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Saturday, 21 January 2017 17:35

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Fifteen-day visa-free access to Grodno-Brest tourist zone
  1. Foreign visitors can enter Belarus visa-free if they plan to visit the Grodno-Brest tourist zone visa-free.
  2. Tourists can enter the visa-free zone in Belarus via 14 international border checkpoints:
    automobile checkpoints Brest (Terespol), Bruzgi (Kuznica Bialostocka), Domachevo (Slawatycze), Benyakoni (Salcininkai), Peschatka (Polowce), Privalka (Raigardas);
    small border trafic checkpoint Pererov (Bialowieza), Lesnaya (Rudawka), Privalka (Szandubra);
    railway border checkpoint Brest (Terespol), Grodno (Kuznica Bialostocka);
    Brest Airport border checkpoint, Grodno Airport border checkpoint.
    NOTE! Foreign visitors who enter the visa-free travel zone must register with the local police department within five days. As a rule, hotels, farm tourism estates, and health resorts where tourists stay take care of that. Self-employed businessmen who rent apartments to foreigners do that, too.
  3. This tourism and recreation zone includes popular attractions and biggest cities in the western part of the country, including:
    in Brest Region – the city of Brest, Brest District, Zhabinka District, Kamenets District and Pruzhany District;
    in Grodno Region – the city of Grodno, Grodno District, Berestovitsa District, Volkovysk District, Voronovo District, Lida District, Svisloch District and Shchuchin District.
  4. In order to enter the visa-free territory a foreign visitor should possess the document which is issued by Belarusian tourist agency.
  5. In order to obtain the document a foreign visitor is:
    1. to address Belarusian travel agency which has the right to issue such documents;
    2. to receive confirmation approving a foreign traveler’s right to enter Belarus visa-free, and to obtain tourist service which should be booked in advance.
  6. Before entering Belarus a foreign visitor is to get a health insurance for staying in Belarus.
  7. A foreign visitor entering Belarus visa-free is to present the following documents at Belarus State Border checkpoint:
    1. a valid document which allows to cross State Borders of foreign countries (passport);
    2. the document issued by Belarusian travel agency which allows to enter the above mentioned territories visa-free;
    3. Health insurance.
          Note! When visiting Belarus as part of an organized group, tourists can go beyond the visa-free zone and visit other areas of Brest Oblast and Grodno Oblast, but only if it is part of the planned tour route.