Brest-Minsk-Vilnius
DURATION: 7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS



DAY 1
Arrive in Brest. English-speaking guide meets the group in Brest on the border. Check-in at the hotel "Intourist". Lunch.

Half-day city tour of Brest-Western Gates of Belarus, includes visit to Brest Fortress, the first stronghold of the Soviet Army during World War II, to an archeological museum "Berestye", slavic settlement of ancient Brest.
Belarusian national dinner.

DAY 2
Departure for Minsk - Capital City of Belarus (350 km from Brest). Arrive in Minsk by lunch. Check-in at the hotel. Lunch.

Half-day city tour of Minsk including architectural, historical and cultural monuments of 17th-18th centuries, Troitskoye Predmestye (Trinity Suburb) - restored buildings of the 19th century, modern centre of the city, the local Arts Museum.

Folklore Concert "Presentation of Belarus". Foreign tourists make acquaintance of the spirit of the Belarusian people, which finds its reflection in folklore, folk traditions and customs.

DAY 3
Full-day trip to the collective farm (Minsk province, 100 km from Minsk) or to the village of Zhirovitsa with Holy Monastery of Assumption (17th century), the Convent of the Nativity of the Virgin, the Theological Seminary (190 km from Minsk).

Lunch in the monastery or in the collective farm. Return to Minsk. Theatre or circus.

DAY 4
Tour to the Khatyn Memorial (60 km from Minsk). Erected on the site of the village of Khatyn - one of 186 Belarusian villages burnt to ashes together with their inhabitans by the Nazis during World War II.

Tour to Raubichi Folk Arts and Crafts Museum (20 km from Minsk). Displayed in the former Krestogorskaya Church are folk costumes, fine fabrics, articles made of straw, pottery, weaving, wood-carving, icon painting or to the open-air Museum of Belarusian country architecture and life. The display includes 120 buildings, hundreds of articles of domestic use, agricultural implements used by the peasants, works of applied art.

Shopping. Gala dinner in the hotel restaurant or outside the city.

DAY 5
After breakfast You start for Vilnius, Lithuanian Capital (190 km from Minsk).

Arrive in Vilnius by lunch. Check-in at a hotel. After lunch You start on a city tour of Vilnius.

Vilnius is located on the river Neris and is surrounded in the South and East by Wooden Hills. The southern bank of the river contains the most fascinating sites: the University (1570), St. Ann's Church - a beautiful 16th century Gothic Cathedral and the White Church of Saint Peter-and-Paul, the interior of which was created and decorated by 200 baroque artists. Opera House.

DAY 6
The tour to Trakai, Medeival castle (40 km from Vilnius). Lunch in Trakai.

Return to Vilnius. Afternoon is free for shopping. Tasting of Lithuanian national cuisine (optional).

DAY 7
After breakfast departure home.