The City of Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is built on hills and surrounded by mountains. It has a wonderful climate, not too hot, nor too cold and although it has a rainy season in the summer this is not a problem for the inhabitants. It is thought to be one of the best cities in Brazil for quality of life.

Since we were only in Belo Horizonte for Saturday evening and Sunday, we didn't have time to see too much of it, but what we did see left us with an impression of a well-planned city with well-preserved old colonial buildings alongside new high rise buildings, wide streets and plenty of green areas. The 'ipe' tree was in flower and many of the street featured these pink flowering trees - although not to the size of those we saw in Pantanal.

You can get a wonderful view of the city from a viewpoint at the top of one of the surrounding hills. This is where this photo was taken from.

The wikipedia encyclopedia website can tell you more about Belo Horizonte than I can. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belo_Horizonte