Hotel Real de Minas

... ’t very far from the hot springs, honestly. The hotel was beautiful, as with any ISA excursion. It was called Hotel Real De Minas. I was surprised by the fact that it was really handicapped friendly. They had ramps everywhere so that people in wheel ...

... is the place to go in Brazil to see the rich artistic colonial heritage. Belo Horizonte is the capital of Minas Gerais. We flew to Belo Horizonte from Rio de Janeiro on December 11 ,1009. The most beautiful statues in the churches are the work of the ...

... , cheeses, desserts. My tummy was jammed packed with food - needless to say, was delicious but so stuffed! The hotel is rather unusual - retro discotheque room outfitted with mirrors everywhere (and I mean everywhere) Sunday: Copacabana Beach: So ...

... the historic district after dinner we went back to "Villas de Paraty" over the river just outside town.  The pousada (our hotel, the Villas) had a pool, gym, library, and a little courtyard outside our room with passion fruit growing on a vine, ...

... to be! 6 hours later, we were in the mining town of Sao Joao del Rei & checking into a huge, old and bit run down hotel (but cheap!)l with a lovely owner, who was (bless him) every bit as old & run down as his hotel! After dropping our stuff off, ...

 We have a 2 ½ hour flight to Brasilia that crossed two time zones. We arrived around 7, and checked into our hotel by 8:30, our hotel is directly across from a 4 story shopping mall.  There we found a food court. We ended up eating pizza, it ...

On the road again... Following the final night out of the tour, and hence a bleary eyed breakfast, I headed for the hotel's Internet connection to get details on Rio's hostel. Call me a cowardy custard but following my experience arriving in Sao Paulo, ...

... portent pas grand chose (apres tout, il fait plus de 30 degres). Avant qu'on sorte pour manger un morceau, Jorge le proprio de l'hotel nous a rapidement briefes sur quoi faire et surtout quoi ne pas faire a Rio: pas la peine de sortir avec plus d'argent ...

... asi que nos nos fuimos a dormir despues de cenar... Yo dormia con Samadhi. Samadhi, uno de los dos chicos brasileiros, de San Lorenzo, en Minas Gerais, el quinto de una prole de 10 hermanos, de padres hippies. Viajaba con su hermano Oberom y la novia de ...

... de inteligência), as cicatrizes desta era ainda são bastante visiveis, e um dos legados mais duradouros são os milhões de minas que continuam a mutilar e matar ainda hoje. É fácil encontrar informação sobre isto, se estiverem interessados, mas ...

... streets by car is a classic exercise in frustration."  Because we were staying outside of the historic centre, and the hotel no longer offered a shuttle (but which it still lists on its website) Jeff asked for driving directions and was given a map ...

... times. It is like a mix of Maccu Picchu and the city in the Lord of the Rings that is built against a mountain wall (Minas Tirith?). Very interesting and beautiful. Then we went to Cafayate to have lunch and do some handicraft shopping. Then onto the road ...

... de alguém, quando o garçon ou o anfitrião trazem a comida, é educado bater palmas duas vezes tá-tá. Antes de sair do hotel, pedi para a Precious transmitir à gerente nossa boa impressão do hotel, principalmente no quesito limpeza, que para nós ...