"Lazer" street
A lovely city, located about 130km from Brasilia, a place full of nice little stores and restaurants, with an old arquitecture from 18th century, built by the portuguese who arrived looking for gold and gems.
Pizzaria do Alemão
Pirenópolis looks a lot like Paraty, with no beaches. There are many shops selling hand made household products, local art products, organic food and tapestry. Lots of shops selling jewelry, mostly silver with brazilian gems. The city
also has nice spring waterfalls. In most of them, you need to do some tracking
to get there.
Check the
official site:
One of the best
places to stay would be Pousada dos Pireneus, a big “farm hotel” with horses,
swimming pools, huge restaurant – kind of rustic chic style.
Website:
Rua do Lazer e as mesinhas
If you go, I recommend to spend the night, because it is great to walk around in
the sunset, visit a square in the center of the city, where some art craft
people have their stands selling nice things – from hand bags to typical
food. There is this hippie atmosphere, live
music in some coffee places, with a
cosmopolitan touch. Lots of foreigners moved to Piri (the nickname). Some
opened restaurants, others snack places, coffee places. You may want to look for a tiny street right in
the center of Piri, where there is “Armazen Pirenopolis” owned by a French
couple and an italian guy. (It is located in Rua Direita).
I have a post about it:
One of the
best restaurants is called Montserrat, Spanish owner. I also made a post about it in:
It is
better to make reservations for a hotel. The city is always full when there is
a holiday. Last time we stayed at the “Pousada do Frade”, simple and
charming.
One of the shops
If you want to stay only in
the hotel and forget the world, go to
Villa do Comendador:
Peace
