Tour Old-Vilensky way - Zalesie-Soly-Kushlyany-Zhuprany

The cost of the tour Old-Vilensky way - Zalesie-Soly-Kushlyany-Zhuprany for individual and corporate groups

The cost of the tour	2-7	8-19	20-52	53-68
The cost for the group	29'922	48'175	73'336	77'425	Book
Price for 1 person in the group	from 4'275	from 2'536	from 1'410	from 1'139	Book

Included in the price

certified guide services
transport services

Additional charge

lunch
entrance tickets
- Museum F. Bogushevich in Kushlyanah 106 / 53
- Museum-Estate Oginski 265 / 159

Route: Minsk → Smorgon → Minsk

Distance: 300 km

Duration: 12:00 hour

Excursion subject: For schoolchildren, Holy places excursions, Excursions to the castles, Ethnographic

Kind: Bus tours

Language of training: Russian

The excursion «Starovilensky Route» is a one-day tour along the route Zalesie – Soly – Kushlyany – Zhuprany, dedicated to traveling one of the most important historical roads of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Just like nine centuries ago, this route starts in Minsk and leads to Vilnius — the capital of the once-great state.

As part of the tour, you will visit the Oginski estate in Zalesie, where the outstanding composer, statesman, and diplomat Michał Kleofas Oginski lived. You will also explore the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Soly and the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Smarhon.

In addition, you will visit the Frantsishak Bahushevich museum-estate “Kushlyany” — the place where the classic of Belarusian literature lived and worked. The tour will conclude at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Zhuprany, a 19th-century architectural monument tied to the cultural and religious history of the region.

The one-day tour «Starovilensky Route» is ideal for anyone interested in the history, culture, and architectural heritage of Belarus. Upon request, individual tours along the route Zalesie – Soly – Kushlyany – Zhuprany can be organized based on participants’ preferences.

The excursion program

The excursion program - Old-Vilensky way - Zalesie-Soly-Kushlyany-Zhuprany

Gathering the group
Moving in Zalese (120 km)
Palace and Park Ensemble in Zalesie - Oginsky manor
The Oginski Estate in Zalesse is one of the most famous historical and cultural landmarks in Belarus. It belonged to the renowned composer and political figure Michał Kleofas Oginski, who transformed it into a center of culture and arts, known as the "Northern Athens." The estate complex includes a neoclassical palace, a picturesque landscape park, a pond, and a rotunda. It was here that Oginski created many of his works, although his famous polonaise "Farewell to the Homeland" was, according to some sources, composed in Venice. After the composer's death, the estate gradually fell into decline, but in the 21st century, it was restored and opened as a museum and cultural center.
Moving in Smorgon (12 km)
Church of St. Archangel Michael in Smorgon (visual inspection)
The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Smorgon is a majestic Neo-Gothic temple that captivates with its beauty and history. Tall spires, exquisite stained glass windows, and a unique atmosphere attract travelers seeking to touch the past.
Lunch
At the request of a group lunch can be arranged in one of the cafes or on the town of Smorgon rural homestead. In the summer time possible picnic outdoors.
Moving in Soly (16 km)
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ruzhenсevoj in Soly (visual inspection)
The very impressive appearance of the church certainly makes an impression. Asymmetrical and graceful, it is unlike any other temple. A graceful and elegant embodiment of the Art Nouveau style. Let's take a look inside - very non-trivial fresco scenes will not leave you indifferent. Defense of the Jasnogorsk Monastery in Częstochowa in 1655 during the Swedish invasion of the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the «Miracle over the Vistula» from the Soviet-Polish War 1919- 1921 Do you know where the armistice agreement was signed between Germany and then Soviet Russia? Welcome to Soli.
Moving in Kushlyany (8 km)
Museum-Estate of Francis Bogushevich «Kushliany»
In Grodnenshchina, in the settlement of Kushlyany, in 1896 Frantisek Bogushevich has built own house. He has put in him heart and soul and has spent the last years of life here. Exactly here, walking on rooms of the poet, you learn about his great personality. Here you will hear about his first poetic collections: "A belarusky pipe", "Smyk беларуск і" - such simple names, but such deep meaning. This very atmospheric place has kept for us the house, a stone adrina, an arbor. The poet is remembered also by avenues of the park put by his hands and a stone a hiding place. A hiding place which stored manuscripts in the native language in which it was forbidden to write. Also locals who together with admirers on a stone hiding place left an inscription remember the poet-lawyer: "Pamyatsi Matseya Burachka. 1900"
Moving in Zhuprany (11 km)
Сhurch of St. Peter and Paul in Zhuprany (visual inspection)
The Peter and Paul church in Zhupranakh in style of a neogothic style is a monument of architecture of the 19th century, the operating church, national property of the Belarusian edge. The church has been put in 1852 by the count Adam Gutten-Chapsky. The majestic and monumental building, with really special architecture and powerful walls - Zhupran ornament, «the Starovilensky way» and the Belarusian earth.
Moving in Minsk (140 km)
➥

The end of the tour