Country Cycling "The "Belarus" Station" Tour

Country Cycling "The "Belarus" Station" Tour

This is a golden classic of Belarusian tourism. We'll cycle around an expressive and spectacular schoolbook of history of Belarus unfolded on a picturesque landscape. The small town of Zaslaŭje absorbed whole dramatic nature and contrariety of the Belarusian context. Town's railway station with symbolic name "Belarus" was situated just on a state border between Poland and USSR in 1921-1939. In the period a number of pillboxes were constructed here from both sides. But the town was baring its defensive constructions many times before that: ramparts of Hliabovičs' castle of XVI cent., a fortified protestant church in Gothic-Renaissance style, ramparts of an ancient settlement of the X cent are still there... Spirit and praying were inside of them all the time: we'll see churches of the past, including Orthodox Cathedral. Nice hilly landscape, various historical sites, cycling around local paths, with use of local trains - welcome to real Belarus!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Zaslaŭje, Belarus

old town of Zaslauje is the main aim of the tour.

There you'll see:

railway station "Belarus", ramparts of an ancient settlement of X cent., old housing, monument of Iziaslaŭ and Rahnieda, Roman catholic Virgin Mary's Birth church of XVIII cent., market square with Lenin's monument and prince Iziaslaŭ's monument, ramparts of Hliabovičs' castle of XVI cent., former Calvinist Cathedral of XVI cent.;

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Zaslavl Museum, Zaslawye Belarus

there are 5 museums in the town, at option, at wish, at additional cost:
- local history museum (with collection of old folk music instruments, with the "Jewish shop" exposition),
- pillbox museum (old soviet bunker),
- ethnographic complex "Mill" (a steam mill of the beginning of ХХ cent., a smithy, a barn, carter's house),
- museum of myths and forests for children

Visit of each museum costs approx. 1$ per person.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Republican Centre of the Olympic Equestrian Training and Horse Breeding, Koritskogo 136, Ratamka 223035 Belarus

- you could ride a horse there with help of an assistant
- 45 min. tour around the complex from its assistant is possible

all the services have to be paid additionally

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Minsk Sea, Minsk Belarus

one of the biggest artificial lake of the country, the main water tank for the capital and its main beach for a hot day

Duration: 30 minutes