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- Minsk - Dudutki - Mir - Novogrudok (2 days)
The capital of Belarus is Minsk and the first capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is Novogrudok. The medieval giant is the Mir Castle and its luxurious interiors. The place where folk masters cherish the ancient traditions of Belarus. In this round, the story will come to life day after day before your eyes.
The excursion program - Minsk - Dudutki - Mir - Novogrudok (2 days)
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Gathering the group at the railway station Minsk
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Breakfast
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tour Minsk city tour
Daily group or individual tour around Minsk (или Minsk city tour) by bus from the railway station with the best guides. During the trip you will see the most interesting sights of the city - the capital of the Republic of Belarus. Wide avenues and cozy streets, the historical part of old Minsk, the Minsk city Hall and the Island of Tears. The tour takes 3 hours and you will get off the bus 2 times for walking. After the tour, it will be easy for you to navigate the city, the guide will answer any questions and tell you about the best cafes and shops in Minsk.
You will see: Nezavisimosti Avenue, Freedom Square, Ruins of Minsk ancient castle (visual inspection), Trinity suburb, National Library of Belarus (visual inspection), Island of courage and sorrow (visual inspection), A sports complex Minsk-Arena (visual inspection) -
Lunch
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tour Dudutki
Excursion to Dudutki from Minsk is a great opportunity to get acquainted with the traditions of Belarusian life, crafts and cooking, visit craft workshops, and also get many vivid impressions without going far from the city. The museum complex is located only 40 kilometers from Minsk, so the road will take a minimum of time. The entire excursion lasts 5.5 hours, including the road, which makes it a convenient option for a short trip.
During the excursion to Dudutki you will see the only working windmill in Belarus, learn the secrets of making bread, butter and traditional alcohol, and watch the work of craftsmen. The program will end with a tasting of fresh products: homemade bread, cheese, butter and local moonshine.
Excursion to Dudutki from Minsk can be organized both as part of a group and individually for tourists or corporate groups. This is a convenient and profitable solution, as it allows you to adapt the route to the interests of the group and make the holiday as comfortable as possible. -
Check in
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Breakfast
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Check out
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tour Mir Castle
The world and Mir Castle Complex - two inseparably linked names. Tourists gather here from different corners of the planet that personally will enjoy idle greatness of the medieval giant. One of perfect examples of fortification of the time and an object of the World heritage of UNESCO will undoubtedly strike with both architectural wealth, and magnificent interiors, and fascinating history. However costs attention and the town – it is at least one century more senior than the lock and has not less interesting story opened by archeologists. Touch also you century history.
You will see: Holy Trinity Church in Mir (visual inspection), St. Nicholas church in Mir (visual inspection), Mir Castle Complex, Chapel-burial vault of Svyatopolk-Mirsky family -
Lunch
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Moving in Novogrudok (50 km)
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St. Michael the Archangel Church in Novogrudok (visual inspection)
At the beginning of the 17th century representatives of a Catholic award – Dominicans located in Novogrudka. For them the church was also built that combines elements of magnificent and festive baroque and late classicism. What was only not seen by the temple: soldiers and fires, granary and furniture warehouse, desolation and elimination of an award. However in the best times at a church the monastery and school worked. The writer and politician Adam Mickiewicz studied at school of this.
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St. Nicholas Cathedral in Novogrudok (visual inspection)
At the beginning of the 14th century the Grand duke Lithuanian Gedemin invited in Novogrudok Frantsiskantsev. About hundred years they worked on creation of the temple – Saint Anthony's church. The temple is complete - but in 50 years the Catholic award is forced to leave the monastery. However, despite destiny milestones, it reached our time, let a little modified. In the city you still should learn about its history and a role.
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Adam Mickiewicz Museum
The Adam Mickiewicz House-Museum in Novogrudok is included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus (1st category). The museum is not only a biographical museum exposition, but also an “open-air” museum. The estate of the early 19th century has been restored here: a house, an outbuilding, a barn, a well, a gazebo. Among the exhibits: personal belongings (watches, glasses). The exposition includes items related to A. Mickiewicz and his entourage. Exhibitions are held in the basement of the museum and the underground passage that connects the house with the outbuilding.
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Novogrudsky Castle ruins (visual inspection)
Novogrudok – the first capital of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The city with thousand-year history kept surprising landscapes of hills and the woods, the view of which opens from Zamkova Hora. And on it ruins of the majestic castle where many centuries Mindovg was crowned back tower. The Novogrudsky lock, located at hill top, is visible for many kilometers from the city – its towers as if giants, are cut down from a boulder, from a distance reported about power and greatness of fortress. -
Farny Catholic Church in Novogrudok (visual inspection)
Novogrudok Farny Church of the Transfiguration is one of the oldest and most significant Catholic shrines in Belarus. This church is located in Novogrudok at the foot of Zamkova Hill on 1st May Street. Built at the end of the 14th century by Grand Duke Vytautas, the church was initially constructed in the Gothic style and later rebuilt in the Sarmatian Baroque style in the 18th century.
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Moving in Minsk (150 km)
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Transfer to the railway station
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➥The end of the tour