Belarus

Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: General Information Background Information Geography and climate; History; Government, politics and administration; Economy; People; Language; Religion and education; Culture; Natural history and conservation Practical Information When to visit; Highlights; Suggested itineraries; Tour operators; Red tape; Embassies; Getting there and away; Health; Safety; Focus for specific groups; What to take; Electricity; Money and budgeting; Getting around; Accommodation; Eating and drinking; Shopping; Arts and entertainment; Photography; Media and communications; Business; Buying property; Society and customs; Giving something back Part Two: The Guide Minsk City and Oblast Geography and climate; History; Getting there and away; Getting around; Tourist information; Where to stay; Where to eat; Entertainment and nightlife; Shopping; Other practicalities; What to see and do; Outside Minsk Brest City and Oblast History; Getting there and away; Getting around; Tourist information; Where to stay; Where to eat; Entertainment and nightlife; Shopping; Other practicalities; What to see and do; Outside Brest Grodno City and Oblast History; Getting there and away; Getting around; Tourist information; Where to stay; Where to eat; Entertainment and nightlife; Shopping; Other practicalities; What to see and do; Outside Grodno Vitebsk City and Oblast History; Getting there and away; Getting around; Tourist information; Where to stay; Where to eat; Entertainment and nightlife; Shopping; Other practicalities; What to see and do; Outside Vitebsk Mogilev City and Oblast History; Getting there and away; Getting around; Tourist information; Where to stay; Where to eat; Entertainment and nightlife; Shopping; Other practicalities; What to see and do; Outside Mogilev Gomel City and Oblast History; Getting there and away; Getting around; Tourist information; Where to stay; Where to eat; Entertainment and nightlife; Shopping; Other practicalities; What to see and

Nigel Roberts is a lawyer by profession, but he has now turned his back on the law to concentrate on a writing career as well as the work of the charity he co-founded 12 years ago, the object of which is to promote sustainable development projects with rural communities blighted by the Chernobyl catastrophe in a rural district in the south-east of Belarus. He has travelled extensively throughout the country and is a Russian speaker. He knows the district of Vetka particularly well and is always welcomed into the heart of the community by the same local family as if he were a son of the soil. He has written on Belarus for the magazines Abroad (based in Dublin) and hidden europe (based in Berlin). He also contributed a bus route to Bradt's recently published Bus Pass Britain Rides Again.