Day 01 Arrive Minsk
Arrival in Minsk – the capital of the Republic of Belarus, meet & assist with our representative late transfer to the hotel.
Afternoon visit Minsk: its political and cultural centre. It was first mentioned in the chronicles of the XIth century. Today, it is a dynamic city with expansive boulevards, modern and historical buildings, endless parks and well-developed infrastructure. Being an impressive example of the Soviet planning on a grand scale, Minsk however has a number of outstanding historical sights, proving city’s rich history.
Overnight in Minsk.

Day 02 Minsk
After breakfast sightseeing tour of Minsk includes the main avenues (Independence avenue, Victory avenue) and the architectural monuments of the XVIIth – XXth centuries (the Upper Town with the City Hall, Holy Spirit Cathedral and the Cathedral of Holy Virgin Mary, old streets of the Trinity Suburb).
The Victory Monument and the National Library (included into the list of the most outstanding buildings of the world) are waiting to be explored.
Visit to St. Elizabeth convent, which includes 7 majestic church buildings, icon-making workshop, honey store and even herbal pharmacy.
Visit to the National Art museum, which presents the richest collection of Belarusian and foreign fine art in the country. The unique collection of the Belarusian art includes works of ancient icon painting, sculpture, woodcarving, textile, paintings from the XIXth – XXth centuries. Overnight in Minsk.

Day 03 Minsk
After breakfast transfer to Dudutki museum, which is a former country landowner’s estate, where typical village life of the XVIIIth – XIXth centuries is impressively recreated.
Today it is a popular open-air museum, displaying all the traditional Belarusian crafts. Beside the working farm with different animals, it includes an original working windmill and lots of functioning workshops, presenting to visitors carpentry, pottery, braiding, blacksmithing, bakery and even cheese-making. The craftsmen will be happy to show off their skills and guests will be invited to try! And do not miss a chance to have some training in horse-riding or try some splendid traditionally cooked meal accompanied by homemade moonshine (samogon).Time at leisure,Transfer to Minsk. Overnight in Minsk.

Day 04 Minsk – Brest (Via Mir) (By Road) (348 Kms / 07 hrs appx.)
After breakfast transfer to Brest (via Mir)
Transfer to Mir, which is a small town 90 km to the south-west from Minsk. It is most famous for the fairy-tale Mir Castle, still known today as the “medieval flower”. Castle is an impressive architectural monument, included into the list of World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.
It was erected at the end of the XVth century and today it is a combination of Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance architecture that makes Mir Castle so unique. This red brick castle is also a historical monument, which used to belong to several aristocratic families, who have left their mark in the history of the town and of the country in general. Overnight in Brest.

Day 05 Brest
Aftet breakfast Brest city tour.
Brest is a traditional “western gate” of the country. It is a calm and relaxed city, with famous Sovetskaya Street and alike boulevards, which are perfect for promenading. But the main attraction of the city is the Brest fortress, which is of course included into the city tour. The fortress made a prolonged defense against the Nazis in 1941 and was ruined in the result of severe battles. Only a handful of men had survived but citizens all over the USSR had been inspired by the heroism of the Brest fortress defenders. Today it is a giant deeply-affecting memorial.
Visit to the national park Belovezhskaya Pushcha. This world-famous park, which is included into the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has recently celebrated its 600th anniversary! It is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest which once spread across the European Plain. Some oaks here are really believed to be over 600 years old! The park once used to be a home and playground of Polish princes and Russian tsars, who spent there much time resting and hunting.
Pushcha’s present animal and bird world is very rich and diverse. The reserve is home to around 200 species of bird, including corncrake, eagle owl, white stork, along with 60 species of mammal, including wild boar, wild horses, roaming elk, deer and perhaps most famously, bison, which is supposed to be one of the symbols of the country.
Excursion includes the tour around Pushcha and visit to the Museum of Nature.
Return to Brest. Overnight in Brest.

Day 06 Brest – Neswizh – Minsk (By Road) (378 Kms/ 08 hrs appx.)
After breakfast return to Minsk via Neswizh.
Transfer to Nesvizh – a delightful historic town, one of the oldest in the country. You will visit the magnificent Nesvizh Palace – former residence of the aristocratic Radzivili family, which also includes beautiful park and Farny Roman-Catholic Church of the XVIth century. The complex once numbered around 170 rooms, with a series of underground passages connecting it to the town’s monasteries. Today the exposition of the Palace includes more than 30 exhibition halls, including Prince’s apartments, Golden and Star halls, Hunter’s hall and others.Overnight in Minsk

Day 07 Depart Minsk
Departure transfer to onward destination.

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Day 01 Arrive Minsk
Arrival in Minsk – the capital of the Republic of Belarus, meet & assist with our representative late transfer to the hotel.
Minsk – the capital of the Republic of Belarus, its political and cultural centre. It was first mentioned in the chronicles of the XIth century. Today, it is a dynamic city with expansive boulevards, modern and historical buildings, endless parks and well-developed infrastructure. Being an impressive example of the Soviet planning on a grand scale, Minsk however has a number of outstanding historical sights, proving city’s rich history.
Sightseeing tour of Minsk includes the main avenues (Independence avenue, Victory avenue) and the architectural monuments of the XVIIth – XXth centuries (the Upper Town with the City Hall, Holy Spirit Cathedral and the Cathedral of Holy Virgin Mary, old streets of the Trinity Suburb). The Victory Monument and the National Library (included into the list of the most outstanding buildings of the world) are waiting to be explored. Overnight in Minsk.

Day 02 Minsk – Mir – Minsk (By Road) (90 Kms / 1 hrs – One Way)
After breakfast transfer to Mir, which is a small town 90 km to the south-west from Minsk.
It is most famous for the fairy-tale Mir Castle, still known today as the “medieval flower”. Castle is an impressive architectural monument, included into the list of World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. It was erected at the end of the XVth century and today it is a combination of Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance architecture that makes Mir Castle so unique.
This red brick castle is also a historical monument, which used to belong to several aristocratic families, who have left their mark in the history of the town and of the country in general. Excursion continues in Nesvizh – a delightful historic town, one of the oldest in the country. You will visit the magnificen.
Nesvizh Palace – former residence of the aristocratic Radzivili family, which also includes beautiful park and Farny Roman-Catholic Church of the XVIth century. The complex once numbered around 170 rooms, with a series of underground passages connecting it to the town’s monasteries. Today the exposition of the Palace includes more than 30 exhibition halls, including Prince’s apartments, Golden and Star halls, Hunter’s hall and others. Return to Minsk. Overnight in Minsk.

Day 03 Minsk – Dudutki Museum – Minsk (43 Kms / 01hrs 30 min- One Way)
After breakfast transfer to Dudutki museum, which is a former country landowner’s estate, where typical village life of the XVIIIth – XIXth centuries is impressively recreated.
Today it is a popular open-air museum, displaying all the traditional Belarusian crafts. Beside the working farm with different animals, it includes an original working windmill and lots of functioning workshops, presenting to visitors carpentry, pottery, braiding, blacksmithing, bakery and even cheese-making. The craftsmen will be happy to show off their skills and guests will be invited to try! And do not miss a chance to have some training in horse-riding or try some splendid traditionally cooked meal accompanied by homemade moonshine (samogon).
Time at leisure,Transfer to Minsk. Overnight in Minsk.

Day 04 Depart Minsk
Departure transfer to onward destination.

 

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Day 01 Arrive Minsk
Arrival at the National airport Minsk, meet assist and Transfer to your hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 02 Minsk
After Breakfast, Proceed to Sightseeing of Minsk, the capital and the biggest city in Belarus (nearly 1,9 mil. population). The city was almost completely destroyed during World War II and grew out of the ashes to become a Socialist Realist masterpiece complete with spacious avenues, lush green parks and a battalion of buildings dating from the 1940s and 1950s that simply have to be seen to be believed. In the last decades some old parts of the town and historical buildings and churches have been reconstructed and rebuilt in the effort to recreate the historical atmosphere and heritage. We’ll drive through the main squares and avenues of the city, pass by the residence building where Lee Harvey Oswald (the alleged assassin of J.F. Kennedy) lived in the period from 1959 – 1962, see the Catholic and Orthodox Churches of the 17 th – 18 th centuries, memorials to the soldiers and victims of the World War II and Afghan War, reconstructed historic centre of the city – the Upper Town, the oldest street Nemig In the afternoon an excursion to the Museum of Everyday Life and Folk Architecture of the Republic of Belarus in Strochitsa – a pretty tiny village situated on the picturesque banks of the River Ptich 18 km from Minsk.
Collections of original pieces of architecture let you compare Belarusian rural styles from different parts of the country. It offers you an open exposition of country buildings, hundreds of articles of domestic use, agricultural implements formerly used by peasants, and works of applied art. Overnight in Minsk.

Day 03 Minsk
After Breakfast. Proceed to the Unesco’s World Heritage site – the Nesvizh Castle (110 km from Minsk). The estate was owned by the Radzwill magnate family, one of the most important and wealthy clans of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from the 16 th century till 1939, when the family was expelled from the castle by the invading Red Army. The castle was destroyed and rebuilt several times during its turbulent history. The final restoration and reconstruction works were completed in 2011. Visit the Market Place with the Town Hall, shopping arcades, artisans’ houses, the magnificent castle surrounded by high mounds and wide moats, the impressive expositions. Great halls, living and housekeeping areas, picturesque parks, the Farny Church from the 16 th century – the first baroque building in the Easter Europe. After Lunch, Return to Minsk in the afternoon. Stop in Mir for survey of the Castle of the XVI century (Unesco’s World Heritage). Mir was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1345. Mir is famous for its outstanding example of Belarusian stone architecture: the ancient castle, founded at the beginning of the 16th century which staggers imagination by its beauty, grandeur, and artistic elegance. Mir Castle is an exceptional example of a central European castle, reflecting in its design and layout successive cultural influences (Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque) that blend harmoniously to create an impressive monument to the history of this region. Overnight in Minsk.

Day 04 Minsk
After Breakfast. Proceed to the open-air Museum of Folk Crafts Dudutki (40 km from Minsk), representing restored 19th century Belarusian manor with all the subsidiary services and workshops. The museum offers: ethnographic gallery featuring the items of the 18th-20th centuries, handicraft yard (straw and willow weaving), pottery (museum of ceramics), woodworker’s shop, blacksmiths shop of the 19th century, creamery, bakery, brewery (a vodka brewing shop), shed with vintage cars (Zim, Chaika, Horch, Willis, Volkswagen Beetle, Ganomak, Fiat Topolino, Chrysler), wind mill in the Dutch style (built in the 1903-1905), wooden church of John the Prophet Visitors to the museum are offered to taste products from a local bakery (freshly baked bread, butter and three kinds of cheese). Overnight in Minsk.

Day 05 Depart Minsk
Departure transfer to onward destination.