Itinerary : Minsk – Mir – Nesviz - Pinsk – Turov – Minsk | Duration: 7 days/ 6 nights
Sightseeing tour of Minsk
The Museum of Material Culture and Handicreafts Dudutki
Sightseeing tour of Mir-Nesviz
City tour of Pinsk
The Ethnographic Museum of Motol
The Museum of Folk Art in Bezdezh
Sporovo farmstead
Turov sightseeing tour
| DAY 1. |
Arrival in Minsk. Accommodation at the hotel.
Sightseeing tour of Minsk, including architectural, historical and cultural monuments of the 17th - 20th cents:Independence square, St Simeon and Helena Church (The Red Church), Independence avenue, Victory square, City Hall, St Spirit Cathedral, historic heart of the city - Trinity Suburb and Nemiga street, the National Library.
Time at leisure.
Dinner at a local restaurant.
| DAY 2. |
Breakfast.
Visit to the Museum of Material Culture and Handicreafts Dudutki. 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". You will see folk handicrafts, a windmill, which is still operable, ride a horse and have a chance to shape a horseshoe of fortune here. A potter will make a jug for you as a souvenir, if you wish, you could work at the potter's wheel yourself. Farm bakers will gladly cook for you a round loaf of bread in the oven. You are welcome to the tavern in a country style and have lunch at the restaurant of the complex Dudutki.
Lunch in Dudutki.
Departure for Minsk. Time at leisure.
Dinner.
| DAY 3. |
Breakfast.
Travel to Pinsk.
On the way sightseeing tour of Mir-Nesviz. You will visit Mir Castle ( It was erected at the end of 15th-early 16th century. It is a unique monument of Belarusian architecture included into the UNESCO List of World Heritage), Nesvizh Palace (a former residence of Radzivills family, medieval Belarusian magnates, with its beautiful park ensemble), Farny Roman-Catholic church and the Church of the 16th century designed by Bernardoni.
Departure for Pinsk. Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight.
| DAY 4. |
Breakfast.
City tour of Pinsk. The excursion acquaints you with the cultural and spiritual centre of Polesye, Pinsk. You will see the monuments of baroque architecture of the XVI-XVIII cc, the Orthodox and Catholic churches, Charles Baromeja's church of the XVIII c. and St. Varvara church with the icon of the XVI century the "God's Mother of Jerusalem", the Franciscan monastery, Jesuit colegium of the XVII c, the palace of Belarusian magnate Butrimovich. You will visit to the Histirical Museum of the Belarussian Polesye where you'll see the unique subjects of the local life (e.g. a wooden bicycle), typical clothes, a number of articles from the Radzivill's palace collection.
Boating along the Pripyat river.
Dinner-picnic with folklore show.
Overnight.
| DAY 5. |
Breakfast.
Departure to the village of Motol and visit to the Ethnographic Museum. Exploring the way of life, customs, ceremonies and traditions of Belarusian country people. The excursion is accompanied by the performance of the folk band. Tasting herbal tea with "karavai" (home baked white loaf of bread).
Meeting the local craftsmen in straw, wood, embroidery. Acquiring souvenirs, articles of handicrafts.
Departure to the village of Bezdezh. Visit to the Museum of Folk Art. Exploring the art of weaving and embroidering. Folk performance.
Arrival in Sporovo farmstead. Picnic in the open air.
Return to Pinsk.
Overnight.
| DAY 6. |
Breakfast.
Turov sightseeing tour. The tour of one of the oldest towns in Belarus includes the 6th-9th cent. Slavic monuments and burial mounds of Old Slavs. In Old Rus Turov was the center of culture and education. Visit to the local museum of History and Culture, to the St. Boris and Gleb cemetery with the stone cross "growing out of earth", the place of orthodox believers pilgrimage, the All Saints Church of the 18th cent. Visit to the museum of Nature and Apiculture.
Departure for a boat excursion along the Pripyat river. Watching the picturesque environment. Arrival at the isle for a picnic with belarusian cuisine. Cooking uha (special fish soup). Time at leisure.
Departure for Minsk.
Dinner.
Overnight.
| DAY 7. |
Breakfast.
Time at leisure. Departure for the airport.






