Overview
Tour name: “Beauty Belarus” Grand tour
Duration 11 days
Start: National Airport Minsk
The program includes:
Accommodation in standard single room, 3* hotel
Transportation by a comfortable cars along the tour
Excursions according to the program
Accompanying the tour by a guide
Meals (as described)
Entrance tickets to museums
Insurance
Day 1
Arrival in National airport Minsk. Welcome by the local guide. Transfer to the hotel, check-in.
Overnight stay.
Day 2
Breakfast at the hotel. Sightseeing tour in Minsk: Independence Square, Freedom Square, Trinity Suburb, Holy Spirit Cathedral, Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, Yakub Kolas Square, Victory Square, National Library. Departure to the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve. Arrival. Overnight stay.
Day 3
Breakfast at the hotel. Walking tour through the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve. This reserve has a special significance not only for Belarus, but for the whole Europe due to the biological diversity and uniqueness of nature. There are dense forests, marshy swamps, clean reservoirs and clear meadows. Tourists will get acquainted with the life of wild animals and birds, untouched corners of nature. Photo-safari from the special shelters. Boating. Departure to the Vitebsk. Arrival, rest.
Day 4
Breakfast at the hotel. City tour of Vitebsk. Free time for lunch. Visit to the home and art-center of the world-known artist. You will find delight in spotting a monument to Mark Chagall depicting him captivated by his dreams and a tiny figure of a flying woman symbolizing his wife Bella and a building of the famous Vitebsk People’s Art School encouraged by Mark Chagall and his opponent, world famous artist Kazimir Malevic. Some other monuments are to be discovered along the embankments of the Western Dvina. Free time. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 5
Breakfast at the hotel. This morning we’ll depart for an excursion to Polotsk, (100 km), one of the most ancient cities of the Eastern Slavs. Polotsk is considered the spiritual center of Belarus. An archaeological expedition of the Institute of History of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus suggests that Polotsk already existed in the first half of the 9th century. The Norse sagas describe the city as the most heavily fortified in all of Rus.On arrival, we shall embark on a city tour of Polotsk including a visit to the Savior Ephrosiniya Convent where one can see miracle-working relics of the Saint that had been kept for more than 900 years, St. Sophia Cathedral and other considerable buildings of the past. Departure to Minsk. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 6
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Brest.
This morning we depart for our excursion to Mir and Nesvizh, culminating in Brest. Our first stop will be at Mir (100 km), where we visit the Mir Castle, an example of a purely Belarusian stone defensive architecture of the 16th century. Some free time to stroll about on your own. Afterwards, we continue the drive to Nesvizh (30 km.) - a magnificent Catholic Cathedral of the Divine Body of the Christ built in 1593 to a design of an Italian architect Yan Mariya Bernardoni. The Cathedral is famous for a family burial-vault of the many generations of the Radziwills and its frescoes. Visit Nesvizh Palace (the residence of the Radzivills) and the museum in the Palace and the park. The Palace and Park Ensemble are included in the Heritage List of UNESCO monuments. Arrival to Brest. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 7
Breakfast at the hotel. City tour. Visit the Brest Fortress Memorial: preserved ruins and separately symbolic monuments. The tour includes a visit to the Museum of the Brest Fortress Defense. Departure to the National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”. Arrival at Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Dinner. Rest.
Day 8
Breakfast at the hotel. Observation of wild animals. Belovezhskaya Pushcha was the favorite hunting place for the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his retinue. The guide will tell to the tourists about rich history of the forest, incidents with hunters, cases from the life of wildlife. Biking. Departure to Minsk. Arrival, rest. Overnight stay.
Day 9
Breakfast at the hotel. Free time, shopping.
Day 10
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to complex “Stalin Line” is located close to Loshany agro-town of Minsk region. Free time.
Day 11
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to National airport Minsk. Departure from Belarus.
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