The rout: Kreva – Baruny– Halshany.

Length: 250 km.

Duration: 7 (8) hours.

Belarus is rich in historical monuments, but it is even richer in ruins.

This tour is the tour around the most known and important ruins. In one day they will tell you the history of our land from its very beginning till today.

In far XIV century prince Gedymin built a big stone castle on the way from Vilnia to Navahrudak in small village Kreva. Here in 1385 the unification of Lithuania and Poland began. In the dungeons of this castle prince Vitovt was waiting or its death. The walls of this bastion may tell a lot interesting stories to a curious guest. Jurjeva Mountain is the ancient pagans’ temple, it is situated not fare from the castle. From this temple one can see the whole neighborhood of Kreva. It is a pity that only ruins have remained from the former mighty castle. 

Nevertheless in village Baruny the surprise is waiting for us. We will see the well preserved Catholic Church and the former Basilic Monastery. In this monastery the icon of Baruny God’s Mother that is considered to be one of the main Christian shrines is kept. Now the Church and the monastery stay in silence but they used to be full of playful laughter of dozens of pupils. One of the largest schools in Belarus used to be in Buruny. And there is a lot to tell about it.

Golshany is the ancient barony of clan Halšanski. Formely on a high hill near the village a well-fortified castle of this clan used to stay. Although the castle didn’t remain till nowadays the overlook from the Halšany settlement is magnificent. In the village we will see the ancient Catholic Church that was built by prince Sapeha in XVII century. Exactly with this Church one of the most mysterious ghost stories in Belarus is connected. But this story you will hear only in Halšany. In the outskirts of the village the ruins of the palace remain. This palace belonged to the Sapegas and was considered of one of the largest and the most majestic palaces of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Although there is little left from the palace, a single brick may tell a great story to a curious one.

For the group of children that’s enough. But to the grownups we offer to visit two more places. One of them is village Vishnevo that remembers Symon Budny, counts Hraptovichy, peasant-rebels, and actually the former prime minister of Israel Šymon Peres. The second one is village Desyatniky where one can wander around the military cemetery of German soldiers of World War I that is already forgotten and to a certain extent unknown