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Top 10 cultural & heritage things to do in Belo Horizonte

Heritage walks, museum days, temple complexes, and the kind of guides who explain why a place matters rather than reciting dates. The cultural side of Belo Horizonte, paced for actual seeing.

  1. Historical City tour to Sabará and Congonhas, Belo Horizonte1

    1. Historical City tour to Sabará and Congonhas

    · 10 hours

    Visit the cities of Sabará and Congonhas, known for their remarkable churches and religious culture. Get to know the beautiful Churches of Nossa Senhora do Ó, Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Bom Jesus dos Matosinhos, as well as the main works of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, famous Brazilian sculptor, AKA "Aleijadinho"

  2. Waterfall Horse Rabo + Cheese Farm 01 day, Belo Horizonte2

    2. Waterfall Horse Rabo + Cheese Farm 01 day

    · 13 hours

    Let's go up the Serra do Espinhaço, enjoying the look of Serra do Cipó on the way to Conceição do Mato Dentro, in Estrada Real, Caminho dos Diamantes, stopping in the city for a coffee. Then the Serra do Intendente. We will walk along a beautiful and structured trail until we reach Rabo de Cavalo Waterfall, one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the region, with 150m of fall, framed by a wall of rocks that extend across the Teodoro Stream bed as if thrown into the water. thousands of years ago. Free time for bathing, photos, tasting of the trail snack. Following, visit the Fazenda Taboão, Nicinha, which makes one of the best cheeses of Minas Gerais, getting IPHAN stamp on their products, is not for anyone. Tasting, shopping. Lunch included in the farm. Returning to BH or Confins, stop in Conceição to buy sweets, cachaça and greengrocers made in the region. A day full of culture, history, preserved nature, good gastronomy.

  3. Degustando BH, Belo Horizonte3

    3. Degustando BH

    · 5 hours

    Neste passeio você terá várias experiencias tipo: histórica, cultural, visual, sensitiva e principalmente gastronômica. Surpreender é o nosso lema. Além da cidade ser linda e bem preservada, ela e todo o Estado de Minas Gerais detêm uma rica e vasta gastronomia. Iremos provar seus sabores, degustar todo o conhecimento passado de geração para geração. A nossa gastronomia é uma mescla da gastronomia africana, indígena e portuguesa.

  1. Pampulha City Tour and Central Market in Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte4

    4. Pampulha City Tour and Central Market in Belo Horizonte

    · 4 hours

    City theme tour in the city of Belo Horizonte. Exclusive tour with a focus on the Pampulha region. Guided tour telling details of architecture, history and tradition of this beautiful region. Two of Oscar Niemeyer's most important architectural works in the region. Then feel, taste, buy in one of the places most visited by tourists here in the Capital, the Central Market. Try award-winning cheeses, refresh yourself with a delicious lemonade and other hand-picked visits for your stay. You can stay on site to enjoy more and go to the hotel on your own or visit the city's Museums.

  2. Lapinha Cave + Sumidouro Park, Belo Horizonte5

    5. Lapinha Cave + Sumidouro Park

    · 7 hours

    Discover a different world: “The underground world of Lund“ Take a close look at the speleothems (formations inside caves and caves) that so enchanted the Danish researcher Peter Lund (Father of Paleontology, Speleology and Archeology), in the 19th century. XIX. He studied and investigated approximately 200 caves in the region of Lagoa Santa, where he resided until his death in 1880. He found approximately 12,000 bones among prehistoric animals, animals of our era and human beings dating back 10,000 years, the vast majority of which are in the Natural History Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark. In this itinerary we will travel the Sumidouro Trail (1:30 in duration), inside a Park, in a preservation area (snack included), we will see rock paintings (old), the Sumidouro Lagoon, a photo stop at a Lookout. Then, Guided visit to the Lapinha Museum and Cave, pure emotion, getting to know another world. Lunch included in Lagoa Santa and return to BH.

  3. BH + Bird Watching 01 day, Belo Horizonte6

    6. BH + Bird Watching 01 day

    · 10.5 hours

    Come with us to see up close, other residents of the edge of Pampulha Lagoon, in the company of a Biologist, specialist in bird watching and wildlife. I'm sure it will be worth waking up early, despite being within a city of + 2,500,000 inhabitants, Pampulha preserves a rich fauna with animals such as herons, capybaras, alligators, otters, toucans, shellfish, hummingbirds, I have even seen macaw flying in the skies of the idealized Pampulha, a place for vacationers, according to the thinking of the late Juscelino Kubitschek, in the 1940s. After a rich lunch, we will go for a walk in the south-central part of the Capital Mineira. Photo stop at the Pope's Square. Afterwards, visit Praça da Liberdade and Memorial da Vale, continuing on we will also visit the Abílio Barreto Historical Museum, whose main piece is the old + house of BH, the former headquarters of Fazenda do Leitão from 1883. To finish with a golden key our day, visit to the rich, third best market in the world.

  4. Historical and Artistic Car Tour in Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte7

    7. Historical and Artistic Car Tour in Belo Horizonte

    · 4 hours

    Meet Belo Horizonte your own way, with the attractions that most attract your attention, which you most wish to know or review. We will provide you with a unique experience, another look into the city, with a lot of history, culture, gastronomy, tradition, and of course, all this with the famous miner's way of receiving. Each city tour in Belo Horizonte, which are four, was thought to please everyone, privileging an attraction or a region of the city. We are sure, you will feel the desire to do all of them, it becomes difficult to choose, each one is better than the other. Buy two city tours and enjoy Belo Horizonte all day. Meet Museums, Churches, Markets. Live BH, be surprised. BH Creative City of Gastronomy, come and taste!

  5. 3hr Food Crawl in Belo Horizonte Markets and Local Flavors, Belo Horizonte8

    8. 3hr Food Crawl in Belo Horizonte Markets and Local Flavors

    5.0· 5 reviews· 3 hours

    Discover Belo Horizonte through its two most iconic markets — one rooted in tradition, the other bursting with creativity. Start your journey at the Mercado Central, a century-old maze of aromas, colors, and stories. Taste artisanal cheeses, sweets, cachaças, and snacks while learning how Minas Gerais became Brazil’s culinary soul. Meet local vendors, hear their stories, and feel the heartbeat of everyday life in this beloved market. Then, walk to the Mercado Novo, where young chefs, brewers, and artists have transformed an old warehouse into a vibrant cultural hub. Taste how Minas cuisine has evolved — blending heritage and innovation in every bite. By the end, you’ll take home more than photos: stories, flavors, and the feeling of having truly experienced the spirit of Minas Gerais. Five-star guarantee — if your experience isn’t five stars, you don’t pay for four.

  6. Historical Cities of Ouro Preto and Mariana, Belo Horizonte9

    9. Historical Cities of Ouro Preto and Mariana

    5.0· 4 reviews· 10 hours

    Visit the historic cities of Ouro Preto, considered a World Heritage Site, and Mariana, the first capital of the state of Minas Gerais. Visit churches and museums and get to know the traditions that tell the specifics and portray the customs and histories of each of these cities

  7. BH Gastronomic Experience-Downtown, Belo Horizonte10

    10. BH Gastronomic Experience-Downtown

    5.0· 3 reviews· 6 hours

    Come with us to participate in a rich gastronomic experience through the center of BH. Tasting, feeling, enjoying, registering, buying, experiencing all the history and tradition of the people of Minas Gerais. In this 6-hour tour, we will visit some of the most iconic places in downtown BH, several from the 1930s of the last century. Snack bars, restaurants, coffee shops, artisanal bakery, the Central Market, the third best in the world, which has a little bit of each region of Minas Gerais. We will travel about 4 km through the city center, tour on foot, with stretches of 5 to 10 minutes of walking between one attraction and another. Halfway through the streets of the planned city, with period buildings, many in Art-Deco style, enjoying the atmosphere of downtown BH. All of this also knowing the history of the foundation of the city, the beginning of everything, of the simple Arraial do Curral del Rei, former name of the Capital. Experience the market, shop for sweets, cheeses, cachaças, coffees, among other delicacies produced in Minas Gerais.

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