After a summer with the favorable change for a holiday with temperate sea and cheese to the embers; Unlocked needs of air fryers, electric pots and other overflowing purchases (with the inevitable comment: “As in the 80s and 90s”); Brazil You have destinations that reaffirm that you always have something else to impact.
Of course, the relationship Real-Peso It provides the possibility for Argentines to explore hidden points of the neighboring country.
In this equation, know the INHOTIM INSTITUTE It deserves to be on the list of slopes. The place is a 140 -hectare park, installed between the Atlantic Mata and the closed -two of the richest biomes in biodiversity and more threatened on the planet -, which has Art galleriesspaces of sculptures y landscaping
The project was born as a Extravagant idea of the megamillonario mining businessman Bernardo de Mello Paz. For personal interest, in the 80s, he began buying art pieces for his weekend farm, where the museum works today, already design exterior spaces that gave relevance to the sculptures.
The collection was growing, and also curiosity in specialized circles to know such eccentricity. That led Mello Paz to receive students and, in 2006, open the property to the public.
Microclima with art
To immerse yourself in this universe, it is necessary Brumadinho. Although it is also possible to arrive after six hours by car from Rio de Janeiro.
Once at the entrance, the route begins aboard electrical carts. These compact self -ones will carry through roads surrounded by thick green and birds to galleries, gardens, lagoons and barcitos, indispensable to relax the day.
The most precious stop will be those of the exclusive Yayoi Kusama facilities. This Japanese artist, who is 96 today, is famous for his works of infinite and colorful moles that he replied even in a special edition of Louis Vuitton portfolios and on the facade of his own museum, in Tokyo.
His interventions in Inhotim They are a Cutting from your hallucinations, obsessions and traumas deep, and they are the star works of the museum.
The first one is a Dark room with the walls and roof of mirrorsgrooves with water on the floor – a trap for distracted – and countless lamps of different shapes and sizes that do not stop assigning.
It is followed by a retro living with millions of round circles of fluorescent colors that contrast in the dark.
After this dive, the visit will continue in the other galleries installed in straight concrete constructions, rounded or with glazed panels that are unexpected in the tropical landscape.
The museum is composed of 24 galleries that exhibit about 500 pieces -mostly, of contemporary Brazilian artists-, sculptures and outdoor facilities.
In addition, the circuit is interspersed by Five artificial lagoons With emerald green water that add up to 3.5 hectares of water mirrors and give freshness.
The brightness of nature
But in Inhotim Not everything is art. Nature dominates and deserve your full attention hours.
With that slogan, the second day can be used to discover the parks that Mello Paz began to design in its beginnings and that later became part of the institute.
The unmissable focus is the Garden of the senseswhich promises (and complies) to take a multisensory experience.
The area is divided into three circular mandals with quarries that contain More than 70 species of plants Medicinal and aromatic that visitors can play, smell, try. But, be careful, there is also a sector of toxic and carnivorous varieties.
In addition, the area has 75 hectares of forest fragments with immensity of botanical species. Many of them, originally from the region, rare, endemic or endangered. The guides proudly have more than 1,200 plants, including cactus, orchids and other botanical families in 2024.
More jewels: the 17 thousand orchids planted in 48 palm trees in a green redoubt between two modern construction galleries.
Design atmosphere
To continue exuberance, the golden brooch is given by the stay in the clear art resortwhich is within the area of Inhotim. The hotel was inaugurated in December 2024 and is the third of the Brazilian chain Clara.
A large pool in the middle of the natural environment catches the view. Around them are the social areas and the whole of individual bungalows. All these environments are decorated with clear wooden furniture and sophisticated lines and, at the same time, in accordance with the environment.
While the extra dose of art is provided by the spa pool, Designed by the artist José Patrício and decorated with geometric tiles in 44 tones of gray.
Experience also adds your Gourmet instance. Buffet restaurant is the opportunity to know typical products minersin the versions of chef Léo Paixão, owner of one of the 100 best restaurants in Latin America, and the chef and CEO of the Taiza Krueder hotels chain.
Thus an immersion in this crazy dream and a great scaleconfirming that Brazil is much more that is beach, shopping, football and carnival.
Miniguía
- Goal has direct flights from Buenos Aires to Belo Horizonte from US $ 494 round trip (www.voegol.com.br).
• In the Clara Arte resort, the double room per night from US $ 700.
• In Brumadinho, 4 km, there are several options with a wide range of rates.
• You can also make an excursion for the day from Belo Horizonte (55 km, 1h 20 ‘travel).
• Entrance to the INHOTIM Institute: passes for half a day, from US $ 5.20; for three days full, US $ 24.10.
• The cart service for a group route costs from US $ 7 per person, and the exclusive use, from US $ 157.20.
Tickets can be bought in advance in official online systems.
Clara Resort’s guests have access to the park with carts and visits on exclusive days.
