Itinerary : Minsk – Khatyn – Vitebsk - Beshenkovichi - Polotsk – Disna – Glubokoe – Minsk - Dudutky | Duration: 8 days/ 7 nights
- Sightseeing tour of Minsk
- the State Memorial Complex 'Khatyn'
- Vitebsk city tour
- Visit to the Art school
- Marc Chagall Museum
- Workshop of a well-known sculptor V.Moguchij
- Village Beshenkovichi
- Polotsk, a page in the history of Vikings
- St. Sofia Cathedral
- The centre of Europe Glubokoye
- The open air Museum of Folk Handicrafts and Technologies Dudutki
| Day 1. |
Arrival in Minsk. Meeting at the airport.
Transfer to the hotel. Check-in.
Time at leisure (available visit to the Opera and Ballet theatre).
Dinner.
| DAY 2. |
Breakfast
Sightseeing tour of Minsk, including the main avenues (Independence avenue with - Victory square, Pobediteley avenue) and architectural monuments of the 17th - 20th cents (the Upper Town with the St Spirit Cathedral, temples and monasteries and old streets of Trinity Suburb). Tourists will visit the «Isle of Tears» and see the monument, commemorating the soldiers who were perished in different times in different centuries, will see the Victory Monument, the National Library.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Departure for Vitebsk via the State Memorial Complex 'Khatyn'. The small village of Khatyn was burnt down together with its 149 residents (75 children among them) by the Nazis on March 22, 1943.
Arrival in Vitebsk. Check- in at the hotel.
Vitebsk city tour. Vitebsk, founded by Olga of Kiev in the year of 974, nowadays is supposed to be the cultural capital of Belarus as a range of international festivals and fairs take place in Vitebsk annually. Vitebsk is also rich in modern architecture, however, it is more famous as the birthplace of Mark Chagal, one of the greatest artists of the XX century.
Dinner at the hotel.
| DAY 3. |
Breakfast.
Visit to the Art school with an opportunity to buy the works of the young painters.
Visit to the Marc Chagall Museum.
Visit to the workshop of a well-known sculptor V.Moguchij (creator of the Chagall monument).
Departure for the small village of Beshenkovichi. Traditional belarusian dinner (strong Schnaps, home made vodka incl.) with folk-show. "River cruise".
| DAY 4. |
Breakfast.
Transfer to Polotsk, a page in the history of Vikings, the cradle of Belarus. Visit to the St. Sofia Cathedral and the St. Efrosinnia Monastery.
Check- in at the hotel.
Transfer to Disna, the smallest town in Belarus. Late lunch. The programme with the music and dances.
Transfer back to Polotsk.
Dinner at the hotel.
| DAY 5. |
Breakfast.
Morning in Polotsk to visit the museums and the old wooden part of the town close to the St. Sofia Cathedral.
Time at leisure.
Dinner at the local restaurant.
| DAY 6. |
Breakfast.
Departure for Minsk via the small town en route Glubokoye which is claiming to be the centre of Europe.
Check- in at the hotel in Minsk.
Dinner at the local restaurant.
| DAY 7. |
Breakfast
Visit to the open air Museum of Folk Handicrafts and Technologies Dudutki (40 km from Minsk). Dudutki is a unique museum of material culture in Belarus with living national trades. This place can be hardly called a museum-so alive are all the displayed "objects". A magnificent reconstruction of the traditional way of living in Belarusian village that can be not only seen but even touched.
Lunch in Dudutki.
Afternoon at leisure.
Dinner at the hotel.
| DAY 8. |
Breakfast.
Time at leisure.
Transfer to the airport.








