Tour Jagiello wedding at Lida Castle

The cost of the tour Jagiello wedding at Lida Castle for individual and corporate groups

The cost of the tour	2-7	8-19	20-52	53-68
The cost for the group	30'320	46'849	70'949	75'038	Book
Price for 1 person in the group	from 4'332	from 2'466	from 1'364	from 1'103	Book

Included in the price

certified guide services
transport services

Additional charge

lunch
entrance tickets
- Lida crafts center Spadchyna 204 / 204
- 663 / 610

Route: Minsk → Lida → Minsk

Distance: 350 km

Duration: 12:00 hour

Excursion subject: Ethnographic, Excursions with master class, Excursions to the castles, For schoolchildren, Animation

Kind: Bus-Walking tours

Language of training: Russian

The tour from Minsk “Jagiełło's Wedding at Lida Castle” is a unique opportunity to travel back in time and find yourself in the heart of the 15th century. On this excursion to Lida, you’ll visit the majestic St. Michael’s Cathedral, which looks more like a palace, and the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, built in the refined Vilnius Baroque style by a disciple of Johann Christoph Glaubitz. You'll explore Belarusian folk culture at the “Spadchyna” Craft Center, and the highlight of the journey will be Lida Castle — the very place where, according to legend, King Jagiełło and young Princess Sophia of Halshany celebrated their wedding. Guests will enjoy a royal feast, medieval games, archery, swordsmanship workshops, and the chance to try on knight’s armor!

This tour from Minsk is a perfect choice for anyone passionate about history, immersive experiences, and the atmosphere of the past. The excursion to Lida is suitable for individual tourists, corporate clients, and school groups. We will gladly organize the program according to your needs — including lunch, workshops, and interactive entertainment. Feel like a guest at a royal wedding — it will be an unforgettable experience!

The excursion program

The excursion program - Jagiello wedding at Lida Castle

Gathering the group
Moving in Lida (175 km)
Cathedral of St. Michael The Archangel in Lida (visual inspection)
Having seen it, you hardly learn in the cathedral is mute. Before you the beautiful palace will be. However, having thumbed through pages of the past of Sacred and Mikhaylovsky church, you learn in what a secret of its shape and history. How fate of the temple existing since the time of Public relations of the 17th century up to now was?
Exaltation of the Cross church in Lida (visual inspection)
Long time in Lida attempts construction of Catholic temples anyway became. However all of them came to the end extremely tragically – pagan aggression, disapproval of the prince, the fires of crusaders. So was to the middle of the 18th century. In 1770 in the city the Roman Catholic Parish Church of Erection of the Sacred Cross appeared. The outstanding architect, the founder of refined architectural style, after called "vilensky baroque" - Johann Christoph Glaubits became the architect of the project.
Lida district centers of crafts and traditional culture of «Spadchina»
The Lidsky Regional Center of crafts and traditional culture of Spadchyn will acquaint you with crafts and the national culture, holidays and ceremonies of Belarusians. In showrooms of the center you will be able to see such examples of the Belarusian national crafts as an embroidery, crochet, ancient exhibits and modern works of the master potter, a woodworking - agricultural objects of household use, house use, the products executed in the equipment of a salomopleteniye and also from a rod in a traditional manner.
At the request of group, for an additional fee, it is possible to participate in master classes in training in traditional skill or to take part in the Time Wheel project where you will be able to become not only witnesses, but also participants of a ceremonial holiday.
Lunch
The order and catering services is carried out at the request of group in cafe or restaurant of the city of Lidy, on the rural estate. The organization of a picnic or rent of an arbor is also possible.
Lidа castle
In 1323 the prince Gedimin gave the order to put the stone lock to cover to knights the road to the center of lands of the principality Lithuanian. In 5 years the kostel was built. Time the lock was besieged by the English, German, French knights. The Lidsky lock is "time machine" and a fascinating travel to the Middle Ages where continually there is a place to romanticism and knightly valor. Here everyone will be able to feel as the ancient soldier, having tried on an armor and to like the mystical atmosphere, having learned what ghost protects a citadel.
During the excursion on the Lidsky lock you will become guests on a wedding feast. Medieval interactive games on specialized platforms - archery, the game «Serso», the game «Ladzeyna», a master class in possession of a sword, fitting of an armor and also royal an entertainment won't leave you indifferent.
Moving in Minsk (175 km)
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The end of the tour