2025 Ouro Preto Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in March)

Getting There - Assisi, Perugia getting here is easy- you will need to get the train from Arezzo, Firenze, or Rome.. Attractions - San Francesco d’Assisi, churches and delicious food. Hotels - There are a lot of nearby B&B Food & Restaurants - Best restaurants around are in the center of Assisi Shopping - Souvenirs and clothing #Assisi

I never knew I HAD to go to Ouro Preto till I went to Ouro Preto. The city is completely amazing, is like going back in time and learning a lot about how Brazil is rich in arts, architecture and culture. I would recommend to stay at least 3-4 days, I stayed at “Casa dos meninos”, a house builded aroubd the 18th century, if I recall correctly, with 4 floors but separated rooms. If you have the chance, go to every church and listen to the group guides that pass trough you, each and every one of them has a different vision of history and will give you a complete history class about the places. There’s also the oldest theatre in Latin America, which is still running and full of great attractions. #museumquest #ouropreto #churches #european Architecture

Ouro Preto is hosting a winter music festival recently, so I rushed there on the weekend. In addition to visiting the historic city, I also wanted to visit the gold mine~ Ouro Preto means "black gold" because the gold mine here contains palladium, which can absorb gas, making the surface of gold appear black. The gold mine we chose is located in Mina de Ouro da Passagem, 8 kilometers away from Ouro Preto. Only this gold mine can take a car down into the mine. The visit time is very short, about 40 minutes. The mine car descends 120 meters. There is a clear green pool at the bottom. You can dive in the mine through a professional company. I came to this mine just for the mining cars. It reminded me of the sentence I listened to countless times in the IELTS listening test and could even recite it after such a long time: "Travel on converted mining trains and journey into the depths of the mountain along seams once worked by hundreds of miners." In the past, there was a word in the Black Gold City called Meninos de Couro, which refers to the black boys who engaged in manual gold mining. There is a deep pit here, which is very narrow but has a very high gold content. These little slaves carry a leather bag to transport materials... During the tour, the staff will explain the mining methods, the types of ore and the history of slaves, but all of them are explained in Portuguese. The gold mine can be reached by taxi or public bus: Taxi: Uber is not available here, and no one will take orders for 99. Local taxi apps include ubzi car or 2v passageiro, or you can hail one on the street. Public bus: Take the bus to Mariana from Terminal Rodoviario 8 de Julho and tell the conductor to get off at the Gold Mine. If you don't take the mine cart and just want to visit the gold mine, there are many gold mines in this small town, which have all become museums after the resources were exhausted. They are: Minas Do Palácio Velho Mina Chico Rei Mina de Ouro Felipe dos Santos Mina do Bijoca Mina de Ouro 13 de Maio- Casa de Mineração Santa Efigênia Mina Du Veloso Attention! The mine I visited only accepts cash tickets!

Visiting some of the old mines in Ouro Preto was a great experience. You would get experienced tour guides to show you inside and teach you a little bih about Brazilian history! The only down side to this is that they only speak Portugese 😂 l, in fact, do not.