DAY 1: MINSK

Arrival and transfer to hotel . Evening at leisure Overnight in Minsk

DAY 2: MINSK City Tour - Dudutki

Breakfast and start with a sightseeing tour of Minsk: The National Library building, Victory Square with its 38-meter obelisk and the eternal flame commemorating the heroes of World War II, the Trinity suburb and the Afghanistan War Monument on the Island of Tears, the Upper town, the Catholic and Orthodox Cathedrals, Independence Square with the House of Government, the KGB historical office, the Residence of President, the Ice Hockey Arena and a football stadium etc

Lunch in vegetarian restaurant .

Excursion to museum complex «DUDUTKI». Museum complex of Dudutki dedicated to ancient folk crafts and technologies! Ahead you will have an exciting trip into the world of the age-old manners and occupations as well as the tasting of distinctive Belarusian dishes and horse-riding. An excursion with a guide and snacks includes:

• Workshops (smithy, pottery, wood-making shop, bakery, etc.)
  
• Snacks from the miller (lard, bread, onion, sauerkraut (salted cabbiage))
  
• Snacks at the distillery (moonshine vodka, traditional chaser)
  
• Snacks in the bakery (bread, cheese, butter, herbal tea)
  
• Horse-riding
  
• The duration is 2,5 hours
  
• Return to Minsk (~40 km).
  
• Overnight in Minsk.
  
• Overnight in Minsk
  

DAY 3:  MINSK - Stalin Line

Breakfast. Excursion to museum complex «STALIN LINE». This Historical and Cultural Complex was founded to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Soviet People’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War. These unique structures were a part of the defence system created at the beginning of the 1930s along the western border of the Soviet Union. This system is unofficially called the Stalin Line similar to the famous Maginot Line and the Mannerheim Line.

During the excursion you will see:

•  Artillery Half-Caponier
  
• Field Emplacements
  
• Medium T-34 Tank
  
• Machine Gun Pillbox
  
• Observation Bunkers
  
• Overnight in Minsk
  

DAY 4: MINSK - Mir & Nesvizh

Breakfast. A full day excursion «Belarusian Castles»: Transfer to Mir (~100 km). Tour of the legendary Mir Castle (XV – XVI centuries, was inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000). Visiting the museum in the castle tower. Moving to Nesvizh (~32 km). Visit to the XVI century palace and the park of the famous noble Radzivill family, the Farny Church of Corpus Christi (the oldest baroque style building in the Eastern Europe). Return to Minsk

• Overnight in Minsk
  

DAY 5: MINSK 

Breakfast and and transfer to airport for return flight home