One among only a handful of English-speaking guides is a man named Pedro Paulo Pinto Jr., who may be reached at 55 31 99067717. Michael Uhl (Frommer's Travel Guide)

Our own guide, Pedro Paulo Pinto, whom I highly recommend, may be contacted at 55 31 99067717 or write to him at opt@ouropretotravel.com Blaise Simpson (Los Angeles Times)

It was a most excellent tour.  I was expertly guided to good accommodations and enjoyable dining.  The transportation could not have been better.  Considering that we needed to travel to many different and far-removed sites in an area bigger than California and still managed to visit all of them on time is miraculous.  I would recommend Ouro Preto Travel to anyone. David Williamson (Tennessee - USA)

My family and I were very satisfied with out 3 days spent in Minas Gerais.  Pedro Paulo Pinto was an excellent guide, and did his best to accommodate us. I hope he was satisfied with our Tip! I'm very glad he was able to accompany us for 3 days. We had 5 or 6 tour guide during our stay in Brazil, but he was the best. I would recommend Ouro Preto Travel and Pedro to my friends going to Brazil. Bill Sano (Salem Massachsuetts, USA)

To our wonderful guide Pedro Paulo, thanks to you, our visit of Minas Gerais will stay in our mind. Thank you for your humor, culture and kindness. Hope everything is OK for you and your lovely wife. Pedro, do you have any evaluation form we could fill ? If no, what do you think about this? This summer we visited the region of Belo Horizonte and our travel has been a big success. We choose the  package you can see below. If we were to give a grade from 0 to 10, this is what I would do. Transportation 10/10 the mini bus was confortable, the driver expert and the roads are super. Hotels 10/10 the Pousada were so beautyful,confortable and the breakfast  delicious!!! Restaurants 10/10 the Minas Geiras' cuisine is excellent. The guide 15/10 Pedro , thank You so much for this trip. You are so cultured, so kind and so patient. Suavis Nahimana, Luc and Alexis Vandeweerd, Suzon Lefebvre (Bridel - Grand Duché de Luxembourg)

Hi....we thought Pedro was an excellent guide!  He was professional, yet friendly,  with a great sense of humor.  We felt very relaxed with him and we learned so much about the history of Ouro Preto. He is really an expert on the history of the churches, the town, the culture and even on the minerals & gemstones.  He recommended great places to eat and we enjoyed all of them very much.  The pizza place (Passos?) was excellent as was Flute de Bene's  where we ate two delicious meals.  He also directed us to a great Gemstone dealer (ITA Gemas) that we thought was extremely professional and very skilled in his field.  All of his tips were correct and much appreciated! I have already referred Pedro to several American friends in Campinas that wish to travel to the beautiful town of Ouro Preto Tracey Nelson (North Carolina - USA)

Dear Pedro, how are you? Cristiano and I are back to Italy and back to our routine life. We are astonished in realising how impressed we were about our Brazilian trip but above all how much we enjoyed and appreciated the tour we had with you; after Minas Gerais we visited other regions, other cities, other sites, as beautiful as yours but I'm sorry (and proud) to say that not as involving as the ones we visited with you. And we know that the difference was your presence, your kindness and your passion. For this reasons we want to thank you once again for having made us appreciate so much your beautiful country. We'll be remembering Pedro Paulo and Minas Gerais for years to come. Love. Letizia Matarrese and Cristiano (Rome - Italy)

Pedro, so good to hear from you. Our visit to Ouro Preto and meeting you was a highlight of our trip for which we are most grateful. Your organisational skills were much appreciated given our lack of local language skills. Room for improvement would be hard to find.  However some very minor suggestions and they concern advice at the start. We did not know until the end that the hotel (which we thought was an excellent choice) provided a shuttle service to the town centre which would have made us more adventurous in the evening, we wish to have been informed on arrival of what was provided or  available I wish we had been told where to go to for Minas Gerais cooking earlier, the food was so much more interesting than the usual  'tourist' spaghetti and steak restaurants, our last meal on your recommendation was superb, a highlight again The hotel did not have heating thus the rooms were very cold (but all other features were excellent)  we were also grateful for arranging an early morning breakfast on the last morning. We enjoyed your sense of humour matched to your knowledge of the history of the area.  We recall your' tropics, catholic and Portuguese' quote as the perfect summary of Brazil which we think has a 'wow' factor a real buzz. Wish you and the family (Pedro 1,2 and 3?) good health and success in the future. Should you ever arrive in Australia please contact me on our home email Marcel Colman (Australia)

Where shall I start?  Fayanne, my mother, and I had such a wonderful time in Ouro Preto.  By sharing your knowledge of the history of the region and your familiarity with the towns we visited, you greatly enriched our trip.  Your restaurant recommendations were fantastic.  Most of all, you were charming company and we felt very well taken care of. Laura Riegelhaupt (Massachusetts - USA)

Thanks for the unforgetable tour through Ouro Preto Paul & Wendela Elsinger (Holland)

We had a wonderful time in Ouro Preto; it was absoultely beautiful. You were great; very informative.Mamta Tailor (New Jersey - USA)

My wife and I would like to thank you for your fine company and guiding in Ouro Preto. We enjoyed ourselves very much Desmond Senior (Brussels - Belgium)

 ... but mainly, this is to thank you for all your help with our trip to Ouro Preto. The friendliness and professionalism of everyone with whom we dealt, stand in great credit to your country Declan Clark (London - UK)

I would like to commend Pedro Paulo Pinto Jr., not only for a job well done, but for one above and beyond that which would be expected. Sam Rose (Knoxville Friendship Force)

For travelers to Brazil, here is the name of one excellent guide by whom we were led. Personable, very knowledgeable and good conversationalist: Pedro Paulo Pinto Jr. Mildred Garretson (International Travel News)

Hi Pedro. Thank you for looking after as so well, we were very impressed with Minas Gerais and hope to be back in the future. The Transportation and The attention that we received was First class. The restaurants and the food were superb. The Hotel in Ouro Preto was good. Over all we had a good time and we learned a great deal about the history of Brazil specially about the churches and the mining industry. Thank you for great time. Best Regards. Miguel Diez. (London - UK)