TRAVEL AGENCY

Mac Viagens is the official travel agency for the 7th ICUP.

For air tickets, hotel accommodation and transportation, please contact MAC VIAGENS.

Contact us: +55.31.32816414

macmg@macviagens.com.br

CONFINS AIRPORT (about 2 and a half hour distant from Ouro Preto) / OURO PRETO / CONFINS AIRPORT pre-scheduled departures will be informed shortly.

Please note that attendees are responsible for their own arrangements and the contact shall be directly with MAC VIAGENS (English is spoken).

The 7TH ICUP Conference Venue is Ouro Preto, situated in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Ouro Preto, located 100 km from Belo Horizonte (capital of the Minas Gerais State), is the cradle of the first Brazilian Mining School and a UNESCO World Heritage. With a 300 year old history, this city counts among the most important tourist attractions in Brazil, where history and mining are intimately intertwined. With its churches and houses of the Brazilian Colonial Period, the baroque collections, the magnificent sculptures by Aleijadinho, and its museums, Ouro Preto tells a history of wealth, mining, smuggling and riots. This cultural scenery is central to an important period of Brazilian history.

HOW TO REACH OURO PRETO

Ouro Preto can be reached by bus from Belo Horizonte International Airport (CNF - Tancredo Neves International Airport, Confins), which has frequent connections to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Transport from and to the CNF airport will be provided by the conference under request (see link

If you do not use the transportation provided by the conference, you still have two possibilities: You can take a taxi from the CNF airport to Ouro Preto (about 400,00 R$). You can also take a bus from the CNF airport to the Belo Horizonte's Central Bus Station ("Rodoviária de Belo Horizonte"), and from the bus station you take another bus to Ouro Preto. The buses leave about once an hour. However, be aware that it will be difficult to find an English speaker for information outside the airport.

- In most cases, international flights go first to São Paulo (GUARULHOS AIRPORT - GRU), Rio de Janeiro (GALEÃO AIRPORT - GIG), Fortaleza (FOR), Recife (REC) and Salvador (SSA). In case you have problems to find domestic flights from these Airports to Belo Horizonte (CONFINS AIRPORT - CNF), please contact our travel agency MAC VIAGENS. Please note that the Brazilian air companies usually have restrictions to foreign credit cards. Be aware there are two airports in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.

Phone and fax in Ouro Preto and Minas Gerais: To reach Ouro Preto from other Brazilian cities, dial: 31 or 21 followed by 31 and the phone or fax number. To reach from outside Brazil, dial (55 31).

Phone and fax in Ouro Preto and Minas Gerais: To reach Ouro Preto from other Brazilian cities, dial: 31 or 21 followed by 31 and the phone or fax number. To reach from outside Brazil, dial (55 31).

Weather:

The weather in Ouro Preto in August has temperatures ranging between 18°C and 25°C during the day and between 15°C and 20°C during the night.

Local Currency:

The Brazilian monetary unit is the Real (R$), divided into 100 cents (Centavos).

Foreign Exchange:

The exchange rate available to visitors is published daily in the newspaper along with the commercial American dollar rate of the day used in official international business transactions. Cash and traveler checks, especially US Dollars, can be exchanged at most banks or exchange houses as well as at the major hotels and jewelry stores. All major credit cards are accepted. In ……… 2010, 1 USD = R$........... Subject to changes.

Visit the website

www.xe.com

for information on the exchange rate for your own country.

Time:

Ouro Preto time is GMT less 3 hours.

Electricity:

The voltage in Ouro Preto is 127 V, and the frequency is 60 Hz.

Average altitude:

1.116m. The highest point is the Itacolomi Peak, with 1.722m.