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Download Russia and Belarus Detailed Itinerary RUSSIA AND BELARUS Detailed Itinerary Nov 28/19 Exploratory Trip Explore one of Europe’s least visited countries, Facts & Highlights Belarus! Enjoy the wide boulevards lined with • 19 land days • Maximum 16 travelers • All meals included classic Stalinist architecture. Visit traditional • Includes 1 internal flight • Start in Minsk, Belarus and villages, stopping at a babushka’s home. We finish in Moscow, Russia • Visit an open-air Soviet Union visit the medieval castles of Nesvizh and Mir military museum in Minsk • Enjoy Nesvizh (UNESCO) and Brest Fortress (UNESCO) • Overnight in Mir Castle • St. (overnight), as well as Brest Fortress (UNESCO), Petersburg - Visit Peter & Paul Fortress, Catherine Palace, Khatyn Memorial, and Strochitsy Museum. We and Peterhof Palace • Hermitage and Faberge Museums • Moscow - Red Square, Kremlin, Armoury and Moskva will enjoy the local flavors at the famous Azyartso River cruise, Stalin’s bunker, Cold War bunker • Russian Cuisine restaurant, and visit the Great War and Space Program, Bolshoi Ballet & Backstage Experience • Stalin Line Museums, where you can even enjoy a Enjoy medieval towns, monasteries, and cathedrals of the Gold Ring tank ride! Flying to St. Petersburg, Russia, we explore Departure Dates & Price Sep 14 - Oct 02, 2021 - $8695 USD one of the world’s most beautiful cities by foot, bus and canal. Enjoy Peter & Paul Fortress, the Activity Level: 2 Faberge Museum, Catherine Palace, Peterhof Comfort Level: Some long drives Palace with its superb gardens and fountains, and the world-renowned Hermitage Museum. Accommodations We take a fast train to Moscow, a city steeped in Comfortable hotels with private bathroom facilities. Enjoy one night in Mir Castle. political mystery and intrigue! Visit Red Square, the Kremlin and Armoury, Stalin’s bunker, a nuclear bunker, as well as New Maiden Convent and Cemetery. US/CAN 1-800-741-7956 UK 0808-234-1714 INTL. 001-416-588-5000 www.eldertreks.com Enjoy Sparrow Hills with a view over Moscow, Leo WL[LYOVMWHSHJL Z[WL[LYZI\YN Tolstoy’s estate, Tretyakov Gallery (which houses the LZ[VUPH best collection of Russian art), and a Moskva River cruise. Visit the Russian Space Program, even chatting ZLYNPL]WVZHK SH[]PH Z\aKHS with cosmonauts. Enjoy the Bolshoi Ballet, including SP[O\HUPH ]SHKPTPY a backstage experience! TVZJV^ Y\ZZPH We depart for our Golden Ring excursion, stopping Z[HSPUSPUL ROH[`U TPUZR at Sergiev Posad, whose monastery is one of the TPY WVSHUK ILSHY\Z ULZ]PaO most beautiful in Russia, and one of the principle IYLZ[ spiritual centers of the Russian Church. We continue to Vladimir before our final stop in Suzdal, with its countless monasteries, cathedrals, well-preserved historic wooden homes and its undeniable charm. This is truly a beautiful, traditional part of old Russia! We return to Moscow for our farewell dinner and overnight in the beautiful, fully-renovated, Ukraine hotel - one of Stalin’s architectural gems known as the “Seven Sisters”. Enjoy the views over Moscow, one of the world’s most colorful and vibrant cities! DAY 1 ARRIVE MINSK, BELARUS Upon arrival in Minsk we transfer to our comfortable hotel in the city. This evening we will have our wel- come dinner and our orientation meeting. Overnight in Minsk. DAY 2 MINSK CITY TOUR, STALIN LINE (OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE A WWII TANK) Minsk is an old city, founded in 1067, and still has some impressive Renaissance and Baroque architec- ture but many consider its architectural masterpiece to be its post-Soviet Stalinist buildings. The Belaru- sian capital has wide boulevards, is very safe and has a relaxed charm. We will see Independence Square, including one of the most beautiful churches of Belarus - the Church of Saints Simeon and Helena, as well as Government www.eldertreks.com 1 Minsk Minsk 2 www.eldertreks.com House with Lenin’s sculpture at the main entrance, otic War (World War 2). It stands 54km northeast former tenement houses, Minsk City Hall and more, of Minsk. For lunch we go to the famous Azyartso before exploring old Minsk on foot. Cuisine restaurant and later have time to leisurely Lunch will be at a Soviet canteen or at a restaurant enjoy the Strochitsy Folk Museum of Architecture opposite the KGB building. After lunch we will visit and Life. one of the city’s best museums, the Great Patriotic Overnight in Minsk. War Museum. We drive outside the city to Stalin Line Museum, an open-air Soviet Union military museum with an impressive array of WWII combat equipment DAY 4 TO NESVIZH CASTLE that you can see and touch. For those who are inter- The complex at Nesvizh Castle, with its moat and ested, you can ride a tank. There are reconstructed fortification, is quite impressive. In 2005 the castle machine-gun blockhouses and recreated foxholes complex was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage open to explore. The museum has a large collection Site. Walk around the moat before entering into the of tanks, aircraft, missiles and air defense vehicles to main square and castle interior. Learn about the view up close. powerful Radziwills people who came to the peak of Overnight in Minsk. their strength in the 16th century, as their influence stretched across modern-day Belarus, Poland, Lithu- DAY 3 MEMORIAL, AZYARTSO CUISINE & ania, and Germany. Officially the Radziwills were STROCHITSY MUSEUM called ‘magnates’ and can best be described as an extremely wealthy family wielding power over every The Khatyn Memorial is a tribute to the almost three level of nobility and owning 23 palaces, 426 large million Belarusians who died during the Great Patri- Ride a WWII tank! www.eldertreks.com 3 Nesvizh Castle Nesvizh Castle 4 www.eldertreks.com towns, 2032 estates, and more than 10,000 villages! traditional village where we will have tea, coffee Our next stop is at Kosava Manor and Kosciuszko and dessert in the backyard of a traditional wooden Museum/Memorial that also has a restaurant fa- house, where hopefully we will be joined by a lovely mous for their delicious pancakes with sour cream, a village babushka (grandmother). traditional Belarusian dish. We continue driving to Our next stop is Mir Castle, just a short drive away. Brest where we check into our hotel. We will stay overnight in the impressive Mir Castle, Overnight in Brest. enjoying the courtyard and interior. In the evening, the castle is enjoyed exclusively by the castle hotel DAY 5 BREST FORTRESS (UNESCO), residents only. TRADITIONAL VILLAGE, TO MIR CASTLE Overnight in Mir. Not far from the Polish border, Brest Fortress (1833) is a Russian fortress with moats, barracks, towers DAY 6 MIR CASTLE, FLY TO ST. PETERS- and monuments. In 1965, the title Hero Fortress BURG was given to the fortress to commemorate the The early morning light provides a wonderful op- defense of the Soviet line during the German-Soviet portunity for capturing photos of Mir Castle. After battles, when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in enjoying the ambience of the castle this morning, we 1941. Both Hitler and Mussolini visited the fortress depart for Minsk international airport for our flight on August 26, 1941. to St. Petersburg, Russia. We drive to the town of Slonim for lunch and con- Upon arrival in St. Petersburg, we are picked up and tinue on to a traditional village with a Gothic church transferred to our hotel. dating back to 1470. We will visit another nearby Overnight in St. Petersburg. Overnight in Mir Castle www.eldertreks.com 5 Peterhof Peterhof 6 www.eldertreks.com St Petersburg www.eldertreks.com 7 Hermitage Museum 8 www.eldertreks.com DAY 7 PETER & PAUL FORTRESS, DAY 8 PETERHOF PALACE FABERGE MUSEUM This morning we visit the UNESCO designated Pe- On our morning city tour of St. Petersburg we will terhof Palace, commissioned on the orders of Peter visit Peter and Paul Fortress, which was the original the Great. Located just outside of St. Petersburg, citadel founded by Peter the Great in 1703. In the Peterhof Palace consists of a series of palaces and early 1920s, it was still used as a prison and execu- gardens, and is often referred to as the “Russian tion ground by the Bolshevik government. Today it Versailles”. The expanse of the Lower Gardens is de- has been adapted as the central and most important signed in the formal style of French formal gardens part of the State Museum of St. Petersburg History. of the 17th We will also visit the main street, Nevsky Prospect, century. After lunch at a local restaurant, we will named after the 13th-century Russian prince Alex- take the hydrofoil back to the city. ander Nevsky, and planned by Peter the Great. We Overnight in St. Petersburg. will also see St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city. After lunch at a local restaurant we will visit the DAY 9 CATHERINE PALACE famed Faberge Museum, home to more than 4000 Today we will journey south of St. Petersburg to the works of art, including the 15 Faberge eggs. magnificent Catherine Palace, the summer residence Overnight in St. Petersburg. of the Russian tsars. The Catherine Palace is named www.eldertreks.com 9 The Kremlin 10 www.eldertreks.com after Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Great, who DAY 12 MOSCOW SITES - KREMLIN, RED ruled Russia for two years after her husband’s death. SQUARE, ARMOURY, COOKING LESSON Originally a modest two-story building commissioned We travel by metro to the city center, starting with a by Peter for Catherine in 1717, the Catherine Palace visit to the Kremlin. We continue our metro and walk- owes its later grandeur to their daughter, Empress ing tour with visits to the Red Square, St.
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