2
Day -
Ouro Preto
Breakfast will be served at the hotel restaurant.
Your guide will pick you up at the hotel for a Full Day Walking Tour in Ouro Preto. Founded in 1698, Ouro Preto is the masterpiece of colonial architecture in Brazil. Declared by UNESCO as a “Cultural Patrimony of Mankind”. Due to its distance from the coast and the exhaustion of the mines after 1789,it is the one town in Brazil to remain as an outstanding artistic and architectural example of that era. Along the same period, there developed liberation movements inspired by the Iluminism ideas and the concreet example of the American Revolution.
Main sightseeing points: Church of St. Francis of Assis (an example of Brazilian religioues architecture, designed by Aleijadinho, with wood and soapstone sculptures by the same artist), Museum of the School of Mines (a complete mineralogical view of Brazil, in addition to displays of geological artifacts from the other countries), Church of Our Lady of the Pilar (a church that marked the culmination of Golden Age architecture, with carved workds painted entirely in gold), Oratório Museum and Opera House.
For lunch, taste one of the typical dishes of the region: "Feijão Tropeiro" or "Tutu à Mineira".
Duration: approximately 6 hours
Dinner at Casa do Ouvidor Restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.
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