From baroque gold to the global avant-garde, in eight days

A state where the 18th century and the world's contemporary art fit into the same week.

Minas Gerais begins in Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, and at Oscar Niemeyer's Pampulha Modern EnsemblePampulha Modern Ensemble — Oscar Niemeyer's first large-scale project, with gardens by Burle Marx, panels by Portinari and the little church of São Francisco de Assis — unconsecrated for 14 years for being considered too modern. A UNESCO World Heritage site since 2016. — UNESCO World HeritageUNESCO World Heritage — Fernando de Noronha has been a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site since 2001, alongside Rocas Atoll. Around 70% of the archipelago is a Marine National Park with strict preservation rules — that's why visitor numbers are limited and the experience is so exclusive. since 2016, with the little church of São Francisco de Assis. Mercado Central, Rua Sapucaí, Praça da Liberdade.

In Brumadinho, Instituto Inhotim: the largest open-air contemporary art museum in the world, 140 hectares where works such as Yayoi KusamaInhotim Institute — The largest open-air contemporary art museum in the world: 140 hectares of botanical garden in Brumadinho, with permanent galleries by artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Adriana Varejão and Doug Aitken, set between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Recommended by The New York Times for 2026.'s share the ground with Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Recommended by The New York Times for 2026.

Then the mines. Ouro Preto was the first Brazilian city inscribed as UNESCO World HeritageUNESCO World Heritage — Fernando de Noronha has been a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site since 2001, alongside Rocas Atoll. Around 70% of the archipelago is a Marine National Park with strict preservation rules — that's why visitor numbers are limited and the experience is so exclusive., in 1980 — birthplace of the 1789 Inconfidência MineiraOuro Preto — The first Brazilian city inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, in 1980. Birthplace of the 1789 Inconfidência Mineira, with stone slopes, gold-lined baroque churches and old mines you can walk into.. In Congonhas, Aleijadinho's twelve prophets watch over the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de MatosinhosAleijadinho and the twelve prophets — Antônio Francisco Lisboa, known as Aleijadinho, carved the twelve soapstone prophets of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos in Congonhas after losing the use of his hands — with the tools strapped to his arms. A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. (UNESCO, 1985). Mariana, the state's first capital. Sabará, with its Gold Museum in the 1730 Intendency House and the Jabuticaba Festival. And Tiradentes and Bichinho, a colonial ensemble protected by IPHAN since 1938, with 18th-century distilleries, lacemakers, artisanal Minas cheeseArtisanal Minas cheese — A craft registered as Brazilian Cultural Heritage by IPHAN in 2008 and recognised by UNESCO in 2024: raw milk, natural starter and slow maturation. At the farm we visit you follow the production and taste cheeses of different ages alongside pot-still cachaça. and craft studios.

Colonial Brazil, the gold cycle, modernism and the art of today — on the same road.

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#FeelBraza #MinasGerais #OuroPreto #InhotimInhotim Institute — The largest open-air contemporary art museum in the world: 140 hectares of botanical garden in Brumadinho, with permanent galleries by artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Adriana Varejão and Doug Aitken, set between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Recommended by The New York Times for 2026.