Go underground, see unusual monuments. What will surprise you in the new tourist routes in Belarus

Every year new tourist routes are opened for traveling around Belarus. They allow you to enrich your vacation, better understand the culture and enjoy the nature of each region. This year, at the international exhibition and fair "Leisure-2025", they told about new routes for traveling to suit every taste. For example, go down into an underground crypt, take a night tour with a flashlight in hand and just see ancient architectural monuments. The main thing is to choose the route that you like the most.

Master class on creating amulet dolls and romance on the water

In the Gomel region, the route "Etna-stezhka" is offered: the excursion combines dendrotherapy, mythology, fortune telling, meditation, tea drinking and rituals. This is a real interactive program, the purpose of which is to develop a caring attitude towards nature. The length of the route is 1.5 km. Duration - two hours. The excursion is held throughout the year, everything depends only on weather conditions. Additionally, those who wish can take part in a master class on creating amulet dolls from grass and hay and learn how to carry a yoke correctly.

On the excursion "A Date with Gomel Heritage" you can visit objects located in the city itself. This includes the Rumyantsev-Paskevich Palace, the Paskevich Chapel-Tomb, where eight representatives of the family are buried, and the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Tourists can visit an amusement park, walk along the embankment of the Sozh River. A tourist excursion route "Sozh - the blue artery of Gomel" has also been developed, everyone can take an unforgettable boat trip. You can also take a promenade along Millionnaya (Biletsky) Street, see the house of the merchant Groshikov in Vetka, visit the summer residence of Pyotr Rumyantsev and take a closer look at the building of the Russian-Asian Bank.

Gastronomic discovery - a boat on Stockerau Boulevard

The route "Girandol" (Baranovichi - Baranovichi district - Gantsevichi district - Lyakhovichi district) starts from the village of Ishkold. Here tourists will get acquainted with the Church of the Holy Trinity. Then they will visit the agro-town of Kroshin - an old Belarusian town. After it - Baranovichi. Under the cover of night with a flashlight in hand, you can go on a mysterious excursion to the railway museum. The route through Baranovichi also includes a visit to the Holy Protection Cathedral. If you want to have a snack, do not forget about the local gastronomic legend - a boat. For more than 20 years, this dish has been available for purchase on Stockerau Boulevard at any time of the year.

In the Lyakhovichi district, in the village of Fleryanovo, there is the Bokhvitsey estate. The owner of the estate, Larisa Pavlovna, is always glad to see guests. She will tell the whole history of the estate and share the most striking facts.

In Gantsevichi, tourists will be able to visit the scientific and experimental base "Zhuraviny" and Izbiysky pine forest, learn the legend about the return of the icon of the Mother of God with the baby.

Make a wish or look at the cucumber monument?

The duration of the route "Mogilev - the abode of the lion" is about six hours, the distance is 7 km. It will become a guide to the most interesting places in Mogilev. The start of the excursion will be from the city center - the palace of Georgy Konissky, made in the style of Vilnius Baroque. The route also covers the Square of Glory and the Mogilev Town Hall. Then there will be an opportunity to go down to the embankment of the Dnieper River. In the passage, anyone can see old photographs of Mogilev.

Among the objects of the excursion is the city's calling card - lions, as well as Podnikolye Park, which includes the St. Nicholas Monastery, the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Stanislav. One of the most interesting sights of the route will be the only monument to the Stargazer in the world. Legend has it that if you rub his finger and sit on a chair with your zodiac sign, your wish will definitely come true.

On the first day of the program "Mogilev in 5 days!" you can see the same objects as on the excursion "Mogilev - the abode of the lion". On the second day, tourists will have the opportunity to visit the Church of St. Paraskeva Pyatnitsa and the Polykovichskaya spring. As well as the town hall, the Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya Church and the cucumber monument in Shklov, the school where the President of Belarus ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO studied , as well as the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy in Gorki.

On the third day, guests can go to Buinichi field, look at the memorial complex in the village of Borki "In Memory of the Burnt Villages of the Mogilev Region", see the Chigirinskoye Reservoir.

The fourth day will open the Holy Ascension Convent in Barkolabovo, the Bykhov defensive synagogue and the Bykhov castle of the Khodkeviches and Sapiehas, the Tolstoy estate in Grudinovka.

The fifth day will be remembered for a trip to Mstislav, where the "Knight's Fest" festival is held, Radomlya, where the "At the Guests of the Radzimichs" festival is held, the Holy Dormition Convent in Orsha and the Potemkin and Golynsky Palace in Krichev.

Visit "Broadway", create a cocktail and see 80 significant places

MINSK and the Minsk region will surprise with three new routes. The first one - "In Search of "Paparats-kvetka" - starts from Minsk, but tourists can also be met in Molodechno. The starting point is a branch of the State Literary Museum of Yanka Kupala. It is important to visit the Church of the Holy Trinity in Radoshkovichi and the estate of Yakhimovshchina. The first is the place of the poet's baptism, and in the second he once worked hard as an assistant distiller.

In Molodechno, tourists will be met by the sculpture "Passenger" right at the train station. Then they will be able to see the local "Broadway", as well as the Minsk Regional Museum of Local History. The route also includes a visit to the fountain "Paparats-kvetka", the Museum of Stones, the Palace of Culture, and the summer amphitheater.The DIRECTOR

spoke about the multifunctional route of natural and cultural potential "Volozhinskie gostintsy"Tourist information center of Volozhin district Anastasia Pakholko.

"Volozhin district is unique. A significant part of it is occupied by the forest massif Nalibokskaya Pushcha. The route unites various attractions and is the basis of ecotourism," she noted. The excursion includes a visit to the Holy Transfiguration Church and the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Dominic in Rakov, the Rakov center of folk art and the estate "World of Bees", where honey tasting will be possible.

A new facility is the ecotourism complex "Rumskiya stsezhki", where it will be possible to walk along the ecological trail of the same name. Afterwards, you can take part in an entertainment program: create your own original cocktail based on the alcoholic drink "Zabelport", learn the secrets of its production and find out why it got this name.

The excursion "Capital Route" is a loop: you can start and finish at any point along the way. It passes through all districts of the city. Duration - eight hours, distance - 70 km. The excursion covers historical, cultural, industrial, educational, religious sites and is suitable for both car and bicycle travel. The number of sites offered for acquaintance is symbolic - 80, as well as the number of years since the Day of the Great Victory over the Nazi invaders.

The route through the Sovietsky district includes the Golden Hill, Yakub Kolas Square and Komarovsky Market. In the Partizansky district, the emphasis is on industrial tourism. Excursions through the Leninsky district touch upon the Loshitsky estate and park complex, in the Oktyabrsky district - the new Minsk-Mir microdistrict, Minsk-1 airport, the Palace of Culture of Railway Workers, the "Steam Locomotive" sculpture and the "Sputnik" hotel, in the Moskovsky district - Dzerzhinsky Avenue and the APPLE Garden . The end of the route is Victory Square.

"This is respect for any guest"

The "Accessible History of Volkovysk" route is inclusive and aimed at the visually impaired and hearing impaired. The route includes 13 objects. The project is the first in Belarus and unique in its kind. The developers of the route are certified specialists in clear language of the Belarusian Association for Assistance to Disabled Children and Young People with Disabilities Veronika Kovaleva and Tatyana Grishan.

"We wanted to make the excursion so that people could feel the atmosphere of the place, notice those details that they had not paid attention to before. This is respect for any guest. This is an excursion in clear language. This is done for the elderly, foreign tourists, children and schoolchildren, for ordinary tourists who came on vacation. Everyone can go this route through Volkovysk absolutely free of charge and learn everything about the history of the city. You only need a phone and an Internet connection," they noted.

In Volkovysk, there are 13 stations with two QR codes: one with general information about all the objects of the route, the second - about the object near which the tourist is located. Tours are held in Russian and Belarusian, sign language and Braille are also used. The stations can be passed in any order.

"See Paris and ..."

The route "From Lyntupy to Paris. Travel along the Postavy region" will reveal to guests the beauty of the Belarusian Poozerye. It takes seven hours. In Lyntupy, you can see the Bishevsky estate, the Church of St. Andrew the Apostle. In the agro-town of Kamai - the Church of St. John the Baptist, which is a defensive temple, and the adjoining chapel-tomb.

In Postavy - the Tyzenhaus Palace, the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the very last monument to Vladimir Lenin erected in the USSR. The village of Mankovichi will surprise guests with its waterfall, along which you can raft in kayaks and canoes, and Dunilovichi - the Church of the Holy Trinity with the only two-tiered altar in Belarus.

At the final point of the excursion - the village of Paris - tourists will be told "bonjour", taken to the 30-meter "Eiffel Tower" and given the opportunity to collect water from the spring "Gremyaki".

The building of the former zemstvo council, the Senno history and local history museum, which includes three halls, secondary school No. 1 named after Z. I. Azgur, where his art museum is located, a memorial sign to Matryona Markevich, who created the ornamental part for the flag of Belarus, the Senno House of Crafts - all this guests can visit along the tourist route "Golden Ring of Senno Region".

The excursion objects also include the second largest Devil's Stone in Belarus and the memorial complex created on the territory of the former village of Kupovat, where Hero of the Soviet Union Konstantin Zaslonov died.

Mystical excursion and underground crypts

In Novogrudok there are two functioning mosques, two versions of the miraculous Icon of the Mother of God of Novogrudok Orthodox and Catholic editions, the oldest Catholic church in Belarus, the oldest Orthodox monastery in the country, the only crypt in the Grodno region, the only figure of the Mother of God pregnant "New Life" in Belarus and the world.

The route of the excursion "Holy joy of Belarus - Novogrudok confessional" has new items. The Church of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki in Shchorsy, the Church of St. Casimir in Vselyub, the gastronomic tour "Bread and SALT of the Novogrudok land", the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Ivenets. Last year, the first crypt was opened there, and recently the second one.

"The excursion "Night Mystery. Dominicans of Novogrudok" is in great demand. Its fame has already spread far beyond the borders of Belarus. Guests fly in from Sochi and Krasnodar," said Ulyana Voitovich, acting director of the Novogrudok tourist information center. "What happens on the excursion is a mystery. Tourists can go down into a thousand-year-old crypt and listen to the organ."

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