The Nice Guy’s Guide to Meeting Women in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Belo Horizonte is one of the top 10 largest Brazilian cities. Yet, it’s not always on the tourist radar, even though it offers good value for money. Weekends the nightlife is good (better than Rio de Janeiro) – especially in Savassi neighborhood. This is the best area to stay. Lourdes is also decent, but in Savassi everything is closer together.

For travel between different neighborhoods, use an app like 99 Taxi. It’s often only slightly more expensive than the congested public buses. In Brazilian cities, Google Maps app is not useful for public transport. Instead, use Moovit app to find bus routes.

Belo Horizonte Women

Belo Horizonte girls are known as “Mineiras”. You’ll find both indigenous Brazilian women in this city, as well as women of European (mostly Portuguese) descent. I’m not really into the indigenous girls, but I find the European Mineiras very attractive. Living for centuries in this exotic inland Brazilian city may have slightly altered their genes to have a few sexy, unique facial features. Or maybe a lot of them migrated from the same province of Portugal.

English levels aren’t great in Belo Horizonte. Since the city doesn’t see that many tourists, there isn’t much incentive to learn English. However, the more educated girls in the upmarket areas often speak good English.

It’s worth mentioning that some women in Belo Horizonte are more conservative than others. Not every girl you meet in a nightclub, or on an app, will hook up with you on the first night. But this is not a huge problem since the majority of the BH girls are quite sexually liberal.

Women in Belo Horizonte are amongst the friendliest in Brazil. Thus, it’s a different culture over there than e.g. in Rio. As far as nightgame and online is concerned, you should have a good time. Daygame, however, is bad.

Daygame

It was hard to find attractive girls by day in Belo Horizonte. Of course, these girls work or study. But even in the evening during the week, e.g. in Patio Savassi shopping mall, I could barely notice any attractive single women at all (one or two with some luck). On a Sunday in Patio Savassi it’s not much better than during the week.

In Centro (the center of town), daygame was also not good. The women looked very indigenous (nothing wrong with that, but they’re not my type). Boulevard Shopping Mall is even worse than Patio Savassi. Another option, BH Shopping in the upmarket neighborhood Belvedere, is a little far out. It’s larger and better than Patio Savassi, but still very few opportunities.

Moreover, I went to Santa Teresa and rented an apartment there for the weekend. It’s a small Bohemian neighborhood, with not much to see and not much potential. If you get a room right in the center in Santa Teresa, it can be decent. But then you would then need to take a taxi to Savassi to party. My room was only 10 minutes walking distance from St. Teresa’s main street, yet the neighborhood was a favela. I cut my stay short and left a day earlier.

There are other neighborhoods as well, interspersed between the above. For example, Lourdes is more or less in-between Savassi and Centro. It’s mostly residential but reasonably upmarket and a nice place to stay. Also, take note that the area close to the Central Bus station is more of a slum and less safe. (This is the case in most Latin American cities.)

Outside the city center and Savassi is what I consider to be the suburbs – and not that relevant to tourists. Apart from potentially the Mangabeiras viewpoint “Mirante de Mangabeiras”. This is the best view of the city where you can take a few photos. Mangabeiras is the richest residential neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, with huge expensive houses up against the slopes. Buritis is another upmarket neighborhood, but still daygame wasn’t good there in January, and it’s a little far out.

During my most recent visit, jogging through the streets of Savassi in the afternoon, I usually noticed one or two attractive girls. Because while jogging, you’re covering a lot of streets within a short timeframe. But, you don’t really want to interrupt your daily run for the sake of cold approach – then the workout looses its intensity. Thus, my conclusion remains the same: Daygame quality is very disappointing in Belo Horizonte.

 

Online Dating in Belo Horizonte

 

Online game was good. But, as with the nightgame (below), the women love meeting up during the weekends specifically. It seems the girls are either too tired in the week to go out, or they simply don’t want to. During the week the city felt anti-social, but weekends everyone let loose. Perhaps a classic case of:

Work hard (during the week) and Play hard (during weekends).

Online game is straight-forward in Belo Horizonte: If your photos are attractive, you’ll have fun dates. While if your profile sucks, then like anywhere else, you won’t get the results you want. If you are able to make a good connection with a girl on the date, then, typical of Brazilian girls, she most likely won’t be sexually over-inhibited.

If the girl speaks bad English, and you don’t speak Portuguese, it can be more difficult to take her home. In that case, you’d have to lead the interaction stronger (e.g. confidently suggesting where you should go next, while on the date), and rely less on verbal game. The “Google Translate” app helps though.

I almost exclusively used Tinder for Online dating over here, but Happn also has a lot of potential. Although Bumble was great in Sao Paulo, there’s almost no-one to swipe in Belo Horizonte.

Something I noticed on Tinder is that it helps a lot to stay in the upmarket neighborhoods. With a small 2km radius, if you swipe in Savassi, you’ll encounter some of the hottest girls in Brazil. But if your accommodation is in e.g. Centro or Santa Teresa, you’ll end up swiping left way more often.

If you’re looking for more serious dates in Brazil, check out Brazilian Cupid. Then set up a few dates before you even step on the plane.

 

Belo Horizonte Nightlife

 

During weekends, in the nightclubs, there were plenty of attractive girls. Nightgame is good in Belo Horizonte. But once again mostly Fridays and Saturdays. People from this city are friendlier than in Rio de Janeiro. At bars, you’ll be welcomed into social circles, as long as you are willing to start conversations. For meeting women at night (specifically during weekends), this was the best city I’ve yet been to in Brazil. But for the daytime, maybe the worst (until I went to Vitoria).

In Savassi it’s easy to find the weekend nightlife if you walk in the street in front of Patio Savassi Shopping (Av. do Contorno). Heading out for about 10 minutes walking in both directions from in front of the mall, you will find bars along the way. For example, Rockin Beer is a small outdoor bar that’s good during busy nights.

Weekends, Beb’s bar in Contorno (R$10 entrance fee during weekends) is a decent place to go after your pre-drinks (thus at around 10 pm) and before the late night clubbing. Beb’s Contorno is also a chilled place to check out on Thursday nights around 10pm (when everything else tends to be quiet). Walking past Beb’s Contorno, you can try Jacks Bar for some late night action (Entrance fee: 30 Reals). It’s best to arrive around 11h30pm to 11h45pm to avoid the line after midnight. If you get on the guest list, the entrance fee is 20 Reals before 11 pm.

There’s a large seated pre-game area during weekends around the pedestrian street: Rua Antonio de Albuquerque. Another club that looked good from the outside is Obra (30 Real entrance fee). I walked past a few times at night, but I had a good time in central Savassi, so I didn’t need to (nor feel like) going inside. Then there is Paco Pigalle, a dance club with 30 Real entrance fee. It’s very loud inside, but otherwise good for meeting a few attractive girls. It’s close to Santa Teresa neighborhood.

Rua Sapucai is another street known for a few nightlife options. I’ve been there twice. The first time before midnight it was quiet and Savassi was much better. The second time, after midnight, it looked like a poor street party area. Plenty of guys, and very few hot girls. The sort of place where you’d want to watch your pockets and valuables. However, the few seated bars in this street looked nice for taking a date or pre-drinks with friends.

Far outside the center of Belo Horizonte, in an expensive neighborhood, there’s Chalezinho club. Generally speaking, it’s more for those in their early 20s, although there are also older women in their 30s here and there. I wasn’t crazy about the Sunday night I spent clubbing there. Drinks are expensive, plus it gets very loud and thus it’s harder to have a conversation. However, it’s the only clubbing option I could find on a Sunday evening from around 8 pm to midnight. The taxi-fare is another cost you have to add to the entrance fee of 60 Reals (cheaper if you go before 8 and get on the guest-list).

I found another Sunday late afternoon (after 5pm) bar in Lourdes, during my second visit to Belo Horizonte: Cipriano Butiquim. It’s small, decent, and semi-outdoors. Good as long as it isn’t raining. Another Sunday option is Krug Bier bar in Savassi. They sometimes charge an entrance fee of R$50. The party looked half-decent with an early 20s crowd, but still way too expensive since it isn’t the largest bar.

Thursday’s you can check out the Feirinha do Savassi (Rua Tome de Souza, close to Evora bar). The Feirinha mostly revolves around outdoor street-food and beer drinking. It’s open from 4h30pm to 10pm. Not the best crowd, and mostly a social circle vibe. But with some luck, you can definitely still meet a few attractive girls.

Logistics in Belo Horizonte

With this good weekend nightlife, you’re going to need good logistics. Since it was dead in the week, you can stay in a hostel from Monday to Friday. However, weekends, definitely get an Airbnb or hotel. If I didn’t eventually get good logistics I would’ve thrown away a few good pulls.

After Rio’s bad “winter nightlife”, I went out in Belo on the first Saturday night I arrived. I got make outs, it went well. But I had no place to pull and I needed better logistics. The only problem was that the completely private Airbnb’s were very expensive. So due to my budget, I decided to look for a private room instead. This means you share the apartment with somebody else, but you still get your own room. Thus late at night, you could sneak girls in, with the risk of a negative review if you get caught. If the rules state upfront that no guests are allowed, then I don’t recommend following this route. Respect the rules, and book another apartment.

Anyway, in my case, I decided to be open and I asked the host if it is O.K to bring women to my room. I was smart in picking this host. It was a friendly new guy, eager for good reviews, and cool enough to let me have visitors over. The established “super-hosts” are often stuck-up when it comes to visitor policies, as they don’t really need your review as much as the new hosts do. Of course, its a huge negative if you rent a room, but you can’t have any visitors. In that case, you’re no better off than staying in a hostel.

If I had my own Airbnb listing, I wouldn’t mind too much if the guest brings girls over – as long as it’s not prostitutes (& he should take responsibility for the girl). If the guest is happy, then you get a great review, which is what counts in the end.

In large career-orientated cities like Sao Paulo, girls often have their own apartments. But in Belo Horizonte, it’s still a traditional city where women often stay with their families, sometimes until they marry. So, once again, logistics is very important.

Interesting Facts about Belo Horizonte

• People from Belo Horizonte (BH) tend to be born in BH and they die there as well. Its a cliché (and inside joke) in the state of Minas Gerais. If they leave the city, its usually only because of career.
• Its easier to make friends in BH than in Rio.
• Women are friendlier as well.
• Nobody lives in BH because of the large salaries (like they do in Sao Paulo). Or for the beaches and tourism (like in Rio de Janeiro). They stay there for quality of life, family, and friendship. This may partly explain why people you meet here are friendlier than they are in Rio and in Sao Paulo.
• There are no beaches in BH, but they have bars. Locals claim that the bars are BH’s beaches.
• Some would argue that BH has the best food in Brazil (Which they refer to as “Comida Mineira”).
• Objectively, the only things that this city has going for itself are family, friendship, quality of life, and the hot girls. But this by itself may be more than enough for a lot of people.

 

Belo Horizonte Experiences

Apart from the good nightgame, I was also swiping on Tinder, and getting good matches. So I didn’t care too much about the bad daygame.

First Tinder Pull

The problem in the past for me has been staying in hostels, thus no place to pull. At times, I’ve asked hosts in person “can I bring visitors?” and some assholes would say “no”. As mentioned above, this time around, I was looking for a host that could really use a good review, a newer listing. And this guy was decent enough to let me bring guests over.

So the next part was to find a girl. I swiped her on Tinder. She was giving me good vibes on the app, briefly engaging in a master/slave roleplay while texting. So I didn’t waste time and suggested we meet up. I picked a place not too far from the center of the city.

I made my moves early on but she was going to give me hours upon hours of resistance. Very often, after 1 hour they’re ready to kiss and make out, and before 2 hours have gone, you’re both naked in your bedroom. Yet this one wanted me to work hard. It’s her way of justifying to herself afterwards that she was neither “easy” nor “slutty”. Because having sex on the first date might conflict with how society taught her to think.

So when I made my move after 45 minutes, we immediately kissed. I could’ve gone in earlier, but I took my time. Next, I suggested we go somewhere more relaxed, but she objected: “You are really getting ahead of things so fast…”. Thus, I needed to make her feel more comfortable first. On the other hand, she needed more alcohol to work through her tons of sexual shame. So she ordered another beer. And after that another one. Meanwhile, I asked her about her logistics. She lived with her father – not good.

Anyway, I could see where this is going… More and more alcohol. Until she finally drowned her sexual shame in a pool of vomit. Maybe even passing out. However, I didn’t want this to happen. I wanted her sober. So I suggested: let’s go have a glass of wine in my Airbnb instead. It took a lot of convincing, and she clearly wanted to get drunk. Or perhaps she wanted me to get drunk… with her. However, I’m not into heavy drinking. My mind doesn’t harbor huge amounts of self-hate nor sexual guilt, at all.

So initially, for the first few hours, this girl displayed a lot of resistance towards the idea of hooking up. But after spending a couple of hours with me in the bedroom [details censored], she didn’t want to leave. It was getting late though, and I didn’t feel like spending the night with her, so I politely suggested we should each go to our own bed. Begrudgingly she got up and used an app to organize her lift home.

Second Tinder Pull

The second Saturday, I had another tinder date. Plus, I was supposed to meet a girl from Couchsurfing later that night at 11pm at a nightclub. But since this date was at 6pm, I had enough time. I felt very free from outcome. Mindset: I hope this date goes somewhere, but if it doesn’t, I’ll have fun anyway later tonight. Of course, this is the best attitude while dating.

“Whatever happens, I’ll find a way to have fun anyway.”

It’s perfect “non-neediness“.

This date went a lot quicker. The girl was very comfortable with herself. She didn’t need to get drunk before she could justify doing something very natural and normal (thus having sex).

When she showed up, for a split second, I noticed she was hotter than her pics. First thought: damn, she’s hot, does this mean less chance of hooking up? But this thought only lasted a split-second. I then reminded myself, the hotter the girl you meet, the better for you. I needed to make sure I have a positive mindset. Otherwise, I’d shoot myself in the foot. None of this bad mindset: “She’ll be easier to pull if shes e.g. an 8 instead of a 9… or a 7 instead of an 8”. Mindset is half the battle, the other half is logistics. And this time, my logistics was 100%.

So the night started in a vegan café. It was her suggestion, and good enough to get her to meet up. But I wanted to move it somewhere more exciting. So after the first drink, I suggested we go to a bar with outdoor seating. Its a better atmosphere. There I started kissing her, got some physicality going, and talked about a lot of different subjects. Relating to her, while she was relating to me. We had a normal dating conversation, consisting of a genuine interest in her, her hobbies, etc. Along with sharing some of my own interests, and some flirting, teasing, and physicality. She was completely open in conversation, thus I could tell the attraction was there.

Now I told her we can drink wine at my apartment, but obviously, wine is only an excuse. She had some resistance like it was 50/50 for her to come home with me, or go home to her house to sleep. She needed a little nudge, for which the wine was the right motivator. There was a problem with the taxis, they didn’t have as much fuel due to strikes across the country. So she was concerned about not being able to get back to her house, after going to my Airbnb. But I reassured her that I’ll help her get home afterwards, and of course, that we won’t stay too long. So we got a taxi to my Airbnb. We could’ve walked the 15 minutes, but rather make it as easy and convenient as possible.

When we took the lift up to my Airbnb, the girl told me, out of the blue: “There’s something I have to tell you first… I know I told you something different earlier tonight, but… I… I…  haven’t shaved in a long, long while.”

Um… O.K. Now we were both clear that this isn’t only about drinking wine. The lift arrives, I take the key out to open the Airbnb door.

You can guess how this story ended…

…

“hairy pussy”

 

1st Nightgame pull

Since there was a truck driver strike all over Brazil which caused fuel shortages, my last Friday night in B.H. was very quiet. The strike badly affected inland cities like Belo Horizonte. Savassi is the party area, and girls come from other neighborhoods to party there. So when there is no public transport, then there is no way to go partying. Some clubs were closed that night because of the petrol shortage.

I eventually found one small bar to party. There were barely any girls. One of the girls I approached introduced me to her friend. We kissed, and I didn’t want to miss an extra opportunity to fine-tune my pulling skills. This specific girl wasn’t an 8 or 9, more like a 7, but once again, it was a very quiet night. So I took her outside the club… And from there, walked to my Airbnb.

In hindsight, if you ever pull a girl that you aren’t crazy about afterwards, it’ll help you pick a better girl next time.

2nd Nightgame pull

I went out on my own, “sarging solo”, and found a nice bar to party in Savassi. I was still getting a feel for the place, when a guy approaches me and asks that I join their group. There was a girl who wanted to meet me. When attractive women (directly or indirectly) approach you, it’s always good, because you have the pre-selection going for you. All I had to do is to “be my confident self”. “Be yourself” is useless advice. Be your “confident” self is much better.

So, to cut a long story short, I spent between 7 and 8 hours with her, until I could take her home. Right when we met, I summed up the situation that she’s out partying with friends – she wouldn’t immediately go home with me. Yet, it was a good investment of my time, with her showing strong interest.

It turned out later that the gay friend pointed me out to her while describing me as the “handsome guy” over there. He was the “cock-enabler”, as opposed to the “cock-block” which you sometimes encounter. The downside to this is he started flirting with me as well and tried to get a threesome. I know, it sounds f#cked up, because it is. Of course, I stayed non-reactive, politely turned him down, assured him I’m 100% heterosexual. I was tolerant of his behavior because he continuously talked me up to the girl. And he got the message (that I’m non-negotiably straight) soon enough. At least this was a good sign that I’m winning in the looks department (Which can be improved with better grooming, style/fashion, and fitness).

The biggest obstacle to the pull was that, apart from being hot, probably a 9 on the looks scale, the girl was also very spontaneous and outgoing. Thus there were continuously other guys trying to “get with her”, and I had to fend them off throughout the night. When I was in my early 20s, before I knew game, I was, at times, a pushover. I would’ve probably let her slip. But now, being a hardened veteran, its easy enough to simply tell the other guys to f#ck-off, either verbally or non-verbally. If your gut feeling tells you another guy is trying to get into her pants, simply pull her in and show some intimacy like a kiss. You’ll notice the other dudes disappear.

Furthermore, AMOG-ing is quite a thing in Belo Horizonte (Acronym for Alpha Male Of the Group). The local guys here love to throw you off balance, by trying to embarrass you to frame you as the Beta male. For example, local guy: “She’s beautiful.. you tell her now how beautiful she is” (saying it within hearing distance of the girl). I respond by simply talking shit right back at them. Guy Séduire: “I prefer to show her my affection instead of telling her”. Then I go for another make out in front of the other guy – AMOG attempt backfired.

Lastly, at some point politics came up in the discussion. She said some things I disagree with, but I simply ignored her political views and made sure the pull happens. Thus, although it is sometimes fun to push dating limits by discussing politics, sometimes it’s smarter to stick with your plan. This is hopefully to take her home, and not to convert her, politically.

The end of the night, or the next morning at around 7 am, we enter her apartment. Her gay friend goes to his own bed and room, while I join the girl in her double bed and private room. Her awesome lean body, once again, reaffirming my belief that fat on a woman is simply an impediment to better love-making. In conclusion, sometimes you gotta stick with the girl the whole night, to make good things happen the next morning.

Belo Horizonte Conclusion

On the first Saturday that I arrived in BH, I made out with 2 girls but stayed in an Airbnb room that strictly forbid guests. I ejected the first girl, due to her (and my) bad logistics. She lived with her parents. Then I found a new girl, but at the end of the night it turned out that she was too conservative. Yet, when I fixed my logistics problem, it was like the floodgates to women were opened.

Like most other Brazilian cities, this place is unique. If you’re traveling as a tourist, you’ll probably get bored after 4 or 5 days. But if you have the opportunity to stay a little longer, maybe while working remotely, then you’ll have an interesting, fun seduction experience in Belo Horizonte.

 

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In 2019, I spent a weekend in BR Hostel in Savassi. It’s a comfortable, upmarket and well-located hostel. But since BH is not a very touristic city, there were very few guests.

Although I spent time in Belo Horizonte in 2021, I didn’t update the post above. Instead, I kept the updates for the e-book supporters. Thus, get the 2nd edition of my e-book at Amazon, to find out more about Belo H. in 2021: The Nice Guy’s Guide To Meeting Brazilian Women (2nd edition).

Here’s a few things you’ll find out in the e-book:

• Which app (apart from Tinder) did I use for a quick B-H hookup in 2021?
• The hidden-away, not so obvious, upmarket nightlife area when you want a break from Savassi. I partied there when the commies shut Savassi’s nightlife in 2021 with early evening curfews.
• What’s it like in that other Minas Gerais city: Juiz De Fora.
• More raunchy authentic Brazil field reports and stories.

Appendix: Ouro Preto

A popular excursion from Belo Horizonte is to visit Ouro Preto, a colonial former mining town 2 hours away by bus. The only real touristic attraction (for men) in O.P. is that it’s a scenic place. There is a university, but when I visited it was vacation time. Thus it was very quiet. I spent some time with a cute European tourist. When I approached her, she stood out like a sore thumb amongst the local indigenous inhabitants of Ouro Preto. There wasn’t really any other approach opportunities.

What was your experience while visiting Belo Horizonte? Do you have any other tips for guys traveling in Brazil? Post your advice or questions in the comments section below!