hotels for you to stay.

Pão de Queijo

WHERE TO EAT/WHAT TO EAT

You can eat in the “Divino Sabor”, where they serve delicious Brazilian food, typical of Minas Gerais. You can go to Casa dos Contos, there they have the best food with a lot of options. The specialties of Minas Gerais are "Pão de Queijo" which is like cheese bread and "Tutu de Feijão" a dish made with beans.

WHAT TO TAKE

For  daytime you can wear shorts and  t-shirts, and for the night you can wear jeans and sweatshirts. It´s necessary to take extra socks and undewear. It is good to take two tennis shoes, one to get wet or dirty and the other for the night.





HOW TO GET THERE

From São Paulo or from Rio De Janeiro you can take a plane to Belo Horizonte, and then take a bus to Ouro Preto. If you want, you can go by car or bus directly from São Paulo, but  it is a tiresome trip. It´s about six hours by car.


                                                           

                                       TIPS
                                                   

 It is a good ideia to take money to buy some souvenirs.

You will walk a lot, in a warm temperature, so drink a lot of water.






                                                               BEST MOMENTS
For us the best moment was meeting Tião Painera. He is a happy man, who is always smiling. He is 82 years old, and has many stories to tell.