When someone asks which are the Spiritist cities of Brazil, the honest answer is that Spiritism has no city: it has a centre in every neighbourhood of the country. But there is a part of Minas Gerais where the history of the doctrine concentrated, and that is where the caravans go. Six of the ten cities with the highest proportion of Spiritists in Brazil are in the Triângulo Mineiro. This is a map of them, and of what to visit in each.

Why is Uberaba the city of Chico Xavier?

Uberaba, in the Triângulo Mineiro, is where Chico Xavier lived from 1959 until his death in 2002, and it is home to the Memorial Chico Xavier, the house where he lived, the Comunhão Espírita Cristã and the Grupo Espírita da Prece.

It is the base of any Spiritist route in Minas. There is the Memorial Chico Xavier, reopened in 2024, the house where he lived, now a museum with his bedroom untouched, the Comunhão Espírita Cristã, which he founded in 1959, the Grupo Espírita da Prece, where he received the public, and his tomb, in the Cemitério São João Batista. The address and opening hours of each are in Chico Xavier in Uberaba: the visiting guide.

Where is Sacramento, the city of Eurípedes Barsanulfo?

Sacramento is in the Triângulo Mineiro, close to Uberaba, and is the city where Eurípedes Barsanulfo founded the Colégio Allan Kardec, the first Spiritist school in Brazil.

Sacramento lies 75 kilometres from Uberaba. It is the city of Eurípedes Barsanulfo, who founded the Colégio Allan Kardec there in 1907, the first Spiritist school in the country. The building is open to visitors, with free admission, and houses his memorial. His story is told in who Eurípedes Barsanulfo was.

Pedro Leopoldo

This is where Chico Xavier was born, in 1910, and where he lived until he moved to Uberaba. It is about 46 kilometres from Belo Horizonte, on the other side of the state from the Triângulo Mineiro. The Casa de Chico Xavier, at Rua Pedro José da Silva, 67, in the town centre, became a museum on 2 April 2006 and is open from Wednesday to Sunday, from 2pm to 6pm, with free admission. It holds hundreds of books he channelled, in several editions, as well as objects, letters and photographs. The town also has the Praça Chico Xavier, the Centro Espírita Luiz Gonzaga and the Fazenda Modelo, where he channelled his first books. Because it is far from Uberaba, Pedro Leopoldo is included in itineraries that pass through Belo Horizonte and the historic cities, and not in the short Triângulo caravan.

Conquista

A small town between Uberaba and Sacramento, with one of the highest proportions of Spiritists in Brazil: about 15% of the population declare themselves Spiritist. It is on the caravan's route and is a stretch of the journey, not a long visit.

Why does Araxá feature on Spiritist caravan itineraries?

Araxá, in the Triângulo Mineiro, is not a Spiritist city: it is the city of the waters, and on a Spiritist caravan itinerary it is the rest day.

Lying 117 kilometres from Uberaba, the visit is to the Complexo do Barreiro, five kilometres from the centre and heritage-listed since 1989, where the springs and the historic hotel, opened in 1944, are located. Walking around the complex is free; the thermal baths are only for those staying at the hotel.

How to put the itinerary together

The classic itinerary, which is the one our caravan follows, uses Uberaba as a base and devotes one day to each neighbouring city: Uberaba, Sacramento with Conquista, and Araxá. Including the nights on the road from Porto Alegre and back, it takes eight days. Those who want to add Pedro Leopoldo and the historic cities take a longer trip, such as our Rota Espírita e Cidades Históricas, which ran for ten days in April 2026 and is described in how the Rota Espírita of April 2026 went.

Both trips leave Porto Alegre by coach. What a Spiritist caravan is, who goes and how to take part is explained in Spiritist caravan: what it is and how it works, and the upcoming dates are in all trips.