- Distance: 600 km
- Duration: 2 day
- Excursion subject: Ethnographic, Excursions to the castles, Excursions in Minsk, Weekend tours, Tours to Belarus, Patriotic excursions
- Kind: Bus-Walking tours
- Language of training: Russian
With the face of the country - with the capital - you will get acquainted on the first day. Spacious avenues and cozy streets of the Upper City will be cordially welcomed by the city of Minsk. Secrets of ancient Belarusian crafts and traditions will be opened to you by folk masters and craftsmen in Dudutki, treated with branded products. The world and the World Castle will tell you about life in small towns and the fact that they keep the unassailable walls for centuries. One of the most ancient Belarusian cities is the chronicle Berestye, and now the border Brest is the only city where the tradition of lighting the lanterns by hand is living. This is the city that was bombed on June 22, exactly at 4 o'clock - then the war began, it began with the Brest Fortress, where you will visit.
The excursion program - Minsk - Dudutki - Mir - Brest (2 days)
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Gathering the group at the railway station Minsk -
Breakfast -
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: Privokzalnaya Square (visual inspection), Independence Square, 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 -
tour Dudutki
Past and present , measured life of vintage nobles estate XIX century and convenience of the modern tourist center occur in Dudutki. Here you will get to know the culture of nobles court, the work of the artists, culinary heritage of our ancestors, charming nature, surprising fauna. All artifacts can be touched and tasted.
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Check in - 2day
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Early Breakfast -
Check out -
Moving in Mir (110 km) -
Holy Trinity Church in Mir
(visual inspection)Holy Trinity Church in the village Mir - an architectural monument of the XVI century, which represent an elongated cross with five domes. This church was built near the Mir Castle under the guidance of Duke Nichola Radziwill Sirotka and was demaged several times and rebuilt, it was changed to the Uniates, and then again returned to the Orthodox believers.
The church was destroyed in the huge fire in the second half of the XIX century, after which was once again rebuilt in Russian Revival style. There was a revered The Virgin Mary icon of the XVI century until 1925, but even now this place evokes a feeling of humility and reverence before God. -
St. Nicholas church in Mir
(visual inspection)St. Nicholas church in Mir was built in the Renaissance style in 1605 on the place of a former wooden church when the Radzivill family became the owners of the Mir Castle. After the uprising of Tadeush Kostyushko king's government give it to the Orthodox Church, and during the war it was closed at all. Despite this St. Nicholas church reached our time almost in its original form. A powerful 4-storey tower-bell tower meets the parishioners, and within the church you can listen to the penetrating pries and get blessing. -
Mir Castle Complex
(visual inspection)Mir – the town with a silent cosiness of streets where throughout centuries destinies, culture and life of Belarusians, Poles, Roma, Tatars, Jews closely intertwined. On the suburb of the town the medieval giant - Mir Castle Complex important settled down. Majestic towers and powerful walls are harmoniously combined with the beautiful park, being reflected in a pond mirror. The halls ornated by a carving and gilding, graceful furniture, abrupt ladders on which you not just will pass – you will turn into other reality, in other century. -
Chapel-burial vault of Svyatopolk-Mirsky family
(visual inspection)The chapel-tomb of Svyatopolk-Mirsky is a ladder which will spend you from powerful walls of the lock to magnificent parks. In it the embodiment of modernist style style, so popular in the 19th century, - any symmetry and classics – a new view on architecture, fresh receptions and forms. This place chose also a lock ghost – Sonechk who, among others, is buried in a tomb. -
Moving in Brest (260 km)
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Lunch
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tour Brest - an ancient and modern city (from Brest)
In the first half of the trip you will see the bus and walking tour of Brest - one of the oldest cities in Belarus with a rich history and a rich variety of events. The excursion will continue with a trip to the memorial complex "Brest Fortress - Hero" - one of the most significant places of Belarus, which keeps the memory of the great feat of the Belarusian people.
You will see: Brest railway station (visual inspection), The historic center of Brest, The Square of Liberty in Brest, Cathedral of St. Simeon in Brest (visual inspection), Museum of the defense of the Brest fortress, Brest Fortress, Church of the Cross in Brest (visual inspection), Church of St. Nicholas in Brest (visual inspection), Museum «Fort № 5» -
Transfer to the railway stationАд'езд з чыгуначнага вакзалу горада Брэста або пераезд у Мінск (на меркаванне групы). -
➥The end of the tour
