Belarus Soviet Tour | Back to the USSR Tour | Pyala Travel - Travel Program
Go back to the soviet pas on this great trip to Belarus from the local experts of Pyala Travel.
Belarus Soviet Tour
private tour
Trip back to USSR
An exciting tour to Belarus where you can immerse yourself into the Soviet atmosphere and learn about live of locals at this time. Enjoy this individual tour to Belarus and go back to Soviet times.
from 1300,-
8 days
Tabs
Day 1 arrival Minsk
Arrival at Minsk National Airport, meet your guide and transfer to a hotel.You will be welcomed and immediately get to know Belarusian cuisine. Together with a guide you go to a local restaurant, where you are offered a traditional meal. Of course you will eat one of the most famous dishes in Belarus - draniki (potato pancakes)!
And of course you discuss your journey for the coming days with your local guide.
Day 2 Minsk / Soviet Tour
Prepare yourself for travelling in time! Because in the morning you will go many years back and find yourself in the biggest country in the world - USSR! You will meet a local friend who will show you around, bring you to places with most beautiful Stalinist architecture and tell you about life of Soviet people. You will have lunch in a very Soviet style restaurant, do some shopping at the Soviet warehouse GUM and walk in a very calm and typical for that time district Asmolauka.Rest of the day is a free time when you will be able to discover Minsk on your own.
Day 3 Minsk / Museum of the Great Patriotic War
During the second world war, or as we like to call it the Great Patriotic war Belarus suffered greatly. This war has shaped our history in many ways. You will get a tour around Belarusian Great Patriotic War History Museum and learn about the role of USSR in World War II, see Soviet tanks and other military cars and listen to sometimes sad, sometimes heroic stories about this big and scary war.Rest of the day is a free time when you will be able to discover Minsk on your own or you can get some additional tours to your program.
Day 4 Minsk - Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park
You leave Minsk for what is one of the highlights of every visit to Belarus, the Belovezhskaya Pushcha Natural Park. This park is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The park, located on the border with Poland, consists of the last primeval forests of Europe with oak trees of 500 years old and 250 different animal species. The most striking is the zubr, or the European bison, the largest mammal in Europe.At the entrance of the park is a small museum dedicated to the history, flora and fauna of this park. There is also an animal park where you can see the animals living in the park.
If you want to explore the park yourself, you can take one of the walking tours, or rent a bike and follow a cycle route. You can also get a tour of the park by car.
If you want to see bisons in the wild, these are best spotted in the winter months. Then they come from deep in the woods more to the center of the park in search for food.
It is also possible (in the summer) to book an excursion with a forester (early in the morning), where you will search for grazing herds of bisons. This must be requested in advance.
You sleep in a hotel in the park. From here you can easily make the walking routes and / or cycling tours.
Day 5 Belovezhskaya Pushcha - Brest
Today you are going back to Brest! The city is located near the border with Poland and is also quite closely located to Ukraine, and this melting pot you will feel! There you will meet you local guide who will show you the city. Walk along Saveckaja Street. It’s translated to English as Soviet Street, but for your surprise you won’t see there any Soviet reminders. But you can find there many cute shops, coffee spots and bars and in the evening you will witness a very special and old ritual of lighting the lanterns.You will also visit an interesting and big memorial Brest Fortress. It is a very important place for the Soviet resistance. It was built in the middle of the 19th century and became a Hero Fortress for the courageous Soviet soldiers during the fight against the German army in 1941. Nazi’s planned to seize the fortress in 8 hours, but it stood firm for more than 30 days.
Day 6 Brest - Zabrodye
You are going to a ‘dacha’! It’s a great chance to experience this unique and very Belarusian tradition from Soviet times. You will be able to properly clean yourself in this wooden sauna that we call ‘banya’, good food and drinks!In the country houses people during soviet times could briefly escape the bustle of the big city, but also the control. They could also grow their own food and meet their friends and family freely and talk and cook together.
You travel to a dacha, about 95 kilometers outside of Minsk. This old farmhouse is located in the pretty village of Zabrodye, in the Vileika district near the Natochanka river. Here you can enjoy the traditional Belarusian country life. The owners try to keep this tradition alive and to preserve as much of the old habits as possible. Lots of attention is also paid to the past and the collection of nostalgia (think old furniture / kitchen utensils and Soviet cars).
History buffs will also enjoy themselves here. The farm is located on the old German-Russian front line from the First World War. Many artifacts have been found in the surrounding meadows and are now collected in a small museum. This museum is located in an old church and an old train carriage.
Day 7 Zabrodye - Minsk
In the afternoon we will bring you back to Minsk where you will have free time to discover the city on your own or get one of our additional option.Day 8 depart Minsk
With tears in your eyes you will be brought to the airport to catch your flight back.Reis boeken?
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