Belarus travel by car route. Autumn trip to Belarus by car. Happy memory to the heroes

Of all the countries of the former USSR, the easiest way to get to Belarus is by car. Although the path from Moscow to Minsk is not short, 720 kilometers, it can be covered very quickly, in just eight hours, if you fully adhere to the speed limit.

Even at five in the morning, at the exit from Moscow there was already a slight traffic jam for 10 minutes due to road repairs. Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov

There are many photo and video cameras along the entire route, both from the Russian and Belarusian sides. The local traffic police does not forgive violators. Exceeding the speed limit by more than 30 km/h can cost up to 7,000 rubles. And this is not the harshest punishment. For a repeated violation, you will have to part with your rights for up to a year.

Roads in Belarus are of better quality than in Russia and are not as congested. Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov

Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov

There is no need to prepare to cross the border, because, by and large, there is none. All preparation consists only of purchasing a “Green Card” - a compulsory car insurance policy for traveling abroad. If you travel only within Belarus, the cost of the document will be only about 900 rubles. It is almost impossible to forget about this nuance - along the road, starting from Smolensk, there are always kiosks with huge “Green Card” signs. In order not to waste time on the road, it is better to arrange everything in advance.

Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov Directly at the border, customs officers can selectively stop cars to check documents, but this, in any case, does not take up time. You shouldn’t wait for gigantic traffic jams and queues even in holidays. The quality of the road is excellent almost the entire route, with the exception of a couple of sections under repair with two lanes for traffic in each direction. The Belarusian part of the route is better in every sense and not only in terms of the quality of the surface. Firstly, the speed limit is higher here - 120 versus the Russian 90 km/h. Secondly, the highway never passes through populated areas, so you can drive all the way from the border to Minsk without changing your speed at all.

However, on long holiday weekends it is better to leave Moscow in advance. Although leaving at five in the morning on a weekend or on the night from Friday to Saturday can make few people happy, even half an hour of delay will affect the total time on the road. In addition to the traditional traffic from summer residents and other vacationers, the situation is aggravated by repairs in the Minsk direction in the Kubinka area. At 7-11 in the morning on the way from Moscow and at 19-22 when returning back, you can lose more than an hour here. Alternatively, go around Novorizhskoe highway and Ruzu.

If you want to visit Brest, you can spend the night in one of the park hotels with private parking near the city. Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov It’s better to refuel up to the border “to capacity”, because in Belarus gasoline is on average 3-4 rubles per liter more expensive. The savings are completely insignificant, but still. Taking into account the trip to Brest and the outskirts of Minsk, with an average fuel consumption on our Suzuki Vitara of 7.8 liters per hundred, 7,500 rubles were spent on gasoline. Even if you travel not with a group, but at least with two people, it will be significantly cheaper than with any other type of transport.

It is worth taking care immediately upon entering Belarus about local currency. Pair exchange offices there is literally a few kilometers after the border. If you miss them, there will be nowhere to change money all the way to Minsk. However, there is still no problem. In Belarus, even in the most shabby roadside cafes, where it’s scary to just be there, they accept bank cards.

Mir Castle. Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov

Nesvizh Castle. Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov

You can see a lot in three days. Mir and Nesvizh castles with picturesque parks and the Dudutki museum complex are located very close to the capital; the journey will take no more than an hour. In Minsk itself, getting around by car is not difficult. The avenues are wide, the junctions are simple, and there are few cars. And the main attractions are concentrated in the city center. You can leave your car and take a taxi - considering small area Minsk, almost any trip will cost no more than 500 rubles.

There are many hotels in the center of Minsk with free guarded parking. Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov

Single rooms in three-star hotels on holidays cost an average of 2.5 thousand rubles. It’s convenient to rent an apartment for a company – it’s even cheaper for one person. And, of course, there is no limit to perfection.

In cafes and restaurants, Russians will feel like millionaires. True, we still have to try to dine for more than a million Belarusian rubles. Food in Minsk is inexpensive even during the influx of tourists. Without denying yourself anything, you most likely won’t spend more than 2,500 rubles a day in restaurants.

Brest Fortress. Photo: AiF/ Denis Sveshnikov

As for the upcoming Victory Day, events in Minsk at the Stalin Line complex will last from May 7 to May 9. You will be able to see a reconstruction of the Battle of Berlin. Fireworks will take place on the day of the holiday at 22:00. Concert program, also ending with fireworks, will take place in the Brest Fortress. However, only residents of neighboring regions will be able to stay for the celebrations in Brest and return to work. The return journey to Moscow is more than 1000 kilometers, which, despite good road, will take a lot of time and effort.

Traveling and vacationing by car is becoming increasingly popular. In connection with the events in Ukraine, road trips around Belarus have reached the peak of popularity. Belarusian direction extremely attractive for tourism, thanks to its well-developed infrastructure and variety of attractions.

When planning a trip to Belarus by car, you need to take into account some features of the culture of driving on highways, which differs from the Russian one for the better and the punishment for traffic violation.

Route selection

1. Weekend in Belarus

If time is limited, you can organize an informative and eventful itinerary for 2-3 days. We invite you to visit Belarus with a detailed examination of two cities: ancient city Belarus – Polotsk and large historical center avant-garde art - Vitebsk.

Road: Moscow (Moscow region) - Vitebsk (Belarus) - Shumilino - Obol - Polotsk - Vitebsk (Belarus) - Moscow (Moscow region).

Duration: 2-3 days.

2. Castle belt of Belarus

On the territory of Belarus large number medieval castles and palaces, fortresses from the times of the Principality of Lithuania, noble estates, churches and churches in varying degrees of preservation. The proposed trip plan will allow you to become deeply acquainted with the so-called “Castle Belt” of Belarus. Traveling by car around Belarus, you can plunge into the world of towns, where life was not always as calm and measured as it is now. The first part of the trip will take place along the Moscow-Minsk route via Borisov.

Road: Moscow (Moscow region) - Borisov (Belarus) - Minsk - Zaslavl - Minsk - Rakov - Krevo - Boruny - Golshany - Desyatniki - Lida - Pruzhany - Kossovo - Synkovichi - Zhirovichi - Slonim - Novogrudok - Lyubcha - Lyubcha - Mir - Nesvizh – Dudutki – Orsha (Belarus) - Moscow (Moscow region).

Duration: 8 days.

Attractions to see

National Library

Gedimina Castle

Tyshkevich estate

National Museum history

Russian AutoMotoClub (RAMK) on the roads of Belarus

Overcoming a long road will be as pleasant and convenient for you as possible if you have a Russian AutoMotoClub (RAMK) card. By purchasing a member card of our club, you can always count on qualified and fast technical assistance, as well as evacuation services throughout almost all of Russia and Belarus, as well as in many European countries.

Traveling by car in Belarus can be ruined due to a breakdown on the road. However, as a member of RAMK, if problems arise with vehicles, assistance in eliminating which is provided to cardholders, you can always contact the RAMK contact center. Experienced mechanics will promptly go to the site and carry out urgent repairs or evacuation of vehicles.

Auto tourism in Belarus will leave you with extremely pleasant impressions, and no incidents on the road will be able to ruin your vacation. The advantages of cooperation with RAMK are obvious:

• Large coverage area;
• Saving money, time and nerves;
• High quality work;
• Efficiency of service provision.

Population: 9,498,700 people (2015);

Capital: Minsk;

Largest cities: Minsk, Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Grodno, Brest;

Official languages: Belarusian, Russian;

Our trip in a KIA RIO car around Belarus. Detailed route, prices and places to park with a tent. You can read even more on the wall of our VKontakte group - https://vk.com/nice_tripp

Day 1.

We left the village of Skovorodka (Pskov region). Travel 403 km. Overnight on Lake Losvido (read more about where to stay overnight and put up a tent).

Day 2.

Moving 30 km. City of Vitebsk.

Old town(ensemble of Town Hall Square, Catholic Church, Orthodox Church).

Not far from the zoo there is an excellent dumpling shop, where we had a delicious lunch for 4.65 Belarusian rubles (about 150 of ours).

Travel 150 km. City of Mogilev.

Sculpture of an astrologer on the square of stars and a sundial.

Overnight on the Rudeya River.

Day 3.

Travel 192 km. City of Gomel.

Lunacharsky Park, embankment of the Sozh River. Here is observation tower(from 10:00 to 18:00, entrance 1.5 BYR), with a bird's eye view of the city.

The triangle of central streets - Sovetskaya, Pobeda and Lenin Avenue.

Dancing fountain near the circus, from 20:00 and a light show every 15 minutes.

Overnight at the Oktyabrskaya Hotel, 36 Belarusian rubles per room.

Day 4.

Travel 160 km. City of Bobruisk.

We only looked at the abandoned Bobruisk fortress. In principle, the city is not worth attention, unless the path lies past, like ours.

Moving 110 km. Overnight on Maternal Lake.

Day 6.

We spent the day at the “Cool Place” camping site.

Day 7.

Due to the events of the night (more details in this article https://vk.com/nice_tripp?w=wall-125344032_71%2Fall in our VKontakte group) we had to return to Minsk (70 km drive). We bought a new tent for 71 BYR. We walked around the city again, went to the Vasilki restaurant for lunch (two courses, beer, coffee - 18.90 Belarusian rubles), didn’t finish it, took it with us.

Travel 150 km. Overnight on the Lan River.

Day 8

Moving 20 km. The city of Nesvizh.

At first we thought of visiting the castle, but the entrance fee was 13 Belarusian rubles per person, which was a bit expensive for us, especially since it turned out to be a banal palace and park complex. We went to the Catholic Church and the Town Hall. We expected that they would be allowed to go up, but no =) For 3 rubles per person you can only explore several rooms with various antique utensils (dishes, writing utensils, coins).

Travel 35 km. City of Mir.

Inspection of the Mir Castle. We didn’t go inside, we walked around the territory.

Travel 176 km. Overnight at Lake Selets.

Day 9.

Travel 121 km. City of Brest.

Inspection of the Brest Fortress (free).

City center, Sovetskaya street. A lamplighter who manually lights kerosene lanterns on this pedestrian street every day at dusk.

Overnight in Guest house“Elena”, 35 BYR. for two.

Day 10

Travel 57 km from Brest to Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Walk around the territory.

You can rent a bicycle and travel the entire territory. Rental for an hour and a half - 9 BYN. (about 300 Russian). Most long route- 27 km, 4 hours, it passes along several lakes and ancient oak trees, partly on an asphalt road, partly on a dirt road. We entered enclosures with animals for only 2.5 Belarusian rubles per person. We saw bison, elk, wolves, deer, lynx, and bears. I liked the wild boars the most. The animals come close to the bars, it is written that it is forbidden to feed them, but it is clear that they are begging for food. One lady threw lumps of sugar to the bears, for which they stood up on their hind legs =)

Travel 220 km. Overnight on Lake Neman.

Day 11

Travel 32 km. City of Grodno.

Zoo, entrance 5 BYN. per person. Clean, interesting, we really liked it, we recommend everyone to visit. The largest collection in Belarus.

Sovetskaya Square, where the ancient pharmacy-museum is located (9:00-17:00, free admission). Located in the building of a Jesuit monastery. One exhibition hall, various jars, bottles and tools.

Cathedral of Saint Francis. It is also located on Sovetskaya Square. The oldest clock in Europe, dating from the 15th century, is located on the tower.

Sovetskaya street. It is pedestrian and has ancient buildings from the 15th to 17th centuries. There are also many cafes where you can have an inexpensive snack.

Travel 112 km. City of Lida.

Lida Castle. We came to the city day (September 3) and the Lidbeer festival. The entire square in front of the castle was filled with people, beer and barbecue. There was a concert expected in the evening, but we didn't get it.

Travel 65 km. Golshansky Castle.

The ruins are surrounded by a fence.

Travel 700 km to the final point of the route - the village of Skovorodki in the Pskov region.

We also made a video about our trip)

NICE TRIP our trip around Belarus with a tent and a car

About our road trip around Belarus - sights and adventures. In the video you can see our movements, how we stole corn from Belarusian fields, how a thunderstorm overtook us and our tent, how we spent the evenings warming ourselves by the fire, our uninvited guest - a hedgehog. We also visited cities such as: Gomel, Grodno, Brest, Minsk, Vitebsk, Mir, Nesvizh, Bobruisk, and visited Belovezhskaya Pushcha and met its inhabitants. Read about our travels in the group

Report on a trip around Belarus by car in the spring of 2017. A walk around Vitebsk and Minsk, the “Island of Tears”, the WWII Museum, the national library in the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron and the “Stalin Line”.

Preface

My husband is a big fan of traveling by car. When we began to decide where we would go on our next vacation, there could be no objections - wherever our faithful four-wheeled friend would go. We chose Belarus because we always wanted to visit this country. The fact of hassle-free entry and exit into the country was also important.

Before the trip, of course, we read other reports from “experienced” tourists about trips to Belarus:

We started our journey on May 17, 2017. We left our relatives in Bryansk, dropped in to see friends in Moscow, spent the night in Smolensk, and on May 18 crossed the border in a place called Rudnya.

Border between Russia and Belarus near Rudnya

Crossing the border Russia - Belarus

Before entering Belarus you must buy Green card- insurance that is issued for short term. This document cost us 750 rubles, but we entered the country for only four days. There is no border as such between Russia and Belarus: we simply drove through the border area, on one side of which there were Russian border guards, and on the other, Belarusian ones. No one stopped us or checked us, and we, having already entered the country, calmly headed towards Vitebsk.

We read the information on the Internet and knew that in Belarus it is very strict with violations of the rules traffic. Here, traffic police representatives do not take money, and if you exceed the speed limit, depending on the circumstances, everything can go as far as deprivation of your license. Looking ahead, I will say that we observed the speed limit, we hardly saw any traffic inspectors, and during the entire trip we were not stopped even once.

Day 1. Vitebsk

The first on our plan was Vitebsk, but we did not intend to stay here for a long time, but only wanted to see the main attractions of the city (this can be done in a few hours).

But first, we changed money at the large Euroopt hypermarket at the entrance to Vitebsk and bought a local SIM card. When choosing a mobile operator, our preferences were obvious: we were only interested in the Internet, we didn’t need calls (why, if you can call via WhatsApp, Skype or Viber). We bought a SIM card from MTS for 438 Russian rubles.

By the way, the exchange rate at the end of May 2017 was as follows: for 100 of our rubles they gave 3.22 Belarusian rubles (that is, 1 Belarusian ruble is approximately 30 Russian rubles).

We liked Vitebsk, and this is what we saw:

River embankment Western Dvina in Vitebsk

Stairs leading to the embankment from the side of the Holy Assumption Cathedral

Cozy and pretty Vitebsk

There is a museum on Victory Square in Vitebsk military equipment, where you can look at installed helicopters, tanks and guns. There are also several other parks, monuments and squares in the city, but we did not have time to see all the sights.

As a result, we spent 4 hours in Vitebsk, visiting the most tourist places. After stopping at the store for groceries, we headed to the capital. The journey to Minsk took about 3.5 hours. Many of us have probably heard about the wonderful Belarusian roads. I don’t argue that the roads are generally good, but often the same “patches”, small holes and irregularities were encountered on the highway. An undoubted advantage of road travel in Belarus is the maximum permitted speed - in some sections you can drive up to 120 km/h.

Day 2. Minsk

We arrived in Minsk late in the evening, having booked a hostel on Booking on the way. I must say that we always chose budget places to spend the night, since we did not intend to spend much time in the room. This time, having chosen a hostel and arrived at the address, we were very surprised that there was an error on the website, and this room was now occupied. But the owner of this hostel agreed to help, and after 20 minutes we were driving in a different direction to check into a comfortable one-room apartment elite multi-storey building.

The apartment had everything you need for have a good rest after long journey. For 2 nights in Minsk we paid 100 Belarusian rubles - this is very profitable for such a cozy apartment. We decided to devote the entire next day to Minsk, walking around the city on foot.

The capital of Belarus has a metro system consisting of two lines. The fare for this metro costs only 60 Belarusian kopecks (about 20 our rubles), and the stations are quite clean and beautiful. We started our walk by visiting the Nemiga station, where the so-called “Old Town” is located - an atmospheric place with town halls and cathedrals.

View of Minsk from the town hall

"Old Town" on Nemiga

Then we went for a walk around the city and saw the following places:

All central part Minsk is filled with beautiful buildings

Well-groomed square in Minsk

Prices in the capital of Belarus are approximately the same as in our regions of Russia, and an order of magnitude lower than in Moscow. We had lunch in a small cafe in the center of Minsk, paying only 22 Belarusian rubles for two servings of soup, a second (side dish and meat) and coffee.

We really liked the well-groomed, neat sidewalks of the capital of Belarus, and their roads are quite wide. Lf;t one gets the feeling that there are no traffic jams here at all. Maybe the truth is not, since the population of the entire country is only 9.5 million people - this is almost 3 million less than in Moscow. In general, we enjoyed walking around the capital, trying not to rush anywhere and enjoy our vacation:

Walking along the embankment of the Svisloch River

A beautiful fountain in front of the Opera and Ballet Theater

View of the "Island of Tears"

Crying boy on the "Island of Tears"

"Island of Tears" - a monument to the soldiers of the Afghan War

We were amazed by the huge number of monuments to the Great Patriotic War in Belarus. In every city we were able to visit, there are always memorial complexes in memory of those who fell in 1941-1945. And these monuments are quite well-groomed, neat, clean - it is clear that the city administration maintains their condition and does not allow vandalism and neglect.

There are many places in Belarus that preserve the memory of victory in World War II

City view

Of course, we couldn’t help but go to the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk: about 2.5 million Belarusians died in 1941-1945. The museum has 10 halls and presents a huge number of exhibits: from newspaper clippings of those times, documents of famous Belarusian officers and war heroes, fragments of their belongings and utensils, awards, clothing and other significant items to samples of military equipment (some vehicles were in working condition) . Entrance to the museum costs 8 Belarusian rubles per person, and another 2 rubles must be paid for the opportunity to take photographs.

At the WWII Museum

We left the museum late, around 6 pm, already quite tired from constant walking, but we had one more must-see place - the National Library of Belarus, or rather, observation deck on her. And we went to the metro to get to Vostok station.

The National Library of Belarus is designed in the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron

The open observation deck is located on the 23rd floor (there is also a closed one on the 22nd with a cafe and an art gallery, but the view from there is not very good). Entrance costs only 3 Belarusian rubles.

View from the observation deck

The day was coming to an end, so we, tired and happy, went home. Of course, we didn’t see all the sights of Minsk, but we were still satisfied with how our day went.

Day 3. Stalin Line and Mir Castle. On the way to Brest

The next day we were going to immediately go towards Brest, stopping at the Mir Castle along the way, but we changed our minds and decided to see the “Stalin Line” - a historical and cultural complex located not far from Minsk. It takes no more than 45 minutes to get there from the city, and we paid about 700 Russian rubles for entry and parking the car.

“Stalin Line” is a kind of museum on the street: there you can walk around the dugouts, go into the pillboxes where machine gunners used to sit, spin everything that spins, climb on tanks, boats, planes and helicopters. The museum's territory is large; sometimes restorations of some military events are carried out there.

Inside a pillbox on the "Stalin Line"

Dugout and strengthening complexes

We were limited in time, so after a couple of hours we left towards Brest. After about 2 hours we took the exit to the Mir castle complex. This castle, first mentioned in the 14th century, played the role of defensive structures. The owners of the castle were representatives of different families, and after 1940 it became the property of the state.

Now there is a museum in the castle, entrance costs 12 Belarusian rubles. Unfortunately, we were not able to get inside, but appearance We were very impressed with the castle.

Then we rushed to Brest - the final destination of our journey. From Mir Castle the journey took a little over 3 hours. By the way, we were surprised that in Belarus the price of gasoline is the same, regardless of the type of gas station. We bought our 92nd for 1.17 Belarusian rubles per liter in any city or on the highway from different dealers. Other types of gasoline had the same price.

At about 7 pm we arrived in Brest. The city surprised us a little - it looked much more modest and abandoned than Minsk and Vitebsk. But our main goal was the Brest Fortress - that’s where we headed.

Entrance to the museum complex "Brest Fortress"

On the territory of the Brest Fortress

The famous gates of the Brest Fortress

The purpose of our trip was fulfilled - we drove all along Belarus (and will pass it again on the way home), saw a lot amazing places. On our last night in the country, we spent the night in a normal Brest hostel for 800 Russian rubles (we booked a few hours before entry).

Day 4. Brest and the way home

The next morning we walked along the central streets of Brest, once again dropped in to look at Brest Fortress(most best option- this means renting bicycles and driving through the entire territory of the complex) and went towards Bryansk.

Another entrance to the territory of the Brest Fortress

The journey to Gomel took about 9 hours; we really wanted to see this city, but we no longer had time. At the border we showed our passports to the Russian border guards and entered the country. It was a wonderful and amazing trip, and we are sure that we will come to Belarus again.