A country · 58 places · 4 regions
Belarus, all of it.
58 curated places across 4 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
Belarus reads below in 4 chapters — Byerastsye Region, Miensk Region, Vitsyebsk Region and Mahilyow Region — in any order you like.
Chapter I · Byerastsye Region · 9 places
Byerastsye Region
A romantic neo-Gothic palace of the Pusłowski family, its slender crenellated towers rising from parkland in the Belarusian countryside. The nearby manor birthplace of independence leader Tadeusz Kościuszko draws visitors.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Miensk Region · 6 places
Miensk Region
The residential seat of the powerful Radziwiłł family, Nesvizh is a moated palace complex reflecting Renaissance and Baroque styles. Its restored halls and surrounding park make it one of Belarus's most important cultural sites.
✦ May to September · $
Chapter III · Vitsyebsk Region · 4 places
Vitsyebsk Region
The oldest city in Belarus, cradle of Eastern-Slavic culture and site of an ancient Saint Sophia Cathedral above the Dvina. It also marks the symbolic geographic centre of Europe with a commemorative monument.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Mahilyow Region · 1 place
Mahilyow Region
The ruins of a bastioned Renaissance castle of the Sapieha and Chodkiewicz families on the Dnieper, once one of the strongest fortresses in the eastern Grand Duchy. Its palace wing and gate tower survive in worn brick.
✦ May to September · $
Regions of Belarus
Every place in Belarus
58 places, one country.
Nesvizh Castle
Miensk Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Vitebsk
Vitebsk Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Polotsk
Vitsyebsk Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Novogrudok
Grodno Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Kosava Castle
Byerastsye Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Zaslawye
Miensk Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Naroch Lake
Miensk Region, Belarus
✦ June to August · $
Pripyatsky National Park
Gomel Region, Belarus
✦ April to June · $
Soligorsk
Miensk Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Bykhaw Castle
Mahilyow Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Kreva Castle ruins
Eastern Europe, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Halshany Castle
Eastern Europe, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Struve Geodetic Arc
Belarus, Belarus
✦ May–September · $$
Białowieża Forest
Belarus, Belarus
✦ May–September · $$
Mir Castle Complex
Mir, Belarus
✦ May–September · $$
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh
Belarus, Belarus
✦ May–September · $$
Tunnel of Love
Brest Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Braslaw Lakes
Vitsyebsk Region, Belarus
✦ June to August · $
Brest Fortress
Byerastsye Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Kamyanyets Tower
Byerastsye Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Lida Castle
Grodno Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Hrodna
Grodno Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $
Mir Castle
Grodno, Belarus
✦ May to September
Kamyanets Tower
Byerastsye Region, Belarus
✦ May to September · $