#Useful: #Tourism In Belarus, Your Check-In List. More than 70 thousand tourists are heading to Belarus ahead of the 2014 #IIHF World Ice #Hockey Championship. Many plan to take advantage of the temporary #visa-free regime. Though numerous wars and rebellions have resulted in the destruction of many architectural landmarks, Belarus has plenty of tourist attractions undiscovered by mainstream tourists from the West. Belarus Digest prepared an interesting list of places that you need to see in order to say that you truly experienced #Belarus. #Mir (100 km from Minsk) is a small town with cafes and an old Catholic church adjacent to the famous castle complex built by the Duke Yuri Ilyinich in the 16th century. A system of underground tunnels supposedly connects Mir with the beautiful #Nesvizh castle located just 60 km from Mir. The legend goes that the noble #Radziwill family hid their treasures in these tunnels. #Zaslauye (24 km from #Minsk) that can easily be reached by the same modern city trains that operate between the Minsk-Arena and the Chyzhouka-Arena. According to the Chronicles, Vladimir the Great from Kyiv founded the town for his wife Ragneda and their son Izyaslau in 985 AD. Those interested in the history of WWII may also be willing to visit the Stalin line (30 km). The memorial is interesting for its large collection of Soviet military equipment (tanks, artillery, etc), which visitors can explore. Two other landmarks are the ethnological museums in #Strochycy (5 km) and #Dudutki (50 km). They both offer an introduction to the old life of rural Belarus. If you have plenty of time, a trip to #UNESCO World Heritage site, the #Belavezhskaya Pushcha (360 km, Brest region) might be worth a visit. Shared by Belarus and Poland, this national #park is home to a rare species of European #bison and 450-year-old oaks. Synkovichi and #Muravanka (250 km from Minsk) represent an original variety of Orthodox fortified churches located in the same region. Belarus is yet to be discovered by tourists from Europe and North America. Once you reached Minsk, do not limit yourself only to ice hockey arenas and Minsks museums, restaurants and night clubs. Belarus is a very safe country to travel. Friendliness of people and very low prices will compensate possible problems with communicating in English outside Minsk and at times rudimentary customer service at tourist destinations. You can enrich your experience, engage Belarusian life and develop a more profound understanding of the national #culture if you go to smaller places and visit the countrys historical landmarks. #belarustravel #tourism #sighseeing #iihf2014 #IIHFWorlds
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 15:00:00 +0000
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