Visiting Marc Chagall

Grodno - Polotsk - Vitebsk - Grodno

 

 

 

Length of the route – 1300 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.

Relaxation on Lake Naroch.

Polotsk. Excursion to 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 mysteries 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 Nizhnepokrovskaya Street: Bogoyavlensky Monastery, Franciscan Monastery, Brotherhood School, Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin.

The Spaso-Euphrosyne Convent is an 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 Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk, who is considered the heavenly patroness of the Belarusian land, are kept here.

Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner.

 

Day 2

Vitebsk. Check-out from the hotel.

Vitebsk. Sightseeing bus and walking tour of the perfectly preserved and restored buildings of the historical part of the city of the 18th-19th centuries: Town Hall - a symbol of the free city; Resurrection Church - one of the most beautiful monuments of Orthodox architecture; the majestic Assumption Cathedral; pedestrian Suvorov Street, along which there are souvenir shops, art galleries, cafes, taverns, coffee houses; Annunciation Church - a monument of ancient architecture of the 12th century. and the pearl of modern architecture – the Summer Amphitheater – the best concert venue in Europe, where the world-famous arts festival “Slavic Bazaar” takes place.

Visit to the house-museum of M. Chagall on Pokrovskaya Street. Chagall spent his childhood and youth in the house built by the artist’s father at the beginning of the 20th century.

Lunch in a cafe.

Departure to Grodno.