05.07.2010
Day 1
-
Pickup
at the railway station.
-
Breakfast
Brest. City tour of Brest.
Brest
Fortress.
The program includes
a tour around the ancient city of Brest, where you will visit
memorial complex the "Brest Hero-Fortress", which was founded in 1969
– 1971 on the territory of the Brest
Fortress to immortalize the heroic
deed of the defenders of the Brest
Fortress.
- Visit to the museum of the Brest
fortress.
- Check in
- Lunch
The Berestye Archeology Museum
and the Museum of Saved Values
The Berestye
Archeology Museum
is Europe’s unique museum of the medieval
East-Slavonic town. It
is located on the territory
of Volyn fortification of
the Brest Fortress, at the place
where the city sprang. The basis for the establishment of the museum was
uncovered well-preserved constructions of the 13th century. Archaeological
excavation - the main museum piece – occupies an
area of 1000 m.
At a depth of 4 m
a part of the artisan block of the 13th century is situated - 30 residential
and utility buildings and two streets.
The Museum of Saved Values
is the unique and the only one of its kind on the territory of the CIS. The
museum collection includes objects of art and antiques, confiscated by Brest
customs officers when the attempts of smuggling across the border were made.
Most of the
exposition is occupied by the ancient icons of the 16th – 20th centuries. There
is also the exhibit hall of eastern culture, where the statues of Buddha,
Chinese and Japanese vases are situated. In the exhibit halls of Russian and
West European paintings you will see paintings by Aivazovsky, sketches by
Wrubel, works by Vinogradov, Myasoedov, Klever, Derby and Antaneli.
Day 2
-
Breakfast
at the hotel
-
Check
out
Belavezhskaya Pushcha: residence of
Father Frost, open-air cages, museums.
A competent guide will
tell you a fascinating story about the past and present of the Belavezhskaya
Pushcha (the Forest of Belavezha), you will see the unique woodland scenery,
unusual trees and you will be able to see wild animals in open-air cages and
visit the Museum
of Nature. The estate of
Father Frost occupies about 15
hectares and there you may see a lot of fairy-tale
characters. In the center of attention is the house of Father Frost, decorated
with carvings and thousands of lights, the small house of Snow Maiden and the Museum of Father Frost. In the estate there is a
magic well, a fabulous mill, a beautiful pond and an enormous spruce, which
arouses admiration and around which both in winter and in summer people sing
and dance in a ring.
-
Departure
to the railway station
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