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City of royal palaces and temples
City of royal palaces and temples
Route SB-1.2: Lida - Grodno (lunch included)
This tour is conducted in RUSSIAN with museum audio guides in English.
Grodno - the only city in Belarus has the status of a town - monument of architecture and urban planning. He is spaciously located on the Castle hill, where Neman makes a sharp turn to the Lithuanian border...

The tour price includes:
    • Comfortable coach travel
    • Russian-speaking guide
    • Entrance tickets to Lida Castle
    • Entrance tickets to Museum of the History of Religion
    • Museum audio guides in English
    • Restaurant lunch
    • Viapol souvenirs
    • Help of our friendly guides☺
TOUR PROGRAMME
This tour will start from RSDRP Museum - Minsk, 31а Nyezalyezhnastsi pr. (near Victory square). You will definitely remember beautiful landscapes and fascinating history of the settlements on the way to Grodno. Arrival at LIDA. The city is rightly proud of the most monumental castle in Belarus, founded almost seven hundred years ago (1323) by Grand Duke Hedymin, whose grandson Vladislav II Yagailo will celebrate his marriage to Princess Sofia Golshansky a century later. A tour of the castle will allow you to plunge into the fascinating depths of the past. Moving to Grodno.

GRODNO SIGHTSEEING TOUR. Grondo is the only city in Belarus having the status of the monument of architecture and city planning. The leading role in its historical-cultural heritage is played by the remarkable architectural ensembles of different epochs and styles. The buildings of the Grodno architectural school of the XII century are found side by side with the buildings of modernism and constructivism of the XX century and what is more - Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism… The most monumental and elegant Church of Grodno - the Farny Church (former Jesuistic) - impresses by the greatness of the frontage and sculptural luxuriance of the interior. At the streets parting from the former Market place there are the extant buildings of numerous monasteries - Catholic (Bernardine, Brigid, Franciscan) and Orthodox, as well as mansions of noblemen.

Excursion to the CASTLE HILL in Grodno which is located on the bank of Neman. One of the oldest churches of Belarus - the Kolozhskaya church (XII century) - is situated near the Hill. The Royal Gothic castle was built in Grodno during the rule of Vytautas. At the end of XVII century the king Stephen B?thory rebuilt it into the Reneissance Castle, which had played a significant role in the history of the state. Close to it the New Castle (XVIII) is located, where dramatic events of the second partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth took place - the so-called "Silent sejm". And the most complete information about the life of the city in past centuries is presented in the cozy MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, which contains an impressive collection of artifacts. The tour will end on the main pedestrian street of Grodno - Sovetskaya, which has retained the charm and sophistication of the old town thanks to the wrought-iron balcony bars, the bright coloring of houses, the presence of numerous cafes with ancient interiors and delicious desserts. A walk here will allow you to adequately complete a day full of impressions and make good photos... Free time. Transfer to Minsk. Have a good trip!
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Price per person

25 EUR
140 BYN
24 EUR
130 BYN

Duration: 570 km, 14 h