Tour Western Belarus: Minsk - Sula - Rubezhevichi - World - Nesvizh - Lida - Grodno - Belovezhskaya Pushcha - Brest (5 days)

To book a tour The excursion program

Route: Minsk → Sula → Minsk → Mir → Nesvizh → Minsk → Lida → Grodno → Kamenyuki Belovezhskaya puscha → Brest → Minsk

Duration: 5 days

Excursion subject: Excursions to the castles, Tours to Belarus

Kind: Bus-Walking tours

Language of training: Russian

We invite you on a trip to Western Belarus - the land of castles, churches and pristine nature. On the first day of the program, guests will be introduced to the capital, the hero city of Minsk, as well as the Sula interactive history park with an animation program. On the second day - pearls of Belarusian medieval architecture, UNESCO monuments - Mir Castle and Nesvizh Palace. On the third day of the program, we move to the western borders of the republic, on the way we will visit the Lida Castle, free time and overnight in the most beautiful city of Belarus - Grodno. The fourth day begins with a walk along Grodno with a visit to the New Castle, the Choral Synagogue and the magnificent Farny Church, after lunch the path lies in the first European park, Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Free time in the forest, sightseeing aviaries. On the last day of the program - the estate of Belorussian Father Frost or a bus tour of Belovezhskaya Pushcha and the city of Brest with the Brest Fortress.

The excursion program

The excursion program- Western Belarus: Minsk - Sula - Rubezhevichi - World - Nesvizh - Lida - Grodno - Belovezhskaya Pushcha - Brest (5 days)

1day
Gathering the group at the railway station Minsk
Breakfast
tour Minsk city tour
During the excursion Minsk will open before you the person: wide avenues and cozy streets, a variety of architectural complexes and parks. For the long story of existence the city was repeatedly destroyed, burned, but every time it revived and built up. And today Minsk is a modern European megalopolis with the multimillion population. He develops and becomes promptly more beautiful, combining greatness of heritage of old times and an innovatorsky thought of the present.

You will see: Privokzalnaya Square (visual inspection), Independence Square, Nezavisimosti Avenue, Freedom Square, Ruins of Minsk ancient castle (visual inspection), Trinity suburb, National Library of Belarus, Island of courage and sorrow, A sports complex Minsk-Arena (visual inspection)
Moving in Sula (60 km)
Lunch
Pansky maentak Sula
In the Pansky maentak "Sula" will be glad to offer you acquaintance to way of the pansky yard, work of the masters recreating ancient technologies in operation. You will pass expensive Belarusian history of 10 000 years. The grand welcome accompanied by musicians and a horse escort will ship you in history of Belarus: Slavic beliefs, secrets and messages of megalytic constructions, cults, ceremonies and traditions of our pagan ancestors, participation in an Old Slavic ceremony of clarification by fire. In a weapon smithy the most dexterous and skillful will be able to shape an amulet for luck, to split a stone, for construction of the lock. And how leisure in the 18th century was corrected? You are waited by saber fight, demonstration the shlyakhetskikh of entertainments and traditions, master classes in old-world shlyakhetsky dances, tasting of specialty drink - Starka. The interactive program – a fascinating and fascinating way of acquaintance to history and traditions of the past centuries.
Moving in Minsk (60 km)
Check in
2day
Breakfast
tour Mir Castle - Nesvizh Palace
Mir and Nesvizh. Behind these names breath of centuries. Here the history not of one family or the city was written – the history of outstanding people and the great states was written. You visit the most beautiful castles of Belarus - 2 of 4 objects of UNESCO. You learn subtleties of perfect fortification systems and will pass across halls which still remember grand dukes and kings. You learn about secrets and intrigues, about legends and legends among avenues of shady parks.

You will see: Mir Castle Complex, Chapel-burial vault of Svyatopolk-Mirsky family, Nesvizh town hall (visual inspection), Sluckaya brama (visual inspection), Nesvizh Church (Church of Jesuits), Nesvizh palace Radziwill, Нouse on the market (home of craftsman) (visual inspection), Benedictine Monastery in Nesvizh (visual inspection)
3day
Breakfast
Check out
Moving in Lida (175 km)
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.
Exaltation of the Cross church in Lida
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.
Exaltation of the Cross church in Lida
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.
Lunch
Moving in Grodno (115 km)
Check in
Free time
4day
Breakfast
Check out
New Castle in Grodno
Quite often the fate of locks and palaces are shrouded in legends and mystical stories. And in a case with the royal residence - it is inevitable. One of 2 locks in Grodno – the summer residence of the grand duke Lithuanian and the king Polish Augustus III has received glory of the damned place. And, nevertheless, exactly there passed general diets of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the agreement on her section in 1793 and here, in 1795 has been signed here, Augustus Ponyatovsky has appended the signature under the act of renunciation.
Grodno state historical-archaeological museum
The Grodno State Historical and Archaeological Museum has one of the largest expositions in Belarus, which consists of several parts located in the Old and New Castles and the «Bosniac» house of the 18th century on the Gorodnitsa. One of the largest collections of old and rare books, as well as weapons, archeological artifacts, flora and fauna of Belarus, works of art, documents, interior items of past centuries and not only are presented here.
Historical center of Grodno
The historic center of Grodno - a place of international importance, included in the State list of historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus. Having a long history from the castle on a hill near the Gorodnichanka river, to the residence of great Lithuanian princes, Grodno is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in Belarus and Eastern Europe, and its historic center includes about 400 objects of various eras and styles.
The cultural heritage of Grodno mainly consists of its brilliant architectural complexes of XVIII-XIX centuries mainly - the monuments of ancient architecture, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism and other styles.
Grodno Choral synagogue
To your attention the most beautiful synagogue in Europe, the biggest in Belarus and the oldest in the former Soviet Union. Her long story begins in the 16th century. Constructed on the project of the architect Santi Gucci, more than once suffering from the fires and destructions, it nevertheless has informed of solemn vernal shape and well remained interior up to now.
Francis Xavier Church in Grodno
According to most of judges of art, he has won a rank of the "richest" and beautiful church in all territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. And really, his ubraniye and shape, both in interiors, and in an exterior, impress that is peculiar to Baroque style. A set of distinguished details, sculptures, gilding – the embodiment of the ideas of Stefan Batory the unknown, unfortunately, architect. The Grodno church of Francis Csaverija – one of three temples of Belarus carrying an honourable title a small basilica.
Lunch
Moving in Kamenyuki Belovezhskaya puscha (190 km)
Check in
Demonstration open-air cages with wild animals
Demonstration open-air cages are located near the Museum of the nature of Bialowieza Forest. On the area about 20 hectares you will see main types of the animals living in Bialowieza Forest. Here close it is possible to see also forest inhabitants, to treat with a bread piece, apple or a branch of the bisons who got used to visitors, elks, boars, a tarpanovidny horse or a bear.
Free time
5day
Breakfast
Check out
The estate of the Belarusian Dzed Moroz
The excursion in the Belarusian Father Frost's Estate laid the foundation for formation of new tradition of a celebration of New Year's holidays for children and adults. This really magic place attracts to itself not only school students, but also people of more advanced ages. Already at the entrance you get absolutely to other world, forgetting about daily vanity, completely plunge into the fairy tale. Father Frost's house with workshops, the Snow Maiden's lodge, the museum of children's letters where letters, drawings and hand-made articles which are sent by children from the whole country, a windmill, a magic well and two knights on an entrance are stored: Dub-Dubovich and Vyaz-Vyazovich. Each visitor will receive a New Year's gift from Father Frost and the Snow Maiden.
Moving in Brest (60 km)
Lunch
Brest Fortress
During the excursion before you pages of history of terrible days of the beginning of war when at sunrise on June 22, 1941 the garrison of the Brest fortress the first assumed blows of fascist aggressors will open and more than a month held the fort in a full environment. Already on an entrance you will be met by a shrill voice of Yu. Levitan with the government message about attack on the Soviet Union of troops of fascist Germany and the song by A. Alexandrov the «Sacred war» which became the anthem of those years. On May 8, 1965 fortresses the rank «fortress hero» is given.
The historic center of Brest
The historic center of Brest belongs to the historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Belarus and is submitted to the State value list, which includes more than 250 sites and facilities. In Soviet times, the powerful ancient Brest city with a rich cultural heritage has been destroyed, and the fortress was built in its place. So today the city's historic center is mostly former residential and administrative buildings - houses, schools and grammar schools, hospitals and banks that belong to the second half of XIX - early XX century.
Moving in Minsk (350 km)
Transfer to the railway station
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