Minsk-Polotsk-Minsk

Day 1 (Minsk)

Arrival in Minsk (Minsk 2 National Airport)
Transfer to Minsk (40 kilometers)
A mini bus with an English-speaking representative
Check in at the “Yubileynaya” hotel
Leisure time
City tour of Minsk with an English-speaking guide: Complex of Orthodox and Catholic churches and cathedrals, the most considerable buildings of the past and present, monuments, parks and squares. The observation platform of the National Library of Belarus (72 meters).
Overnight at the hotel (B&B)

Day 2 (Minsk-Polotsk)

Included “Buffet” breakfast in the hotel
Visit to the State museum of the History of the Great Patriotic war (the richest and the very first museum of the Second World war in the CIS or any other museum at your choice.
Transfer to the Railway station
17:28 Departure for Polotsk
21:03 Arrival in Polotsk
Transfer to the “Slavynskaya” hotel
Check in at the hotel

Day 3 (Polotsk)

Included “Continental” breakfast in the hotel
10.00 -13.00 City tour of Polotsk, the most ancient city of Belarus (862): A pleasant walk along the main street to see the 19th century mansions and public buildings to reach Frantcisk Scorina and Freedom Squares. Discover a few monuments to our famous countrymen of the past: Red brick building of the former German Lutheran Church, House of Peter the Great, former buildings of living quarters and a school of the Monastery of Epiphany, 18th century Russian Orthodox Church of Epiphany, the 16th — 19th centuries dwelling houses of the rich and the clergy are to be seen along the embankment of the Western Dwina River. Observation of the (12th – 18th) century magnificent St.Sophiya Russian Orthodox cathedral. Visit to the museum exposition in the St. Sophia Cathedral, the first stone building on the territory of Belarus.
13.00 -14.30 Lunch (optional)
14.30-15.30 Visit to the St. Euphrosynya Russian Orthodox Convent with the 12th century Transfiguration of the Savior Church. The church is remarkable for its unique frescoes remaining from that period. The 19th century Orthodox Cathedral to observe miracle-working relics of Savior Ephrosinya.
Overnight at the hotel (B&B).

Day 4 (Minsk)

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