Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte is the third-largest city in Brazil and offers grand boulevards, architectural diversity, 27 parks and 500 plazas, and is recognised as one of the country’s greenest state capitals.

The city has the fourth-highest GDP in Brazil and the fifth-largest industrial park on the continent. It is a capital with one of the highest Human Development Index. Its location in the southeast centre ensures it is around an hour’s flight time from all major state capitals in the country.

Perfect for:

• Vibrant life – markets, restaurants and business events by day, busy bar and nightlife by night;
• Artists, musicians, writers and other creatives, plus the Afonso Pena Craft Fair (Sundays);
• Gastronomy, culture and architecture;
• Its football stadium.

Sunset view of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Info:

• Distance from major Brazilian cities by flight time in minutes: Brasília 60 min / Cuiabá 140 min / Fortaleza 160 min / Manaus 230 min / Natal 200 min / Porto Alegre 220 min / Recife 160 min / Rio de Janeiro 40 min / Salvador 90 min / São Paulo 60 min;
• Distance between destinations: Tancredo Neves International Airport 40 km / Diamantina 305 km/ Tiradentes 225 km/ Ouro Preto 95 km/ São João del Rei 180 km;
• Distance to the caves near Belo Horizonte: Maquiné Cave, Cordisburgo 124 km/ Lapinha Cave, Lagoa Santa 42 km/ Gruta Rei do Mato, Sete Lagoas 79 km/ INHOTIM, Brumadinho 60 km/ National Park of Serra do Cipó, Jaboticatubas 100 km/ National Park of Canasta, São Roque de Minas 328 km/ Caraça Sanctuary 120 km.