Discover Ouro Preto: Cultural Tour
Descriptions come from the operator and are translated automatically.
- 4–5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 3 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Live Ouro Preto beyond the postcards! Walk through the city in a complete and intense experience, uniting history, culture, heritage, and the places that help tell the story of Ouro Preto. EntreTempos: an authentic experience in the city, you will remember taking this experience forever.
Inclusions
What's included
- The tour includes entrance to the churches, museums, and the gold mine.
Itinerary
Entrance and explanation in the Basilica do Pilar. Famous for its exuberant golden interior and for representing the wealth, religiosity, and art of the gold cycle. Entrance fee: 30.00 reais
Walk through Horto dos Contos Park. It is one of the most pleasant spaces to walk and observe Ouro Preto from different angles.
Entrance and visit of the House of Tales Museum. Reveal the history of the gold cycle and colonial administration, an emblematic building of Ouro Preto.
Walk through the emblematic Rua Direita of Ouro Preto, one of the most important in the State
Presentation, explanation, and observation of Praça Minas Gerais. Symbol of Ouro Preto, preserves the memory of the Inconfidência Mineira and reveals aspects of Brazilian history. Professional photos in one of the postcards of Ouro Preto
Explanation about the importance of Soapstone in the local context and a visit to the space where sculptors and artisans keep the art of soapstone alive, one of the cultural symbols of the region.
Entrance to the Church of São Francisco, a monument that presents late Baroque and Rococo. Works of Aleijadinho and Mestre Ataíde. 30.00 reais
Entry experience, walk and explanations inside an authentic 18th-century gold mine. History of mining, resistance, and the trajectory of one of the most significant characters of the Afro-Brazilian tradition. 80.00 reais.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- In front of the Main Church of Our Lady of the Pillar
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Entre Tempos - Ouro Preto
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Brazil, outside the cities
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 222 experiences we list in Brazil, outside the cities.
- It is longer than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
Special offers in Brazil, outside the cities
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
