Ouro Preto
Travel Guide South America Brazil Minas Gerais Ouro Preto
Introduction
Ouro Preto is the colonial gem of the state of Minas Gerais in the southeast of Brazil. The city is located about 100 kilometres from Belo Horizonte and almost 500 kilometres from Rio de Janeiro. It's one of the main sights in Minas Gerais because its splendid Baroqua architecture which gave it a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Neighbourhoods
Sights and Activities
Events and Festivals
Weather
Getting There
By Plane
By Train
Belo Horizonte/Pampulha – Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport (PLU) is located about 8 kilometres from downtown Belo Horizonte and is about 100 kilometres from Ouro Preto, about a 1.5 hour drive. TRIP and two other smaller airlines serve the city. Some of the main destinations include Campo Grande, Curitiba, Campinas, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.
By Car
By Bus
Regular buses connect Ouro Preto with Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro.
By Boat
Eat
Drink
Sleep
Budget
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brumas Hostel | Rua Padre J. Marcos Pena, 68 - Centro | Hostel | 57 |
| O Sorriso do Lagarto Ouro Preto Hostel | Conselheiro Quintiliano 271 Centro | hostel | 71 |
| HI Ouro Preto | Travessa das Lajes, 32 Antônio Dias | Hostel | 77 |
| Pousada Abigail Condé | Rua Padre Jose da Rocha Filgueiras, 72 Alto das Dores | Guesthouse | 82 |
| Pousada Casa dos Contos | Rua Camilo de Brito, 21 Centro | Guesthouse | - |
| Pousada Sinhá Olímpia | Rua Dom Helvecio 180 Cabeças | Guesthouse | 83 |
| Pousada Solar Nossa Senhora das Merces | Rua Felipe dos Santos, 134 | Guesthouse | 82 |
| La em Casa Hostel | Praça Tiradentes, 122 | Hostel | 86 |
| Pousada SR | Rua Xavier da Veiga, 506 Centro | Guesthouse | - |
Mid-Range
Upscale
Work
Learn
Keep Connected
Internet
Phone
See also International Telephone Calls
Post
Correios is the national postal service of Brazil. It is a government run postal service and overseen by the Brazilian Ministry of Communications. Post offices are generally open from Monday to Friday from 09:00am to 5:00pm, although post offices located in shopping malls have their own opening hours, usually from 10:00am to 10:00pm. There are no set opening hours at weekends and as post office owners can choose when to open and close. More and more post offices are open until 1:00pm on Saturdays though. You can check things at the nearest post office. Sending postcards, letters and parcels is a rather straightforward process and services are reliable, though not overly fast when sending post internationally, mostly taking about a week to the USA and Europe, and there is a track-and-trace service for this as well. Domestically, there are both next day as well as more expensive same day delivery options. Stamps are available at post offices, as well as some kiosks or other places where they sell postcards.
On Travellerspoint
Contributors
Utrecht (100%)
from http://utrecht.travellerspoint.com
Help contribute to this article to share the ad revenue.
Ouro Preto Travel Helpers
We don't currently have any Travel Helpers for Ouro Preto
This is version 4. Last edited at 1:48 on Jan 24, 12 by sleepBot. 3 articles link to this page.
Except where otherwise noted, content of this article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License
