Santa Cruz Travel Guide
Belo Horizonte
Popular places to visit
Mineirão Stadium
Experience the passion of Brazilian soccer fans at one of the host stadiums for the 2014 World Cup. It’s also got a cutting-edge museum dedicated to the sport.
Lagoa Pampulha
Commune with nature and explore the great outdoors at Lagoa Pampulha during your travels in Belo Horizonte. Amble around the area's parks or experience its museums.
Afonso Pena Avenue
During your trip to Belo Horizonte, you can do some window-shopping at Afonso Pena Avenue. Amble around the area's parks or experience its museums.
Liberty Square
Museums and stately landmarks surrounded this central square, which has gardens inspired by the designs of the Palace of Versailles.
Central Market
Arrive hungry at Belo Horizonte’s lively food market and fill up on a huge variety of local street-food specialties, such as feijoada or liver with jiló.
Seventh of September Square
Look up at the famous Lollipop that rises from a large square platform at the heart of this central plaza.
Top hotels in Santa Cruz
Hotel BH Inn Palmares - Easy Access to Cristiano Machado, Centerminas and Minas Shopping
Fiquei, a pedido, em um quarto no andar térreo. De maneira geral a estadia foi boa com funcionários, da recepção aos dos serviços gerais, cordiais e bem receptivos. Café da manhã simples, mas com boa qualidade. No banheiro o organizador, para colocação de sabonete e shampoo, fica embaixo do chuveiro ...
Reviewed on 26 Oct 2025
Hotel Vivenzo
Café da Manhã maravilhoso. Pessoal atencioso. Hotel antigo, precisa de uma reforma, cama e travesseiro também não eram bons.
Reviewed on 2 Jan 2026
ibis budget BH Afonso Pena Savassi
nice
Reviewed on 29 Jun 2025
Nobile Inn Pampulha
The hotel is very good
Reviewed on 24 Jul 2025
Ouro Minas Hotel Belo Horizonte, Dolce by Wyndham
High end hotel in Belo Horizonte. Room is impeccable, staff is helpful, and breakfast is one of the best continental style I ever had.
Reviewed on 2 Jan 2026
Sul America Palace Hotel
Good value, good location, decent breakfast, well renovated, very loud area but walkable to downtown attractions.
Reviewed on 20 Aug 2025
Other neighbourhoods around Santa Cruz
Campus UFMG
Campus UFMG is well liked for its museums. If you'd like to do some sightseeing in the greater Belo Horizonte area, you might plan a trip to Mineirão Stadium or Shopping Del Ray.
Pampulha
The restaurants and lake views are a few reasons travellers visit Pampulha. Though there aren't many top sights in the neighbourhood, you can visit Mineirão Stadium and Lagoa Pampulha, a few notable attractions nearby.
Floresta
If you're looking for some top things to see and do in Floresta and surrounding area, you can visit Station Square and Seventh of September Square.
Belo Horizonte Centro
You'll enjoy the bars and museums in Belo Horizonte Centro. You might want to make time for a stop at Seventh of September Square or Central Market.
Ouro Preto
Though Ouro Preto may not have many top sights, you can venture to the surrounding area to see attractions like Mineirão Stadium and Toca da Raposa 1.
Barro Preto
Travellers like the restaurants in Barro Preto, and Cultural Center Pius XII is a top attraction you might want to visit.
