Holidays in Brest are in demand among lovers of rich history, beautiful nature, profitable shopping (in local stores you can buy anything from fishing equipment to designer clothes), as well as those who want to taste Belarusian dishes.
The main types of recreation in Brest
- Excursion: tours include visiting the Brest Fortress, Holy Resurrection and Holy Simeon Cathedrals, Nicholas Brotherhood Church, Trinity Church and the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, visiting the Berestye Museum and the Museum of Saved Values, taking walks along Shevchenko Boulevard (take pictures with beaver-builders). Those interested can go to the Ostrich Farm, Belovezhskaya Pushcha (in specially designated places for an additional fee, you can arrange a picnic) and the estate of Father Frost.
- Active: active tourists can go horseback riding or cycling, play tennis, field hockey, handball, mini-football, ice stock, laser tag or paintball, canoe down the river, jump with a parachute (contact the Brest aeroclub "DOSAAF"), have fun in the Sphere and Palazzo nightclubs. And the whole family should have a rest in the Park of Culture and Leisure on May 1 (children here can play on special playgrounds, ride the Ferris Wheel, frolic on water attractions).
- Beach: if you wish, you can relax on the beach of the Rowing Canal. Here you can ride on water inside a transparent ball, as well as on a banana or jet ski.
Prices for tours to Brest
May-September is considered the ideal time to travel to Brest. It should be noted that the cost of tours to Brest in the summer period increases by about 40-50% compared to the off-season, and prices for August tours increase by 10-20% compared to June. If your goal is to save on vacation expenses, then it makes sense to have a rest in this Belarusian city in spring and autumn.
On a note
If you plan to use credit cards, then you should know that only large hotels, shops and restaurants are accepted for payment (Visa and MasterCard are preferred).
Everyone who decides to visit the Brest Fortress should keep in mind that there is no admission fee, but you will have to pay for visiting the museums located in the fortress (photo and video filming is possible for an additional fee).
Returning home from Brest, it is worth bringing with you Belarusian knitwear (for this purchase you should go to the clothing market “Old Town”), linen clothes and bed linen, lace and beaded embroidery, birch bark and crystal products, bison figurines, tinctures on berries and herbs, Belarusian cosmetics.
