05.07.2010
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Pick
up at the railway station (at the airport)
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Breakfast
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City
tour of Minsk “Minsk
– the capital of Belarus”.
During the tour you will find out a lot about
the rich history of Minsk,
you will walk along quiet, secluded small streets of the old city,
which unexpectedly will lead you out to the wide modern avenues. You will find
out why the city with a thousand-year history is called a young city. You will
plunge into the coziness of public gardens and parks. You will also find out
what price Minsk
has paid during the Great Patriotic War. You will visit the historical centre
of the city: Independence Avenue, Independence Square
where the House of Government and St. Simon and Helen Church (also known as the
Red Church)
is situated, Victory Square,
Y. Kupala Park, the Isle of Tears, Troitskoye Predmestye (Trinity Suburb),
Cathedral of Holy Spirit, City Hall, the Upper Town.
The route covers main streets and squares of the capital.
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Check
in
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Lunch
Zaslavl
Sightseeing tour of
Zaslavl: the ancient settlement "Val" (“Mound”) and the Calvinist
cathedral (16th century), the ancient settlement "Zamechak" (10th
century), the town square and the St. Mary's Roman-Catholic church. Excursion
to the museum of Zaslavl - art of a historical gobelin,
national musical instruments. Excursion to the ethnographic complex and
acquaintance with Pani Zosya, who will tell about mill, barn and smithy.
Excursion ends in the “Hut of Zavoznik" with a performance of folk ensemble
and a delicious treat, such as meat with mushrooms
and potato pancakes served in jugs, the Belarusian
national drink "Krupnik" and tea with pancakes. Visitors can sing and
dance. Plunge into the world of folklore and cordiality of hospitable
Belarusian land.
Day 2
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Breakfast
at the hotel
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Check
out
Budslau – Mosar
Budslau
Everyone who loves Belarus should
visit village Budslau which is located in Myadzel district of Minsk region.
Especially this place is worth visiting for pious people. Hundreds of pilgrims
from all over Belarus and
also from Russia, Ukraine, Poland,
Lithuania and Latvia gather
here to bow to a miraculous
icon of Mother of God of Budslau in the well-known Bernardine
Roman-Catholic church.
Its architecture is
recognized as unique and not having analogues in the whole former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rech Pospolitaya). It is
enormous (width almost 50
metres, length - 62 metres) and imposing
example of architecture of late baroque.
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Return
to Minsk to the
railway station (to the airport)
Mosar
Many tourists come to
the village Mosar in Glubokoe district not only to look at the church of the 18th
century which is an exact copy of work by Michelangelo - a sculpture of the
Mother of God mourning over Jesus removed from a cross, but also to see and
speak to an extraordinary man - the senior priest of St. Anna Roman-Catholic
church in Mosar Joseph Bulka, who was honored by Pope John Paul 2 a title
"canon" for development of spirituality. This not indifferent man has
created a real museum complex around the church and has grown up a surprisingly
beautiful garden. It is the place where you can revive your physical and mental
energy.
- Departure to the
railway station
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