Date :
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
The Belarusian Father Frost’s estate is the most visited tourist attraction in winter, located in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park. It is an error to think that Father Frost receives guests in his Estate only in winter. It turns out that he works all year round, reads letters sent to him and answers them, maintains order in his possessions. And he has different clothes prepared for every season.
The estate is located in an ancient forest reserve. One of the largest bison populations is preserved here. In this magical place, as if out of a fairy-tale book from childhood, you will find yourself in an enchanting world created by the hands of skilled mahogany workers. All the houses of the Estate, decorated with through-carved work, numerous wooden sculptures of fairy-tale characters and fences seem to continue immersing into the bewitching magic of the ancient forest. And a marvelous New Year tree, decorated with garlands of multi-colored light bulbs, creates a holiday mood and an incredible feeling of magic.
The entrance to the territory of the Father Frost’s residence is guarded by wooden knights - Dub-Dubovich and Vyaz-Vyazovich, once huge trees that were broken by a hurricane. But the wood carving masters re-energised them. You will meet the Snow Maiden Tower, the Magic Mill grinding bad deeds of guests into dust and sand, the Twelve Months Glade, the alley of Zodiac signs of the Eastern Calendar and, of course, the Skarbnitsa, where valuable treasures are stored - letters, drawings and gifts from little visitors. All these objects and many others are steeped in their own histories and beliefs.
Most recently, the workshop of Mother Winter and the Ice Museum have been opened on the territory of the residence. In the workshop of Mother Winter, you can make an original fairy-tale gift for yourself and your loved ones – a hand-maid New Year’s decoration or a rag doll - a national Belarusian toy-amulet.
In the “Father Frost’s House” visitors are treated with pancakes and various dishes of Belarusian cuisine. Also there are numerous pavilions and tables under covered canopies for leisure. Do not miss the opportunity to ride on the New Year’s train or have a horse-drawn sledge ride.
In the Father Frost’s residence, fun holidays are held at any time of the year with fairy-tale characters: the meeting of the Snow Maiden and Mother Winter, the ceremony of passing the New Year across the border, Kalyady, Maslenitsa and seeing off the Snow Maiden, as well as Kupala Night.
Visitors to Belovezhskaya Pushcha and Father Frost’s residence are offered various excursions, which can be ordered by contacting the ticket office. These are excursions to the Father Frost’s Estate and throughout the reserve. The duration of excursions varies from 1.5 to 4.5 hours.
You can also purchase entrance tickets to the Museum of Nature, open-air cages with wild animals, the Father Frost’s Estate, the Museum of Folk Life and Ancient Technologies at the ticket office.
There are the following catering facilities at your disposal in the territory of Belovezhskaya Pushcha: Belovezhskaya Pushcha restaurant; Sosny, Alesya and Lesnaya Skazka cafes and Father Frost’s House cafeteria. Be sure that after a long and exciting journey, you will not go hungry.
If you plan to stay in Belovezhskaya Pushcha for a few days, you can accommodate in any of the hotels to fit every taste. For example: Kamenyuki and Zharkovschina hotel complexes, hotel No. 2 and the Pererov hunter’s house.
Don’t forget to buy New Year’s souvenirs for your family and friends at the Estate!
Be sure to come to the Father Frost’s Estate, here you can make your deepest desires by whispering them in the ear of the main magician! And Father Frost’s assistants present long-awaited gifts to each guest.