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Discover Your Belarus 2 3 DISCOVER YOUR BELARUS 2 3 GET READY TO GO DEEPER Welcome to our guide to the country of blue lakes and primeval forests — Belarus. Here you will find interesting and useful information on how to spend memorable holidays in the heart of Europe. Friendly residents, forest reserves and quiet towns... Let us reveal to you the unique world of Belarus. Belarus is a great place for: • getting to know the contrast of medieval and soviet architecture; • having a carefree rest on the pristine nature or at the farmstead; • tasting delicious national dishes; • relaxation and healthcare in a sanatorium away from the hustle and bustle; • fascinating walks and kayak rafting; • hunting and fishing; • beautiful landscape photos; • caravaning and biking; • enjoying music and dancing in good company at the best festivals. Belarus National Tourism Agency © Vyacheslav Mazai 4 5 CONTENTS 6 About Belarus 22 Absolute village 9 5 reasons to visit sincerety Belarus 24 «Relax, you have 10 Welcoming Minsk time to think» is the main advice 12 Calm for perfect trip to city style Belarus 14 Stone history 26 Unique tours 16 For centuries 28 Sport Belarus was going to surprise you 30 Culture and festivals What is the point 18 Are you ready of fresh waters? 32 to be belarusian? 20 11 thousand lakes and 34 Your place 20 thousand rivers is reserved instead of the sea 6 7 Population: Currency: about 9,5 million people Belarusian ruble (BYN) ABOUT BELARUS Language: Capital: Belarusian, Russian Minsk How to get here Safety Air travel is the most comfortable and Belarus belongs to the group of tourist popular way to travel to Belarus. However, destinations with a low risk for tourists, you can also get to Belarus by train from by the expert evaluations of international virtually any major city in Europe and the companies, International SOS and Control CIS. In addition, there are available highways Risks, together with the UK, the USA, from neighbouring countries to the capital Canada, etc. where you can find roadside cafes that are waiting for the guests of our country. 5 5 days visa-free through Visa National Airport Citizens of many countries do not require If you travel to the capital of Belarus by a visa to visit the Republic of Belarus plane and you are going to stay in Belarus even for more days. Those are Israel, for no more than 5 days, then we have good Turkey, UAE, Brazil, Argentina, Georgia, news for you — you don’t need a Belarusian Azerbaijan, Armenia and others. visa. For more information about traveling BELARUS so, please visit www.mfa.gov.by. Augustow Channel + Belovezhskaya Pushcha + Grodno/Hrodna visa-free Brest visa-free In addition, you can also travel visa-free for From now on if you would like to visit one of 10 days to the Augustow Channel as well as the main sights of Belarus (and a UNESCO site to the majestic city of Grodno/Hrodna. For as well) together with the heroic city of Brest, this you will need a tourist voucher from you can also do it visa-free for 10 days. the Belarusian tour operator at the border Belovezhskaya Pushcha is not only the oldest checkpoint. relic forest but also a home for a unique animal, one of the symbols of Belarus — The bison (or “zubr”). © Anna Zankovich 8 9 1. Architectural 2. Cultural 5 REASONS heritage contrasts What you can find is a The contrast and TO VISIT mixture of architecture originality — that’s what from the Middle Ages makes our country’s culture BELARUS and the recent high-tech distinctive and unique. Here infrastructure with sites the historical heritage is still standing created carefully preserved at the during the Stalin Empire, same time as a new street as well as the mixture of culture is developing, East and West. Many claim national ornaments keep to smell gunpowder in the pace with world fashion back streets of forts and trends. hear piano sounds from the halls of the palaces and park ensembles. 3. Luxury of 4. Relic forests 5. Energy of the quietness and pristine lakes earth for health A peaceful pace of life, Learn about the secret Mild climate, natural beauty no stress together with life of the inhabitants of products and the medical the modern infrastructure wildwoods and feel the personnel whom you can is kind of a standard in every slight breath of birch groves. trust have long made Belarusian city. Surprisingly Blue-eyed Belarus is a Belarus a health resort this place isn’t a utopia; paradise for photographers, brand. Treatment it’s just the way the towns where instead of the sea in underground salt mines, of Belarus are. In the there are thousands of pure mineral water, fresh countryside, you’ll often lakes. This is for sure a moist air and healing muds find your own place for perfect place for your are the trademark of one solitude and inspiration precious holidays. of the most environmentally where you can communicate friendly European with nature personally or countries. listen to yourself closely. © Sergey Plytkevich 10 11 You never know what is waiting for you around the corner of the architectural monument of the XIX century: a cozy family WELCOMING park, a motley graffiti street, a dozen of extravagant bars. The capital of Belarus MINSK is a city with a character and its culture, it is hospitable and multi-faceted. Sometimes Minsk citizens gently refer to Minsk as «the city of the sun». And only after walking along its streets, you understand why! © Maksim Yermolenko © Grisha Bruev* © SIBAShouse* 12 13 CALM CITY STYLE Tourists say that every Belarusian city has its own soul and atmosphere that are formed by small but very important details. Royal Grodno (Hrodna), the cultural capital of Belarus — Vitebsk (Vitsebsk), the heroic city of Brest, majestic Gomel (Homel), quiet Mogilev (Mahilyow) — this is just a small list of cities that we suggest to you for your visit in order to know Belarus better. Gomel Vitebsk Mogilev Grodno Brest © Grisha Bruev* © Grisha Bruev* 14 15 Kossovo castle STONE HISTORY Castles of Belarus are not the homes of princesses anymore. Nowadays it is history that lives in them. According to legends, ghosts can be found roaming these castles. But be careful for which one you look for, you never know if they’re happy to have guests or not! 6 Belarusian castles worth visiting: • Mir castle • Nesvizh Castle • Kossovo castle • Grodno Old Castle • Grodno New Castle • Lida castle Mir castle Nesvizh Castle Grodno New Castle © Grisha Bruev* 16 17 The grinding of water replaces the car noise, birdsong calls to relax under the crowns of black birches or giant oaks. Pick up a FOR CENTURIES bouquet of wildflowers or cook a self-caught fish on the barbecue! Pine and broad-leaved BELARUS WAS GOING forests where you can fill your baskets with berries, mushrooms and herbs, reserved TO SURPRISE YOU areas from UNESCO World Heritage List — all of this will not leave a trace of indifference to the power of nature. © Sergey Plytkevich 18 19 Belovezhskaya Pushcha Nalibokskaya Pushcha Yelnya (moor) WHAT IS THE POINT The last relic of Europe where you can This place is surrounded by mysticism. One of the largest marshes in Europe find rare bisons, lynxes and more than According to the tradition, a church hides the treasures of flora and fauna: OF FRESH WATERS? a half of all the plants in Belarus that once located here sank and a lake with tons of cranberries, cowberries, grow in the countryside. Dense forests a surprisingly smooth coastline appeared blueberries, hundreds of species of of Pushcha still have some spots where in its place. They say that in the quiet of migratory birds and about 7,000 cranes. no man has gone before and some trees the night over the water you can hear the If you forget to bring your water, do not remember the princes from the Middle sound of bells. The Lavrishevsky monastery worry. The moor is surrounded by more Ages. When the cold chill comes, you that was built side by side, on the left bank than 100 crystal clear lakes. know, Santa Claus’ residence is nearby! of the Neman, suddenly appeared on the right bank of the river. By the way, it is here where you can try the famous Naliboksky moonshine (home-made vodka)! © Sergey Plytkevich 20 21 Blue Lakes Naroch Braslav lakes The natural system «Blue Naroch is a blue pearl of 74 picturesque lakes, Lakes» has the status of Belarus; it is its largest 30 species of fish, more a key botanical territory and cleanest lake. It also than 10 kinds of hunting of Belarus. In addition has a sandy beach with and 2 eco-trails — everyone to picnics and swimming, white swans which you will find something that we invite you to go to the can see from the view of they could enjoy. Advice: Forest Museum to learn a helicopter. Additionally, climb Mayak (Lighthouse) about the main natural here you can visit the Park hill and try not to admire wealth of Belarus. By the containing rare plants and the view! You have been way, it is located in the learn how to dive. warned... it will be difficult! forest thicket. After listening to all the legends of Blue Lakes make sure to gently bathe in the refreshing Boltiksky spring. Augustow Channel Berezinsky (a unique water Biosphere system) Reserve (moor) A part of this unique Moors occupy about channel is located in Belarus 60% of Berezinsky Reserve and another part is located territory.
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