Qué hay en Ouro Preto, Brasil, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Brasil, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Rainy season landslides (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Carnival in the republics, Summer holidays en Brasil

• Festival

  Carnival in the republics

  5 Feb – 5 Mar · normalmenteMucha genteReserva pronto

  The student republics open their doors and the blocos haul themselves up the cobbles for five days. The hills are the hard part, and every bed in the centre goes a year ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Rainy season landslides (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Carnival in the republics, Semana Santa sawdust carpets

• Festival

  Semana Santa sawdust carpets

  20 Mar – 25 Abr · normalmenteSemana Santa y PascuaMucha gente

  Residents lay coloured sawdust down the slopes through the small hours of Holy Saturday, and the Resurrection procession walks over the lot on Sunday morning. The council supplies the sawdust by the tonne. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Carnival in the republics (5 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)), Rainy season landslides (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Semana Santa sawdust carpets, Tiradentes day

• Festivo

  Tiradentes day

  21 AbrFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  The national holiday on 21 April commemorates the conspirator hanged for a plot hatched in these streets, and the town it belongs to is where Minas comes to mark it. A long weekend when it falls right. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Semana Santa sawdust carpets (20 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Festival

  Corpus Christi sawdust carpets

  3–4 JunFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  Overnight before the Thursday procession residents cover about three kilometres of the old streets with carpets of coloured sawdust, coffee grounds and flowers. Walk the route before dawn, before the procession passes over them. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Corpus Christi sawdust carpets, CineOP film festival

• Festival

  CineOP film festival

  25–30 JunMucha gente

  A free festival of Brazilian cinema focused on film heritage and preservation, with screenings, debates and a June-party atmosphere spread across the historic centre. Rooms in the historic centre are scarcer than usual that week. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Corpus Christi sawdust carpets (3–4 Jun)

Concurrido — July winter break en Brasil, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Festival de Inverno

  1–31 Jul · normalmenteFestival de artes

  The winter festival spreads concerts, workshops, theatre and exhibitions across Ouro Preto and Mariana for most of July, timed with the town's birthday on the 8th. Evenings are cold at this altitude. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: CineOP film festival (25–30 Jun)

Concurrido — uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Festa do Doze

• Festival

  Festa do Doze

  9–13 Oct · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  The School of Mines celebrates its 1876 founding on 12 October, when alumni pour back into the student republics. The balls and republic parties are invitation-only, but the town is full and loud and beds are hard to find. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — un mes normal

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Brasil, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Rainy season landslides

  1 Dic – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de deslizamientos

  Heavy summer rain on the steep hillsides brings landslides; in January 2022 one on Morro da Forca brought down historic mansions. The civil defence contingency plan runs December to March, and some streets are closed after downpours. Fuente ↗