Brazilian architecture: from baroque to modernism
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Discovery.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Brasília ?
The map of your stay "Brazilian architecture: from baroque to modernism"
Detail of the stay : Brazilian architecture: from baroque to modernism
How to get there - Brasília
City centre of Brasília
Steps: Brasília
You begin this journey with the Torre de TV mezzanine before descending the avenue to Indian People Museum and the , a cultural place in tribute to President Juscelino Kubitschek who launched the construction of the country's new capital.
Places of interest : MEMORIAL JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK (JK) CATEDRAL METROPOLITANA NOSSA SENHORA APARECIDA TORRE DE TV MUSEU KUAHÍ
Continuation of the journey in Brasília
Steps: Brasília
Visit of the Museum of the Republic, offering temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. Further on, we arrive at the Esplanada dos Ministérios, where the various ministries on both sides of the avenue are grouped, and then at Praça dos Três Poderes, where you can find (the Presidency Palace), and the emblematic .
Places of interest : MUSEU DA REPÚBLICA - PALÁCIO DO CATETE PRAÇA DOS TRÊS PODERES PALÁCIO DO PLANALTO CONGRESSO NACIONAL SUPREMO TRIBUNAL FEDERAL - STF
Discovery of Rio
Steps: Rio Branco
Rio offers a wide variety of architectural examples, especially in its city centre. We will walk along Avenida Rio Branco and its Haussmann-style buildings, the open-air market of the Saara, the Largo da Carioca and its Santo Antonio convent, the metropolitan cathedral with its so-called "brutalist" architecture, and the Arcos da Lapa. In the afternoon, we will go up with the bondinho to the bohemian Santa Teresa district, lined with traditional houses, before going down to the newly rehabilitated Porto Maravilha district, where the Museu do Amanhã and the Museu de Arte do Rio are the showcases.
Places of interest : ARCOS DA LAPA CATEDRAL SÃO SEBASTIÃO MUSEU DE ARTE DO RIO - MAR MUSEU DO AMANHÃ
Colorful facades of Paraty
Steps: Paraty
Superb . Stroll during the day in the middle of the colourful traditional houses of the historic centre, then, if you are tired, relax by the sea.
Relaxation on the Paraty beach
Rest by the sea.
Head to Petrópolis
Steps: Tiradentes
Departure early in the morning to arrive at noon at Petrópolis, former imperial city and Minas Gerais baroque. Lunch and visit of the Imperial Museum on arrival. In the afternoon, a little road to Tiradentes, which is reached in the late afternoon. Small recreational walk in the centre and dinner in the central square, the Largo das Forras.
Places of interest : MUSEU IMPERIAL
Charming Tiradentes
Steps: São João Del Rei
In the morning, visit of the old town of Tiradentes, the Matriz Santo Antonio, Tiradentes, in a restaurant with typical Mineira cuisine.
Places of interest : CHAFARIZ DE SÃO JOSÉ IGREJA MATRIZ DE SANTO ANTÔNIO
In the heart of the black gold in Ouro Preto
Steps: Ouro Preto
Visit of Ouro Preto and its dozens of baroque churches. Dinner in the city, in one of its many mineiros gourmet restaurants.
The contemporary Brumadinho
Steps: Belo Horizonte
From the baroque to the contemporary, go to the beautiful open-air museum of Belo Horizonte. Beautiful green landscape and contemporary art make the place unique.
Places of interest : INHOTIM
