Praça da Liberdade & BH's Cultural Circuit
Belo Horizonte was designed as a planned city in 1897 — and the Praça da Liberdade, the civic heart of this planned capital, is now ringed by cultural institutions housed in the former government buildings
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Praça da Liberdade
The city's most elegant square - with the former governor's palace, palm trees and fountains - is now a public park surrounded by museums, where the Minas Gerais state government has moved to new buildings
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Memorial Museum Minas Gerais Vale
The former State Secretariat is now a groundbreaking interactive museum of Minas Gerais history and culture — one of Brazil's best-designed museum experiences in a beautifully restored historic building
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Inhotim: The World's Largest Outdoor Art Museum
Two hours from BH, Inhotim is a phenomenon — 5,000 hectares of botanical gardens with permanent pavilions by major international artists; Tunga, Hélio Oiticica and Matthew Barney among those represented
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Centro Cultural UFMG
The Federal University Cultural Center in the historic center presents theater, exhibitions and concerts — the cultural programming reflects the city's status as one of Brazil's great university cities
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Mercado Central
Belo Horizonte's central market – a grid of stalls in a beautiful building from 1929 – sells Minas Gerais food, cachaça, cheese and artisanal products; the food market is the city's living cultural center
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Savassi Neighborhood
The Savassi district – BH's sophisticated entertainment and restaurant quarter – is where the city's creative class congregates; the district's street life, design shops and restaurants are defined urban BH