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Jardineira City Tour: Explore Ouro Preto
4.4
49 Ratings
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The Jardineira Tour offers a City Tour showcasing Ouro Preto, aiming to provide visitors with time efficiency, agility, and insight. It facilitates easy navigation through the slopes of Ouro Preto and enhances the experience with the expertise of a local tour guide.
The Jardineira Tour offers a City Tour showcasing Ouro Preto, aiming to provide visitors with time efficiency, agility, and insight. It facilitates easy navigation through the slopes of Ouro Preto and enhances the experience with the expertise of a local tour guide.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Church of Sao Francisco de Assis - Our guide will accompany you to the site to explain the history of this church, which was a great work by Master Aleijadinho, we will enter and be able to see up close this great feat that is part of Ouro Pretana history.
- Basilica of Nossa Senhora do Pilar - Right after the first point visited, our guide…
- Church of Sao Francisco de Assis - Our guide will accompany you to the site to explain the history of this church, which was a great work by Master Aleijadinho, we will enter and be able to see up close this great feat that is part of Ouro Pretana history.
- Basilica of Nossa Senhora do Pilar - Right after the first point visited, our guide will follow you to that point to explain the history of the second church richest in gold in Brazil. We will talk a little and visualize this great wealth that was left to us, having around 434KG of Gold.
- Santa Efigenia dos Pretos church - Our guide will accompany you to the site to explain the history of this church, which was only frequented by black people and slaves in the 18th century.
- Mina Du Veloso - We will go to the mine where we will have a guide to accompany, guide and explain the gold process in the 17th and 18th centuries, and we will have the experience of entering underground galleries.
- Mirante da Rua Getulio Vargas - Our guide will accompany you to the location to take photos of the group and enjoy the beautiful landscape of Ouro Preto
- Praca Tiradentes - We will have a brief guided explanation about Tiradentes in Praça where the guide will talk a little about the Minas Gerais inconfidence.

What's Included
- Private transportation
- Private transportation
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Lunch
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
- Entrance fees
Location
Church of Saint Francis of Assisi
Largo de Coimbra
Next to the soap stone fair
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(49 Ratings)
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Ingrid
Jan 21, 2026
It was amazing! How much history, beauty, it was all wonderful. Going into the mine was something unforgettable for me . I learned a lot, though - Wonderful experience! Even with the rain gave to visit many places and learn about our history. All very exciting.
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Simonea426
Dec 5, 2025
Churches - The visit to the churches was very interesting. They are very beautiful and full of history. The mine walk, I didn't like it. Very tight and small. No grace.
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Q5433mxcorinnel
Nov 21, 2025
Superb day - We had a great day thanks to the joy and kindness of our guide Washington. He did not count his time and animated this day with passion and good humor. The tour is very rewarding because it blends the history of Brazil, the history of art and the origins of slavery in the region. Thanks to Washington and Matrix Tour
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Fgandre1979
Oct 27, 2025
Excellent option! - The Jardineira tour is very nice, ideal for all ages and that wants to avoid the slopes of Ouro Preto and, at the same time, to know the main points of the city with all the historical context. The explanations of the guide Cristiano leave everything more fun and rich, made all the difference on the tour.
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Hildawotzasek
Sep 17, 2025
Extensive knowledge of local history. - Visit to the main tourist attractions with the possibility to know a bit of the history of Ouro Preto. We recommend visitors to take this tour.
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748naomim
Sep 4, 2025
Great option to get to know the city effortlessly - The Jardineira tour is ideal for those who want to avoid the slopes of Ouro Preto and, at the same time, to know the main points of the city with all the historical context. The explanations of the guide make the experience much richer and more interesting. The guide Ricardo and the driver Frederico were extremely attentive, which made all the difference on the ride. I recommend it both for those travelling with the elderly or young children, and for those who have just arrived and want to have an overview of the city before exploring more calmly.
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Z9930eegiseleb
Feb 18, 2026
Good experience - The tour is interesting, the guide passed us a lot of historical knowledge. The so-called gardener is actually an adapted truck, quite heavy pras original black gold pedestrian streets. I believe this contributes to the poor state of conservation of some of these streets. It would be better to use a lighter vehicle, like a Van. And for the amount charged, they should supply the tourists with water.
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Y5971vmpaulob
Jan 23, 2026
The walk in the gardener makes all the difference. - Guide with good knowledge and good information. Nice walk, very rewarding, on a very beautiful journey
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Pmonalisaa
Oct 26, 2025
It's worth it, but it could be much better, as suggested.. - The tour began at 10 a.m., with a meeting point in the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, where next to it is also the trade fair of handicraft in soap stone. Even if you have not scheduled a tour, there are several guides gathering tourists for this city tour. The tour begins in this church, where it is the meeting, with a presentation of its history and curiosities, then passes through the Church of Our Lady of the Pillar and Church of Santa Efigénia. There was a stop for lunch, and the tour ended around 3:30, 4:00.
The negative point was: at the ticket office of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, where the tour begins, the guide directed to buy tickets for the churches Our Lady of Mercy and Forgiveness and Our Lady of Conception, and we did not go there.
Having already visited other historic cities such as Tiradentes, São João Del Rei, Paraty, etc., and having already made a city tour in these cities, I suggest that in black gold the guides do as it is done in these cities: along the route until reaching a certain tourist point, it will show important mansions, their stories, symbolisms on the façades (such as for example the architecture and the Masonic symbols and their association with the time; signs that indicated that rich families reside there, etc.). This further enriches the tour and the experience of visiting a historic city, and would undoubtedly justify the value invested of R$ 100,00 per Cover for the tour, which was basically the movement and internal presentation of the churches.
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Débora
Nov 23, 2025
Guide Bruno very good. - Excellent experience, but I believe you can improve the stop options for lunch and stop at the store that I sold cachaça (not something interesting). Since the soap stone fair already has the interesting items to be bought.
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