Minsk Two Sides Of The Same City Tour

Meet & Great service at the Minsk Airport.

Transfer to your hotel.

Check-in at the hotel.

Evening at leisure.

Breakfast at hotel.

Proceed for the fascinating excursion of "Cathedrals of Minsk".

At the moments of joy and grief, at the moments of sorrow and despair governors, handicraftsmen, workers-built temples and addressed God. Temples know, remember, keep the most intimate secrets of all times, the most distinguished and fine paintings, relics. Now in Minsk there are about 50 shrines - many of them collapsed repeatedly, built up, restored. During the excursion you visit the most interesting cult constructions of the city: with special architecture, fine paintings, rare relics and, certainly, with rich history. Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Holy Spirit Ca Arch cathedral, Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Holy Elisabeth monastery.

During city tour you will have an opportunity to get acquainted with the most famous places of interest in Minsk. You will visit Sights: Victory Square, Independence Square, St. Helen & St. Simon Catholic Church, Troitskoye Predmestiye (Trinity Suburb), Upper town, Railway station, Independence Av, Pobediteley Av, etc.

"You love the book because it – a source of wisdom, knowledge and science, medicine as a hobby" – was recommended to us by the Belarusian first printer Francis Scorina. He will meet you at a main entrance in National library of Belarus. It became not only storage of any type of books, but also a monument of modern architecture. To look at it guests of their different cities and countries of the world gather. And the open survey area where from height of 73 meters it is possible to look at Minsk crowns her – excellent types will open to you as in day, and in the evening. If desired, you can visit her on the end of an excursion.

The eponymous handout originates from Independence Square though earlier it changed the name 14 times. It is the central and largest highway of Minsk, the large-scale work of art and the keeper of memory. He remembers a great number of politicians, writers, artists … Nezavisimosti Avenue - the only example of so long site of urban development where it was succeeded to keep unity of a form and style fully. The avenue applied for entering into the List of the World heritage of UNESCO.

It’s one of the main monuments devoted to the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). In the center of the square there is an obelisk established in the honor of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The obelisk has prism shape and is 40 m high with the Victory order on the top. The monument was opened in 1954. There is an eternal fire near the pedestal of the obelisk

If outcomes of roads are thought up for unloading of streets, then the area – for "unloading" and rest of people. One of them – Independence Square. Having taken a place of honor in the downtown, it collected around itself a set of sights: the most beautiful church of Minsk and the oldest university, government buildings and the biggest monument to Lenin in the former Soviet Union. The modern landscape was added by lawns of greens and fountains, cozy shops and glass domes of the three-storyed shallow city – Shopping Center Stolitsa.

Privokzalnaya Square – the person of the city, the place of meetings and wires. As a human face, it grows old and changes from time and events. However talent and skill architects inhale in it new life again and again. And today, at an exit from one of the best stations of Europe, before you magnificent "gate of the city", the spacious area and the developed infrastructure open. The modern building of the railway station organically fits into ensemble of magnificent Stalin classicism.

It was reconstructed in 2003 on the same place where it stood from 1582 until 1851 when it was destroyed. First city hall of Minsk was built at the beginning of the 16th century and it was a wooden building. In 1582 the City Hall was built on a new place in stone. The City Hall was a symbol of the Magdeburg right that the city received in 1499. The monument is located in the historical part of the “upper city” very close to the other sights of Minsk.

At an entrance a big boulder with the walled icon. Under an icon the text: "To the sons who died in Afghanistan the temple is built it. That the evil was not neither on the, nor on others earth". And a black kaplitsa with a bell and the crying guardian angel … This place of memory and grief about 3 thousand Belarusian children that will of destiny became soldiers internationalists and died in the mountain wild land. It is the Island of courage and grief – the island got down. Drink pause with the best view of Minsk.

Return to your hotel. Free time for dinner and exploring night life of the city. There is a whole lot of great night clubs and pubs in to visit in Minsk. Night clubs usually holds open until five in the morning, pubs are closed earlier. Casinos are generally open 24 hours.

After the breakfast go to the Mir CASTLE was built in the XVI century. Its bright architectural look, mighty walls and towers, colorful courtyard leave a lasting impression which will be complemented by the MUSEUM EXPOSITION inside the castle. You will feel the atmosphere of life in the castle passing through the basements where provision was kept and the Ball-room swimming in luxury of Rococo style… Alongside the castle there is the flamboyant chapel of the Svyatopolk-Mirsky family. The historic part of the town of MIR - the place where Belarusians, Poles, Jews, Gipsies and Tartars had been living together for a long time - kept the atmosphere of the former small town… The ensemble of the market place is formed by the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, synagogues, Yeshiva, the houses of craftsmen and merchants. LUNCH at the restaurant.

Drive to NESVIZH - the former capital of the Radziwill's Ordination At the Market place of this picturesque town you will see the Town Hall, shopping arcades, artisan houses. We will take a view of the Park and Palace Complex of the XVI-XVIII centuries designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Maria Bernardoni by order of Nickolay Christoph Radziwill "Sirotka". The magnificent castle surrounded by high earthworks and wide ponds represents the system of buildings forming the tasteful court of honor. The elements of Renaissance, Baroque and Classicism are interlaced herein. During our visit of the PALACE MUSEUM you will see the impressive expositions composed of a vast number of relics, great halls of the palace, living and housekeeping areas. Near - picturesque PARKS adjacent to the palace. The FARNY CHURCH of the XVI century - the first Baroque building in the Eastern Europe. This church is one of the most valuable churches in Belarus due to its gorgeous fresco painting and the undercroft.

Breakfast at hotel.

Morning drive to Minsk airport.