Ouro Preto Hotels - Reviews and Rates

I woke up to a beautiful morning. The sun was already up in the sky. Well, when have I ever seen a sunrise. Anyway. From my bed, I can look out of the window and see over the roofs of the village and onto some lush green hills. Birds are chirping in the tree just outside, and a pleasantly cool morning breeze is blowing through my room with all f...

The Rich Town of Black Gold - that is the translation of this town´s name. Is that cool or what? Next stop on my jaunt through Brazil. Original plan was to head to the Island Paradise of Ilha Grande - unfortunately half of Brazil had the same plan after Carnival so I changed mine and headed inland overnight to is old colonial gem of a town. I re...

We are having a great time. We landed in Manaus in the early hours of 08.08.08 and met our travelling companions for the Brazilian leg of our trip later that day. There are 9 of us in total, including our two guides 5 of which are British, 1 Canadian, 1 Danish, 1 New Zealander and 1 Finnish. We are learning from them as we go along as they have ...

Today we visited a few mines in and near Ouro Preto.

Ouro Preto is the heart of Brazil's colonial, religious, and slave history. The historical center of gold mining, Ouro Preto is among the top three tourist destinations in Brazil. We stayed in the town for two days and enjoyed the tranquility, learned a lot about Brazil's slave trade and mining past, and reminisced about La Paz, Bolivia because ...

Saturday, May 17, 2008 Ouro Preto to Estalagem Casa Rosada This morning was our last chance to see some more of Ouro Preto and to finally do some shopping. We visited 2 more churches and an old gold mine, and then we were finally let loose at the main square to get some shopping done. Some of our purchases included jewelry (topaz imperial is min...

Thursday, May 15, 2008 Mariana to Ouro Preto Another beautiful day in Brazil! The heat we experienced in Rio and Muriae has gone away-now we are enjoying afternoons in the mid-70s and evenings in the 60s. And we haven't seen any rain since we arrived. This morning we left Mariana for Ouro Preto. Our transportation was on the "Maria Fumanca," a t...