Excursion to the Grand Duchy of Sula
Tour description
Price
per person
2'969 ₽
1'536 ₽
The cost of excursions is approved in Belarusian rubles and when paying in other currencies the final cost may differ from the one indicated on the site depending on the exchange rate of the card issuing bank (MIR, Visa, Mastercard).
Included in the price of the excursion:
- transport services
- excursions according to the program
- certified guide services
Description
Pansky maentak Sula - the elite center of a cultural and social life of the 18th century. The restored estate of a sort Lensk represents the place where it is possible not only to have a rest, but also in an interactive form to get acquainted with history of the Belarusian lands from times of pagan beliefs, eras of medieval knights, till times of balls and salons of the XVIII-XIX centuries. Here the past and the present, measured life of the ancient shlyakhetsky estate and convenience of the modern tourist center meet.. The excursion program includes: a solemn meeting at the gate with musicians; Drakkar ride on the Sula River (taking into account weather conditions: sleigh rides (or chaise); visiting animation areas; demonstrations of blacksmithing and working on a pottery wheel; visiting a brewery with a tasting of the elite drink “Starka Zapolsky”. After the excursion, you can visit the interactive sites of traditional culture on your own: bakery, pharmacy, weaving, Jewish shop, shapovalnya, beekeeping, post office.
Route
Excursion type
Sightseeing
Distance
150 km
Duration
6 hours 30 min.
Language of training
Russian, Belarusian
Excursion subject
Kind
Bus-Walking tours
Program
Gathering the group
Belarus, Minsk, railway station, 1st floor, Central escalator, (metro station Ploshcha Lenina)
Moving in Rubezhevichi (60 km)
Saint Joseph`s church in Rubezhevichi
Saint Joseph's church – the executed dream of the petty bourgeois Anthony Tur. In the 19th centuries he dreamed to build by all means in Rubezhevichakh a church: happened at the tsar in St. Petersburg three times and asked about the construction license. Without having got approvals, established on one of hillocks a stone with words that the temple exactly here will be built. For such trick, Antonija with family banished for 7 years to Siberia. It returned already with the construction license which excellent and majestic result you will see during the excursion. And "Tur's stone" still lies at a main entrance in the Iosifovsky church, reminding of old times events.
Moving in Sula (7 km)
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 (59 km)
The end of the tour
