Ouro Preto Tours and Activities
We offer a wide range of tours in Ouro Preto which cover the major highlights, as well as giving you an insight into the rich history and culture of this beautiful city. Joining one of our Ouro Preto tours below is a great way of uncovering the charms of this stunning town and its surroundings. Let us help you discover this wonderful region of Brazil!
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Located in the Circuito do Ouro (Gold Circuit )and one of the routes of the Estrada Real, we find the Santuário do Caraça located in the Serra do Espinhaço in Catas Altas. The place is one of the most important and most visited protected areas of Minas Gerais. The Private Heritage Reserve of Serra do Caraça responds by nearly 51% of Private Reserves of the State. History, culture and beautiful nature around one of the most visited shrines of the country.
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In the beautiful region of the Inconfidentes, we find Mariana, the first village, the first capital and seat of the Bishopric of the state. Streets and squares straight rectangular reveal the uniqueness of this historic city that received an urban project by becoming a pioneer in the planned city of Minas Gerais and one of the first in Brazil.
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On the Aleijadinho Route, you will visit one of the Minas Gerais’ Baroque jewels: Senhor Bom Jesus de Matozinhos Basilica, which is located in Congonhas do Campo.
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Mariana, is a town close to Ouro Preto. The tour starts with a train ride to Mariana and then you will visit some Baroque attractions around town. The last stop is a gold mine.
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Nesse passeio por Ouro Preto você vai visitar algumas das jóias do barroco mineiro. Ouro Preto se mostra um lugar fantástico para se conhecer com seu preservado conjunto arquitetônico e reconhecido mundialmente pelo grande valor artístico, histórico e cultural. Você nesse passeio visita ícones do período colonial como as famosas igreja e belíssimos museus. O passeio é complementado pela visita uma mina de ouro colonial para conhecer as condições de trabalho de quem retirou do subsolo a riqueza dessa terra.
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In the bowels of the earth there is a curious and beautiful world created by nature. When entering in these holes in the ground we are surprised by the grandeur of its interior and fell in love to see places that served as havens for our ancestors, who scored on their walls the testimony of a remote epoch. We will visit the most beautiful caves and known as Rei do Mato and Maquiné, bringing out the mysteries in paleontology and studied enchant with sculptures of nature that took centuries, millennia, to be built.
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Take an incredible ride that goes back to the period when the railway was one of the most important means of transport. In addition to breathtaking scenety, our trip is full of history and culture. For younger people, it is a means for discovery; while for others, it is a nostalgic reminder of a romanic and unique era. Our journey is actually time travel via the rails.
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Museums, sanctuary, ancient churches, gold and lots of history are present in this script walk to the historic mining towns. Travel to the region of the ore takes us years ago, a walk through the winding cobbled streets are perfect for remembering episodes of the past. Visits are made by Congonhas, Sao Joao del Rei and Tiradentes and the golden age of our country in the period 1700 to 1800. History, culture and arts are in each piece of our ways.
[more info]The narrow road through the Atlantic florest leads to the district of São Bartolomeu, one of the oldest in Ouro Preto. The sweets produced here are famous. Whole families gather around the copper pot and engage in the preparation of guava jam, fig, orange, plum and sweet milk, among others.