União 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 União
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
Gran Vivenzo Cidade Nova
room, spotless, staff, great, location great, I will stay again, check out at 2 pm is a big plus!
Reviewed on 11 Dec 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
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
Normandy Hotel
Positive: This is a good hotel. The location is excellent. The breakfast is very good with different kind of food. The staff are polite and helpful. The room is spacious and the shower is very good. Negative: It is difficult to watch tv, because the image freezes every minute. We called the front ...
Reviewed on 17 Oct 2025
Other neighbourhoods around União
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.
Ouro Minas
Ouro Minas might not have many top sights, but Minas Shopping and Shopping Estação BH are two attractions nearby that you can check out.
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.
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.
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.
Santa Efigenia
You'll enjoy the shopping and theatres in Santa Efigenia. You might want to make time for a stop at Boulevard Shopping Belo Horizonte or Afonso Pena Avenue.
