Chronicle Polotsk

Grodno - Golshany - Krevo - Lake Naroch - Mosar - Polotsk - Grodno

 

 

Length of the route – 1100 km.

Duration of the trip – 2 days/1 night,

without overnight travel, all inclusive.

 

 

Day 1

Departure from Grodno in the morning.

Visit to the palace and park ensemble of the 17th century – the residence of Prince P. Sapieha in Golshany.

Visit to the Krevo Castle of the 14th century.

Rest on Lake Naroch.

Visit to the Church of St. Anne of the 18th century in the village of Mosar.

Transfer to Polotsk. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner.

 

Day 2

Breakfast. Check out from the hotel.

Excursion to Polotsk – the oldest city of the Eastern Slavs, the territory of which is declared a historical and cultural reserve. Here you will touch the most secret secrets of the first city of Belarus.

St. Sophia Cathedral – a pearl of ancient architecture with magnificent interior decoration and one of the best organs in Belarus.

Visit to the Museum of Belarusian Printing.

Walking tour along Nizhne-Pokrovskaya Street: Epiphany Monastery, Franciscan Monastery, Brotherhood School, Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God.

The Spaso-Efrosinyevsky active women's monastery, on the territory of which is the Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya Church, built in the 12th century by order of Euphrosyne of Polotsk. The interior of the temple is decorated with unique frescoes of the 12th century. The relics of the Venerable Euphrosyne of Polotsk, who is considered the heavenly patroness of the Belarusian land, are kept here.

Lunch.

Departure to Grodno.