Montes Claros is a city of 413,000 people (2020) in northern Minas Gerais. It has several natural, historical and cultural attractions, such as the Municipal Parks Milton Prates, Guimarães Rosa and Sapucaia, which are important green areas, and buildings such as the Cathedral of Nossa Senhora Aparecida and the Igrejinha dos Morrinhos, in addition to the various archaeological sites.
Understand
Climate
Montes Claros has dry and mild winters and rainy summers with high temperatures.
Get in
- Mário Ribeiro Airport (IATA: MOC). Daily flights from Belo Horizonte, Sao Paulo–Guarulhos, Brasilia, and Salvador. 2022-11-12
Get around
See
- Montes Claros has innumerous caves and 164 catalogued archaeological sites, among which the most important are the caves of Lapa Grande, where there is an underground river with a length of more than 1km. Lapa Grande is in the Serra da Vieira, 12 km (7.5 mi) from Montes Claros.
- Igreja dos Morrinhos.
- Vieira River
Do
- In the city there are several large parks, among which the most important are Parque Municipal Milton Prates, with a lake and zoo. In the rural area there is Parque Sapucaia, a forest reserve and Parque Guimarães Rosa along the banks of the Córrego Carrapato.
- August Festival
- Pequi Festival - Celebrating the pequi, a small pulpy fruit popular only in central Brasil.
Buy
- Ibituruna Center, Av. José Corrêa Machado, 1079, +55 38 3213-7894. M-Sa 10:00-22:00, Su 12:00-18:00. 2017-06-24
- Montes Claros Shopping, Av. Donato Quintino, 90 - Cidade Nova, +55 38 3214-3300.