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Belo Horizonte ("Beautiful Horizon" in Portuguese) is Brazil's third-largest city and the capital of the state of Minas Gerais. It's a good stopping point on the way to the beautiful colonial towns such as Ouro Preto and Tiradentes. The city lies in the center of the Minas Gerais state and has a population of around 5 million people.

It is served by two airports - Confins (intl.) and Pampulha (domestic) and a local Metro service (MetroBH).

Major hotels are generally located on Av. Afonso Pena or at Savassi neighborhood, while mid-range and budget accommodations are clustered around the train station.

Belo Horizonte has several significant cultural landmarks, many of them situated in the Pampulha district. These include one of the largest soccer stadiums in the world, the Mineirão stadium, and church 'Igreja da Pampulha'. In downtown Belo Horizonte, are located the neo-Gothic Boa Viagem Cathedral, the Municipal Park and the famous Sete de Setembro Square, where an Obelisk built in 1922 marks the one hundred years of Brazilian independence from Portugal. Also, the Savassi region is known for it's fine restaurants and as a center of cultural events as well as the best of the city's nightlife.