2026-05-23
Ouro Preto — Brazil's Baroque Treasure by Private Chauffeur
FFGR Brazil provides private cultural tours of Ouro Preto — the UNESCO World Heritage baroque city of Minas Gerais.
Ouro Preto is Brazil's most important historical city — a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the mountains of Minas Gerais that preserves the most complete collection of baroque architecture in the Americas. Founded in 1698 as a gold-mining settlement, its extraordinary churches contain the work of Aleijadinho — the sculptor who created Brazil's greatest works of religious art despite debilitating disease.
FFGR Brazil provides private cultural day tours from Belo Horizonte to Ouro Preto — a 98-kilometre transfer through the Serra do Espinhaço mountains in a Rolls-Royce or Mercedes S-Class. Your guide is an art historian specialising in Brazilian baroque; the programme is calibrated to your interests.
The essential Ouro Preto programme: the Igreja de São Francisco de Assis (Aleijadinho's masterpiece), the Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Pilar (Brazil's finest gold interior), the Casa dos Contos, the Museu do Oratório and lunch at the Estalagem Solar do Rosário overlooking the Praça Tiradentes.
For clients interested in gemstones — Minas Gerais produces topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline and Brazil's finest emeralds — FFGR Brazil arranges private viewings at the artisanal workshops and certified gemstone dealers of Ouro Preto. Secure transport of purchases is included.
Ouro Preto cultural tours: WhatsApp +33 7 43 46 14 91.