There are many cities in Belarus with a glorious past, but even among them the heroic Brest stands apart. Its main features are beautiful nature, hospitable locals and, of course, the richest history behind the shoulders, for which many tourists come here.
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How to get to Brest
The city is located almost at the very border with Poland, from which it can be reached by train Terespol - Brest. He travels three times a day, the ticket costs 3 EUR (as of March 2011), the place is printed, but you just need to sit down for free, in a ticket purchased in Terespol, the place is not indicated at all. Travel time is 20 minutes. Then check with the Belarusian customs officers - and you are there.
The train to get to this city is quite simple: Brest is the largest railway junction in Belarus, and its railway station (Privokzalnaya sq., 1) is one of the best in the country. More than seven trains from Moscow are coming here daily, coming to this stop or going further to Berlin, Nice, Prague. Of course, return routes also do not pass this station. Electric trains connect Brest with other Belarusian cities.
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By bus
You can get to Brest by bus. The bus station of the city is in the center, on the street. Mickiewicz 35 and daily accepts more than 200 suburban flights and at least 50 international.
By plane
The air route to Brest is also open. Brest 2 Airport, located 12 km from the city, serves airplanes of various airlines flying from Poland, Russia and the capital of Belarus.
Climate of Brest
Overcast +9 ° С in the day +1 ° C at night ° С water |
Overcast, light rain +10 ° С in the day +4 ° С at night ° С water |
Overcast, light rain +3 ° С a day +2 ° С at night ° С water |
| The weather in Brest for 10 days | ||
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| in the daytime | -2 | + 0 | + 5 | + 13 | + 19 | + 22 | + 24 | + 23 | + 18 | + 12 | + 5 | + 1 |
| night | -7 | -6 | -2 | + 3 | + 9 | + 12 | + 13 | + 12 | + 9 | + 4 | + 0 | -4 |
How to navigate in the city
It is best to orient yourself in the city on a pre-printed map or a purchased guidebook, which will indicate the main attractions. However, you can always ask the road from local residents who perfectly understand the Russian language and speak it. If you need to drive somewhere (and Brest is not a small town), you can always use the city transport.
Transport
The fare in the minibus is about 1500 Belarusian rubles, the money is transferred to the driver after boarding. A ticket for a trolleybus costs 700 rubles at a stop kiosk and 800 if you buy from a driver.
The fare is indicated in April 2011.
Kitchen and restaurants of Brest
In Brest, a lot of places where you can eat delicious, satisfying and inexpensive. This applies not only to the street. Soviet, the main pedestrian street of the city (bars "Coffeemania", Verdi, "Relax", etc.), but others.
On the street. Krupskaya, 16 you can dine at the cafe "Vesta", on Partizansky Avenue, 13 there is a cafe "Ushod", which offers visitors dishes of European and national cuisine. They also specialize in the cafe "Citadel", located on the territory of the Brest Fortress.
Restaurant "Belarus" (street $ ±$).Shevchenko, 6) will please the guests of the city with not only delicious dishes of traditional Belarusian cuisine, but also with the appropriate decoration of the hall, table setting and dishes in the folk style..But the design of the cafe "Jules Verne" (ul .Gogol, 29) is designed in marine style, the menu is a delicious mixture of Indian, Chinese and European cuisine .If you are hungry, strolling along the city park of culture and rest, look in the inn "At the Lake" .And by all means try the local dark beer, one of the best in the country is brewed in Brest - $ .
Shopping and shopping
The largest number of shops, shops and boutiques in which you can buy everything from designer things to fishing equipment, is located on the street. Soviet. You can visit not only them, but also TSUM on the street. Masherova, 17, shopping center "Europe" on the street. Moscow, 202.
Fine souvenirs in the national style can be bought in the shop at the factory of products in the folk style "Slavyanka" (2 Zavodskaya st., 5). Well, products, following the local residents, you can buy in the Central market. Yes, by the way about the markets! Be sure to visit the market "Old Town", where wholesale and retail you can buy an excellent Belarusian jersey. From the railway station there go trolley № 8 and route taxis № 18, 23 and 19.
Book popular Brest hotels at the best prices
| Hermitage Hotel from 7 695 rubles Brest Chkalova Street 7 | Rynkauka Tourist Complex from 3 078 rubles Brest Tyukhinichskaya Street 1 |
| Energiya Hotel from 3,755 rubles Brest Dzerzhinskogo Street 58 |
Brest Fortress
It is hardly a big exaggeration to say that all tourists who visit the city first of all go to the Brest Fortress .Before it can be half an hour to walk from the city center at ul .Moscow and pr .Masherov, and you can get there by buses No. 5, 17 and 33 or by minibuses No. 5, 10 .To inspect this majestic memorial complex and museums, allocate a whole day, the benefit of the vast territory of the fortress is open from 8 .00 to 24 .00, while museums accept visitors from 9 .00 to 18 .00 .The entrance fee is paid, guide services and photo-video shooting are paid separately .You can personally see the heroic battlefields and hear a detailed story about the heroism of the defenders of the fortress .
Entertainment, excursions and attractions in Brest
Not far from the Brest Fortress there is an archeological museum "Berestye" and a museum of railway equipment in the open air. In the city itself, visit the unique museum of saved artistic values, made up of things that customs officials did not allow to export abroad, art and local history museums.
Wander around the city, admire the Holy Cross and Trinity Churches, the Fraternal Church and the Holy Resurrection Cathedral, stand by the Landmark and the monument to the Millennium of Brest. And certainly you will go to Belovezhskaya Pushcha! Children will certainly be interested not only in the absolutely fabulous forest and the animals that live there, but also the opportunity to visit the very residence of Santa Claus! Photo by Brest (30)