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Minsk City-tour(3 hours)Car + guide with English language: EUR 150

The capital city of Belarus is situated in a picturesque place on the banks of the Svisloch river. Minsk was

first settled over 900 years ago in 1067. Not many real ancient monuments have remained in Minsk, much of

old Minsk was razed to the ground during World War II. The city Minsk of today is the city of wide streets,

modern and old architectural ensembles, fountains, shady parks and green boulevards.

Among the sights that you will see are:

Independence Square with the House of Government (1929-1933)

the "Red" Krasny Roman Catholic Church (1908)

Victory Square with its 38 metres grey obelisk and eternal flame commemorating the heroes of World

War II

The National Library building

Troitskoye Predmestye (Trinity Suburb) - restored buildings of the 19th century, one of the most old

areas in Minsk

Afgan Monument on the island of tears

"Upper town" (now the Liberty Square region) with two main churches of two main confessions in

Belarus - the Orthodox Holy Spirit Cathedral (1642), l and the Catholic Saint Virgin Mary Cathedral St. Peter and Pauls Cathedral (1611)

The city tour gives a good opportunity to enjoy a special hospitable atmosphere of Minsk, to admire its

surprisingly clean, and beautiful streets and avenues, to get to learn the history, culture and traditions of

the Belarusian people.

Victory Square in Minsk Upper Town in Minsk

Independence Square The National Library building


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Nesvizh Castle and Nesvizh Town1-day tour (UNESCO Heritage)(6-7 hours including driving time, 130 km from Minsk)

Car + entrance tickets + guide with the English language : EUR 345

This tour is one of the most popular in the country. You will visit medieval Nesvizh and Mir with itsfascinating legends and mysteries and have recently been included by UNESCO into the World CulturalHeritage.

For decoration of their possession in Nesvizh the Radzivills gathered European best architects, painters,woodcarvers, gardeners, decorators, jewelers (the legend of hidden gold apostles of Radziwills is seeked bymany people). One can see wonderful monuments which gave the city the name "Paris of the North", "theuncrowned capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania" - it is Slutskaya Brama (1690s),Town Hall Square withTown Hall, the famous Farny catholic church and the Radzivills family crypt. Nesvizh is the city-treasure,whose charm is not lost with age. In Mir town (30 km from Nesvizh) you`ll see another pearl of Belarusianarchitecture -the Mir Castle - the 1st monument of national culture, included in UNESCO World Heritage List.The construction of this castle was started in the 1520s by Duke Ilinich. In 1568 the castle came into thehands of Mikolay Radziwil, who used it as his hunting castle and completed it in Renaissance style.A three-storey palace was built along the eastern and northern walls of the castle which had forty frettedrooms. Earth walls were built around the castle with bastions at the corners, surrounded by a water moat.

Nesvizh Palace Hunters Hall in Nesvizh Palace

Park of Nesvizh Palace The Golden Hall of Nesvizh Palace

Mir Palace Hall in Mir Palace


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Stalin Line(30 km from Minsk, 4 hours)

Excursion with English-speaking guide + car + entrance tickets: EUR 190(entrance tickets include degustation (tasting) of some typical war time snack: soldiers porridge with cucumber andglass of vodka)

Stalin Linewas a line of defensive installations dispersed fromone to six kilometers with different artificial obstacles. The main task of the fortified region was to protectMinsk from the attack of fascists army in 1941.The exposition was created so that a visitor could feel the spirit of the times. The historical and culturalcomplex opens up a look to antitank hedgehogs, obstacles, pillboxes, caponiers. The opportunity to beabsorbed in history is one of the distinctive features of the museum. The basis of the exposition is originalpillboxes. These real witnesses of battles create a special atmosphere, do not leave a single visitor indifferentto the feat of the Red Army soldiers.There is also a park of military equipment of different years in the complex: caterpillar and wheels equipment,cars, antitank guns, airplanes and helicopters. It is one of the most complete expositions of artillery andmilitary equipment in the Republic of Belarus. For some extra amount of money guests can try famousSoldiers porridge and 100 gram (100 ml of vodka, that soldiers got free before they start for the attack),drive on a tank or shoot from an antitank rifle.


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DUDUTKI The museum of material culture(45 km from Minsk, 4 hours)(4-6 hours, 45 km from Minsk)

INTERATIVE ExcursionExcursion with English-speaking guide + car + entrance tickets: EUR 230(entrance tickets include degustation (tasting) of national Belarusian food, snacks, home- made vodka(samogon),other dirnks and include raw materials, which tourists use during this excursion iron, wood, flower, clay, etc.)

The most popular excursion! A wonderful reconstruction of household traditions and crafts of 19th and early20th centuries. You will see old mansion, try home-made cheese and butter, bake your own loaf of bread, tryyour abilities as a potter and become a blacksmith or a miller. Climb the old wind-mill and make sure to tasteBelarusian samogon (home-made vodka) made in a real country home-brew with Belarusian traditionalsnacks. Have lunch in Korchma, cooked of products manufactured in Dudutki in full accordance with oldBelarusian traditions (for extra charge). Visit nice farm with many animals and birds - real fun!

Founded in 1993, covers the territory of 160 hectares. Former inhabitants of Dudutki estate in the 19thcentury, the Jelskys Family - the representatives of an old Belarusian dynasty, owned it for 130 years. Theymade Dudutki to one of the centres of cultural life in Belarus.

Now DUDUTKI is a unique ethnographic museum of material culture where a piece of clay, steel or wood arebrought to life before your eyes.


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KHATYN & GLORY MOUND(World famous memorial to 2nd World War victims)

(1 hour, 57 km from Minsk)

The memorial complex Khatyn is situated 57 km away from Minsk at the place of a village which was burnttogether with its inhabitants during World War II.Khatyn commemorates the victims of Hitler terror on the occupied Belarusian land.

You will see the streets of the former village, the oven pipes monuments where the houses were burned downand will hear the drear voices of Khatyn bells.

Kurgan Slavy(Glory Mound) 35 km from MinskGlory Mound is an imposing monument located at the top of an artificial hill. It was built in honor of the Soviet Armywhich liberated Belarus from the German Nazi invaders in 1944. The soil from the nine "Hero Cities" of the formerSoviet Union and from the battlegrounds of World War II was brought handful by handful to be piled into a mound. Itsa distinctive landmark on Moscow highway.

(Khatyn and Glory Mound - about 5 hours)Guide with the English language + car + entrance tickets:EUR 200

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