Why visit
Leisure
To enjoy the nightingale trills after megapolis noise. Breathe deeply the pure air, no wonder the Belarusian swamp called "the lungs of Europe." Walk barefoot on green grass after red-hot asphalt. Belarus is the perfect vacation place to forget about work and recharge your batteries for future achievements.
Health
Mineral springs, therapeutic mud fields, salt mines and excellent conditions for climate, the healing power of nature, multiplied by highly qualified doctors, all that is a great reason to remember about your health and take a chance of the invitation in Belarusian health resorts. If the measured life in a sanatorium not for you just take an active rest in the touristic and recreational complex. Bicycle tours, horse riding, walking and water tours – and you will have no time to be bored.
Impressions
Unspoiled location, thousands of lakes and rivers, a unique landscape, the standard of natural systems, where rare species of flora and fauna stays. All of them can be seen in the Belarusian reserves, each of which is unique. And not just to see.
Trophies
More and more often guests from near and far abroad are trying to comprehend the peculiarities of national hunting in Belarus. Only here you can feel like a participant of a royal bison hunt. Pertain of a hunter to a particular nation can be easily determined by his predilections in hunting. The Germans come to hunt big game — elk or deer. The Russians come for a wild boar hunt at the damage in the summer. The French prefer bird hunting: woodcock, blackcock and wood grouse. The Italians prefer water fowl. The English enjoy hunting foxes and wolves. Hunting does not end with a successful shot: the Belarusian legislation allows exporting hunting trophies from the country.
Authenticity
It will be interesting to visit the Belarusian outback for those who prefer the “luxury” comfort class and for those who would like to live in authentic, though Spartan conditions. The entertainment activities include a trip to the apiary, a master class in baking, weaving felt boots and knitting wisps, as well as horse riding, crossbow and bow shooting, boat trips. A holiday in Belarusian agricultural estates has been a popular holiday pastime among foreigners, especially with children, for some time now.
Exotics
Any time of the year you can become a participant of folk celebrations: Christmas-time (Kolyady), Maslenitsa festival, Kupalie, Dozhinki. Some Belarusian ceremonies are included in the UNESCO list of intangible heritage. A lot of dishes of the Belarusian national cuisine may be exotic for many foreigners.
Memories
Belarus is considered to be one of the world centers of religious tourism for Jews. The unique architecture of Belarusian ancient churches attracts many Christian pilgrims. Foreigners come here to see with their own eyes the places where famous battles, in which their ancestors participated, took place. Memorials and steles in places of battles of the World War I, the War of 1812, in honor of the victory against the French and the Swedes, battles of the distant Middle Ages are established in Belarus. Numerous tilting matches with the participation of people who are indifferent to history from all over the world take place in Belarus almost the whole year through.
Miracles
In Belarus there are at least five residences of New Year’s characters. You can visit the estate of the Belarusian Father Frost in the Belovezhskaya Puscha in the winter and summer. You can get acquainted with his Belarusian great-great-grandfather Zyuzya Poozersky, as well as visit the museum of the forest, take a tour held by a real Leshy. Fairytales and their characters are cherished in reserved Belarus. If your child is older, becoming acquainted with wildlife may be a miracle for him. There are “green routes” for school children and students all over the country. When taking a journey through the ecological trails of Belarusian regions, you can see rare plants in age-old thickets or eye animals and birds.
If you want to visit the heart of Europe, visit places where the most important historical events took place, and even take part in the reconstruction of famous battles, rest in the most untouched corners of nature, hunt in the royal forest reserve or fish in one of the thousands of glacial lakes, you should come to Belarus. Guests are always welcome here, and Belarusians know how to amaze.
