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27 reviews
May 7
The estate is located in the oldest protected forest in Europe, where one of the largest populations of bison is preserved. The residence of the Belarusian Santa Claus in Belovezhskaya Pushcha opened in December 2003, and it really looks fabulous, with wooden houses decorated with delicate carvings
and original sculptures of magical characters from fairy tales. We were at the estate in the summer of 2024. Tickets need to be bought at the ticket office of the national park, the bus runs according to schedule, about forty minutes through the protected forest and we reached the estate. The entrance to the residence is decorated with wooden gates with two small stone towers on the sides, in the niches of which there are wooden knights guarding the estate.: Oak-Dubovich and Elm-Vyazovich. Once upon a time, these were large trees that grew in the forest, but they were damaged during a hurricane, after which, in the skillful hands of a woodcarver, they acquired a second life and became guards. The Snow Maiden met us at the gate and gave us a guided tour, we went around the locations at a fast pace (about an hour), then free time and a gift from Santa Claus (a large printed gingerbread). A photographer works at the estate and at the exit you can buy a magnet where you are with Santa Claus. There is a cafe and a toilet (in the distance, near the parking lot). The children liked the tour, I didn't have enough "fabulousness", and the carved figures are a little tired (for me, without paint in their natural color, they just looked better when varnished). We left on the last bus and the "fairy-tale characters" were waiting for the bus with us, the children naturally recognized them))) PS: The Belarusian Santa Claus differs from other New Year and Christmas winter fairy-tale colleagues in that he is married to Mother Winter. He has three daughters: Frost, Blizzard and Snowstorm, who come to Belovezhskaya Pushcha to help Santa Claus during the winter months. His youngest daughter, Metelitsa, had a daughter, Snow Maiden, from a Snowman. The Snow Maiden's father, the Snowman, later melted away, and the Snow Maiden, the granddaughter of Santa Claus, began to accompany her grandfather on holidays and when meeting guests.
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December 31, 2024
Visiting the estate of the Belarusian Santa Claus turned out to be a big disappointment. I came with my family, having tuned in to the magical atmosphere of the New Year. The child was looking forward to meeting Santa Claus, but it all came down to a formal greeting and a general round dance. No individual greetings, gifts, or games with children. It feels like we're on an assembly line. Wooden figures of dwarfs and the absence of any kind of program are not what you would expect from the residence of a New Year's wizard. I regretted the time and money I spent.
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January 9
Awful. We arrived with a child and regretted the time and money spent. It seemed that we were trapped in some kind of soulless conveyor belt - we were driven along the route in 30 minutes and that was it. It's impossible to work with a child at this pace at all. Even considering that I was carrying it on my shoulders half the time, we just didn't have time - we only got to one point, and the group had already left for the next one, or even after one (and the next group was on its heels). There should be activity at the points, but we didn't find them and didn't appreciate them because of the frenzied pace. The Christmas tree deserves special mention, or rather, an artificial plastic misunderstanding that parodies it. There was no dancing, it was "hold hands, walk 5 steps to the right and 5 steps to the left." Communication with Santa Claus too, just a group photo and that's it. And the individual is already for the money
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