Do you know a lot of cities whose streets are in deep ravines? Meet one of them is Mozyr. A small Belarusian city with the largest in the country river port. By the way, the birthplace of the famous TV presenter Dana Borisova. Local football team "Slavia-Mozyr" twice became the champion of Belarus. Other interesting facts about the city are set out below.

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How to get to

Mozyr is located 220 kilometers from Minsk and 133 kilometers from Gomel. These are the main cities that can become trans-shipment points. You can reach Mozyr by private car, bus, train or train. If you are in a hurry, you can, for example, hire a taxi in Minsk. A trip for four will cost 1000 rubles per person. These are very low prices compared to Russian tariffs.

Transport

There are bus and tram services in the city. Although there is only one route. The fare is 1400 Belarusian rubles.

If the local authorities supported the port of Pkhov, river transport could be developed in the city. But - what is not, that is not.

Climate of Mozyr

Kitchen and Restaurants

Mozyr is enough for a small city of cafes and restaurants. There are conventional institutions with, as they say, European food - here you can quickly grab a snack for about 70-80 Russian rubles. There is a cafe with an interesting interior, seasoned in the national spirit with the appropriate cuisine and musical accompaniment.

Restaurants are ordinary, their menu and interior are unlikely to surprise anyone. But they are characterized by fast service and reasonable prices. The average cost of dinner is from 200 Russian rubles.

Shops

Mozyr is a small city, but with a developed supermarket chain. They are called "Euroopt". Also there are several more chain stores where you can buy the necessary products.

As for souvenirs, it's not easy with them in Mozyr. In the city there are several points where you can buy products of folk art, amulets with ancient Belarusian sacral symbols and much more.

Hotels in Mozyr

In Mozyr, there are three large hotels - Pripyat, Dynamo and Hellas, as well as the mini-hotel Euro. The largest hotel in the city is Pripyat, designed for 205 rooms, single and double. There is also a restaurant, a lobby bar, a restaurant and a banquet hall. The cost of accommodation in a double room - from 1500 rubles.

Mini-hotel is not inferior to the quality of service to large hotels. There is even a suite and apartments. "Euro" is 500 meters from the local ski resort. The cost of accommodation in a double room - from 1300 Russian rubles.

Ski complex "Mozyr"

The tracks of this complex are unlikely to please professionals, but for the unsophisticated fans of downhill skiing - the very thing. The length of the route is 300 meters, the length of the ski lift is 210 meters. But there is a system of artificial snowing, as well as the rental of equipment and equipment - from skis to quadrocycles.

Beginners can take lessons in skiing, snowboarding and skating. One of the most exciting attractions of the complex is toboggan tobogganing. This is a sleeless sleigh with a curved forelock, which the Indians of North America used. Dangerous entertainment given that such a sleigh can easily fly out.

In summer, you can play tennis, football, badminton, or go rollerblading in the complex. Great popularity is enjoyed by sightseeing programs - traveling through the temples of the city, studying the history of Mozyr, as well as spending the night at the river Pripyat and fishing.

Entertainment, excursions and sights of Mozyr

Many sights of Mozyr tell about the most significant moments of the city's history.

Mozyr Castle

The first mention of the castle dates from the beginning of the 16th century. Here there were a palace, outbuildings, a church, a well, defensive towers. The castle protected the territory from raids of invaders.

Today it is part of an ancient city. This castle is a real pearl of ancient architecture. There are exhibitions of works of arts and crafts, paintings, exhibitions, stylized during the Middle Ages. On the territory of the castle there is a children's town with turrets, stairs, wooden compositions, many fairy-tale characters.

Mozyr ravines

This reserve was created to preserve the Belarusian nature, to protect rare, endangered plants. The ravines together with the elevated plateau-like plots form a unique landscape complex. Mozyr ridge towers over the city at a level of 30 meters. In the largest ravines, the depth of which reaches 40 meters, city streets are laid, and on the slopes are growing gardens.

From the scientific point of view, Mozyr ravines are a refuge for rare plant species, a kind of natural museum. You can not come here by car, but also build bonfires.

Mound of Glory

Mozyr was in fascist captivity for 875 days. The city was liberated in January 1944. In memory of the terrible days of war, the memorial complex "The Hill of Glory" is installed in the city.

It is a large-scale construction: a 45-meter stella, a cube on a granite pedestal with an old howitzer, and also the burial of soldiers of the Soviet Army and partisans of the Polesie partisan union.

Underground chapel

This underground chapel belongs to the St. Michael's Cathedral of the city. Here in Soviet times the regional prison of the NKVD was located. Underground premises have become a grave for many prisoners.

In the chapel there is a forged iconostasis and a stone throne, a chapel-tomb for the remains of those killed and tortured is arranged. To the ceiling hung more than a hundred lamps in honor of innocent victims in the years of repression. On Mondays, the Divine Liturgy is performed in the chapel.