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Tour Granite quarry and salt mountains

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Booking of the excursion «Granite quarry and salt mountains» is possible only in advance, due to the fact that on the granite quarry there are explosions.
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Route: MinskSoligorskMikashevichyMinsk
Distance: 400 km
Duration: 10:00 hour
Excursion subject: Factory excursions
Kind: Bus-Walking tours
Language of training: Russian
What is the brand and our idea of the country? Belarus is many-sided, beautiful and interesting. Among the famous brands you will find OJSC «Belaruskali» and RUE «Granit» - about them and will be discussed on this excursion.
The excursion program

The excursion program - Granite quarry and salt mountains

  • Gathering the group
    Gathering the group
  • Moving
    Moving in Soligorsk (140 km)
  • Museum

    Museum of Labor Glory «Belaruskaliy», is the historical, cultural, and educational center of the enterprise, city, and district. Here you can see more than a thousand exhibits characterizing the history, production, economy, social sphere of «Belaruskaliy», as well as objects of material and spiritual culture of historical, scientific, artistic and moral value.

  • Attraction
    Attraction Salt mountains (visual inspection)
    Terrikons, «Salt heaps», «Soligorsk Mountains», «Belarusian Iceland» - as soon as they do not call the local «landmark» of the city of Soligorsk. Indeed, amazing landscapes are breathtaking and attract the eye. Dangerous beauty looks like real mountains. For the sake of beautiful species, it is not necessary to go to forbidden territory, everything is visible from afar: huge salt dumps in the background of a densely populated young city.
  • Moving
    Moving in Mikashevichi (70 km)
  • Attraction
    Attraction Granite quarry
    Granite quarry in Mikashevichi is a unique place in Belarus not only because more than forty years of mining granite, but also because it is the largest granite quarry in Europe. Of course, the quarry impresses with its scale and resembles a huge industrial amphitheater. Even the huge 45-ton BELAZes seem small and slow. The quarry is actively expanding and only becomes deeper with the years. Vivid impressions and magnificent photos from viewing platforms on excursions are guaranteed to you!
  • Moving
    Moving in Minsk (210 km)
  • The end of the tour

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