{"id":17210,"date":"2015-03-06T16:55:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T00:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=17210"},"modified":"2015-03-16T19:59:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T02:59:22","slug":"the-sights-and-sounds-of-downtown-belo-horizonte-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2015\/03\/06\/the-sights-and-sounds-of-downtown-belo-horizonte-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sights and Sounds of Downtown Belo Horizonte Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

When most people think of Brazil, they automatically think Rio de Janeiro<\/a> and Sao Paulo<\/a>. I spent three nights and four days during the World Cup in Belo Horizonte which is in the beautiful Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. According to Wikipedia<\/a>, Belo Horizonte is \u201cranked as the third most populous metropolitan area in Brazil, the nineteenth most populous in the Americas and the forty-second largest in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Downtown Belo Horizonte is laid out in a grid system and it\u2019s very much a walking city. It can get kind of confusing at first with diagonal streets, but I got used to it after the first day.<\/p>\n

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Praca Sete de Setembro is the most famous landmark square in Centro Downtown Belo Horizonte where many cars and people intersect on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

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Another famous landmark where people congregate is at Praca da Estacao, a public square in downtown Belo Horizonte.<\/p>\n

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Downtown Belo Horizonte has many green parks such as Praca Rui Barbosa.<\/p>\n

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Another park is Praca da Liberdade which is tree lined with a beautiful fountain display.<\/p>\n

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In Praca da Liberdade, Algerian fans took over the square because they were excited about the upcoming World Cup match.<\/p>\n

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Praca da Liberdade also has many government buildings within walking distance.<\/p>\n

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As I was walking in downtown Belo Horizonte, I saw a Hyundai sponsored World Cup bus carrying Team Algeria pass by.<\/p>\n

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I love how there\u2019s statues and landmarks on every major thoroughfare in downtown Belo Horizonte.<\/p>\n

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There are also many museums in downtown Belo Horizonte to choose from.<\/p>\n

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Churches and catholic universities are also plentiful in central\u00a0Belo Horizonte.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s also a lot of shopping to be had on the streets of Belo Horizonte.<\/p>\n

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Artesanal shops with handcrafted items can also be found in Centro Belo Horizonte.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s also a large shopping mall in downtown Belo Horizonte called Shopping Cidade for your shopping needs.<\/p>\n

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Shopers were dressed in the national team\u2019s colors and even a life size World Cup mascot was present.<\/p>\n

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Plenty of kilo restaurants, trendy restaurants, bars, and caf\u00e9 were present\u00a0in downtown Belo Horizonte.<\/p>\n

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The best way to get around outside of the downtown Belo Horizonte area and to other neighborhoods in Belo Horizonte is to take the bus.<\/p>\n

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Alternatively, you can take the light rail at the Belo Horizonte metro station. Yes, believe it or not – there is a metro system in Belo Horizonte, but it’s limited and another line is currently under construction.<\/p>\n

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I took the metro to Expominas where FIFA Fan Fest was held.<\/p>\n

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