Aleksandrovka: Hotels and Accommodation

Belovezhskaya Pushcha is one of the largest forest areas in the European lowlands and has been preserved in a comparatively undisturbed state. The area covers 163,505 hectares and lies in the Grodno and Brest oblasts. Those wishing to book a hotel in Aleksandrovka can then continue their search for accommodation.

Nature

The Dikoe Marsh has been preserved in an almost natural state and is one of the largest mesotrophic lowland marshes in Europe. It extends across the Pruzhany District in Brest Oblast, covering approximately 5,000 hectares, and the Svisloch District in Grodno Oblast, covering approximately 2,400 hectares. The part of the Dikoe Marsh located in Pruzhany District covers approximately 5,000 hectares. The Dikoe lowland marsh lies in the catchment areas of the Yaselda and Narew rivers.

Dikoe is a hydrological nature reserve of republican significance. The Dikoe reserve belongs to Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park and has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Part of Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park lies in Pruzhany District.

Experiences

On a cycling route through Belovezhskaya Pushcha, visitors can see a 600-year-old giant oak and a 350-year-old Queen Pine. They can then purchase tickets in the sales area for the estate of the Belarusian Father Frost and explore the entertainment complex independently or with a guided group for one hour.

A 45-kilometre route through Belovezhskaya Pushcha was developed for tourist groups arriving from Poland by bicycle via the Pererov tourist border crossing. Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park offers relaxing hiking and cycling routes. Carriage rides, bicycle tours and rides on a small railway are also available there.

Belovezhskaya Pushcha offers nature study excursion routes and ecological educational hikes. In large enclosures in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, visitors can see animals from the nature reserve, including European bison. In addition, excursions on foot, by bicycle and by car are offered in Belovezhskaya Pushcha.

The estate of the Belarusian Father Frost covers an area of 15 hectares. At the estate of the Belarusian Father Frost in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, it is possible to meet Father Frost year-round.

History and Culture

The architectural heritage of the wider Pruzhany District includes the palace complex of the Sapieha princes in Ruzhany, dating from the 16th–18th centuries; the Dominican Church of the Holy Trinity, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and the Basilian Monastery; the Mission Church and Mission Monastery in the village of Lyskovo, dating from 1763–1785; the ruins of Lyskovo Castle from the 15th–16th centuries; the wooden bell tower in Shereshevo from 1799; and historic parks of former estates in Pruzhany, Kashtanovka and Stary Kuplin.

The Tsar's Road was opened in 1903, was formerly a military-strategic road and connects the Belarusian town of Pruzhany with the Polish town of Hajnówka. The surviving bridges of the Tsar's Road date from the time of Alexander III; their decorations featuring double-headed eagles were destroyed in the 1920s and have since been restored.

Other destinations on poezdka.de include Vysokaye, Stolin, Pagost Zagarodski, Gintsevichi, Hornava, Leashki, Medna and Cherni.

For the higher-level travel overview: Brest Voblast.