Day 1
Arrival in Vitebsk. Accommodation at a hotel. Sightseeing tour includes the Vitebsk Thousand Anniversary Square, A. Nevsky Church, St. Barbara Orthodox Church, Holy Assumption Orthodox Church, Victory Square, Railway station Square. Visit to the museum of Mark Shagal After lunch trip to Zdravnevo - museum-estate of the great Russian painter Ilya Repin. Dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 2
Breakfast. Departure to Polotsk - an ancient capital of Polotsk Dutchy, founded in 862. Visit to the 11th cent. St. Sophia Cathedral, the monument of architecture of the 11th-17th cent. built at the time of Vseslav Charodey, the Prince of Polotsk governing; the museum of Belarusian Book- Printing, its exposition tells about the first Belarusian printer Francisk Skoryna, a great thinker of the 16th cent., whose birthplace was Polotsk. F. Skoryna published the first edition of the Bible in the Slavonic language, second in Europe. Lunch at a local restaurant. An organ concert at St. Sophia Cathedral. Visit to the Nunnery of the Savior St. Efrasinniya (established in the 1120th). The ensemble includes: the Church of the Savior St. Efrasinia, Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross, a "warm" church, a two-storey building, gates-belfry and a residential block. Dinner at the hotel.
Day 3
Breakfast. Departure to Braslav (the first mentioning in 1065). Visit to the Catholic Church of Our Lady (1824), the Orthodox Church of St. Nickolas, the Holy Assumption Orthodox Church (1897). Visit to the museum of National culture and handicrafts ( pottery, painting, modeling, weaving, withe, straw articles) Trip to the highest point of the area, so called "Mayak" Hill with a magnificent panorama of Braslav surroundings with its numerous Nature and History monuments. Dinner -picnic on the bank of one of the lakes with "uha" (fish soup) and other Belarusian dishes. Departure to Polotsk.
Day 4
Breakfast. Visit to the weaving Museum, telling about the ancient traditions of weaving in Belarus, discovering the meaning of decoration patterns on clothes, household articles, etc. Departure to Vitebsk. Accommodation at the hotel. Lunch under own arrangements. The balance of the day is free.
Day 5
Breakfast. Departure to the airport.