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Belo Horizonte: a self-guided walk

Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Belo Horizonte: 7 stops, about 17.8 km and 272 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go.

7 stops · 17.8 km · about 272 min on foot · Wikivoyage source · fetched 2026-11-07 02:08:18 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go.

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7 stops on the map. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0

  1. Praça da Liberdade

    A beautiful palm tree-lined square, sidelined by interesting buildings from the 19th century, including the seat of the State Government, and a curvaceous (yes, you can use this word to describe an Oscar Niemeyer building) edifice from the 1960s. Also museums and a Planetarium (you can get tickets for free).

    -19.93218, -43.93792 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page

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  2. Parque Municipal

    An oasis of green right in the centre of downtown. Based on French parks, it has small lagoons where you can rent a boat or feed the ducks. It has the Casa Maluca (Crazy House), the Casa dos Pneus and a small amusement park - three places where children always like to play.

    -19.92370, -43.93451 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page

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  3. Museum of Arts and Crafts

    The Museu de Artes e Ofícios is installed in the 19th-century buildings of the former Central Train Station. Its collection shows the richness of Brazilian popular work and professions before the country's industrialization.

    -19.91691, -43.93350 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page

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  4. Museu Histórico Abílio Barreto

    This museum is dedicated to the history of the city and was created in the only standing farmhouse from the old Curral d'El Rey, farmland replaced by the new planned city.

    -19.93667, -43.94785 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page

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  5. Museu de Ciencias Naturais

    Diverse mollusks, whales, and Brazilian forest animals. A new exhibit is under construction.

    -19.92209, -43.98980 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page

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  6. Mineirão Stadium

    One of the largest and newly renovated stadiums in Brazil, where several matches from the FIFA Federation Coup (2013) and FIFA World Cup (2014) were played including the infamous 1-7 semifinal loss in Brazil v Germany. It is located at Pampulha neighborhood.

    -19.86592, -43.97109 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page

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  7. Pampulha

    This 1940s neighborhood has some of the highlights of Brazil modern architecture, including the São Francisco de Assis Church, designed by the famous architect Oscar Niemeyer (designer of the United Nations building in NYC and also Brasilia, Brazil's capital). The building is not shocking by itself, until you realize it was meant to be a church. Not surprisingly, the Catholic Church refused to consecrate it for more than one decade. Next to the church, there's the Parque Guanabara, an amusement park that is small, but worth visiting. In Pampulha lies the world-famous Iate Tenis Clube, founded

    -19.85296, -43.95577 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page

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