Are you Brazilian enough?

In this blog we wish we can help you, reader, to know a little bit more about our city. So here is some information about Belo Horizonte that can be very useful for you.

Getting here

By Air:
The Pampulha and Confins (Tancredo Neves) Airports receive flights from all Brazilian capitals and also international. From the airport, you can take a taxi from a taxi rank. Alternatively, you can catch a connection to a bus station or rent a car.
By Road:
Belo Horizonte bus station has stops from buses coming from the main Brazilian cities.

Getting around
A good way to know the city is with a guide or a car. You can hire a guide in a tourism station, like CVC or Master Turismo.

Where to stay

Budget hotels

Hotel São Bento
Location: City Center - From: R$ 60,00
http://www.hotelsaobento.com.br/

Brasil Palace Hotel
Location: City Center - From: R$ 90.00
http://www.brasilpalacehotel.com.br/

Hotel Boulevard Plaza
Location: Savassi - From: R$ 197.00
http://www.boulevardhoteis.com.br/

Hotel BH Palace
Location: Barro Preto - From: R$ 110.00
http://www.hotelbhpalace.com.br/


Mid-Range Hotels

Bristol Metropolitan
Location: Savassi - From: R$ 249.00
http://www.bristolhotels.com.br/hotl/hotel.asp?codhotel=MTP

Hotel Boulevard Park
Location: Savassi - From: R$ 159.00
http://www.hotelboulevardpark.com/

Pampulha Flat
Location: Pampulha - From: R$ 222.00
http://www.pampulhaflat.com/

Niagara Flat
Location: Barro Preto - From: R$ 192.00

Top end hotels

Ouro Minas Palace Hotel
Location: Ipiranga - From: R$ 228.00
http://www.ourominas.com.br/

Promenade Bh Platinum
Location: Lourdes - From: R$ 302.00
http://www.promenade.com.br/promenade/index.html

Where to eat

Belo Horizonte food is some of the best in all of Brazil.

For a good sample of traditional mineira food, here are some options:

• Dona Lucinha II, Rua Sergipe, 811; (31) 3261-5930
  
• Restaurante Xapuri, Rua Mandacaru, 260 - Pampulha, near the Pampulha Lake and the City Zoo.
  

For great international food, here are some options:

• Porcão, Avenida Raja Gabaglia, 2985, Cep:30350-540, Tel: (31) 3293-8604. One of the more famous restaurants in BH is Porcão. Considered to have the best meat in BH is also one of the most expensive in town.
  
  
• Hard Rock Cafe Belo Horizonte, Rua Senador Milton Campos - AltaVila Center Class - Tel: (31)3011-9511.
  
  
• Apple Bee's Restaurant - Located at BH Shopping.

• Important! The best time to come is for the annual Comida di Buteco competition in April, when some 40 of the top bars square off in categories like hygiene, beer frigidity, service and most importantly, best tira-gosto — or appetizer. Winners are decided not just by judges but by public ballot, giving Belo-Horizontinos a lame excuse to go out every night for a month.