Gastinia
Address
Minsk, Prytyckaga Street, 2к3этаж 4, офис 17
Business hours
Closed until 9:00 AM
Directions
Pushkinskaja
440 m
Prytyckaga
39 m
69 reviews
October 13, 2024
On October 12, a "non-children's" tour to Lida. We had a great time on this trip under the guidance of an attentive and friendly girl Anastasia, the guide Nikolai competently and exhaustively devoted us to the life of Lida with its rich history. The excursion to the Lida beer pleasantly surprised and provided us with interesting information :)). Lunch in a cozy clean small cafe "Victory Gardens". The house, packed with the imagination of artists and needlework talents, was also a pleasant surprise. (Except to change the guide next time - having a huge amount of material for stories, everything was kind of short). Thanks to the tour team - decent, clean, fun. Thanks also to the driver Sergey - quickly, clearly, accurately.
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December 1, 2024
11/30/2024 gastronomy: wine, cheese, archetypes from Vitebsk
ADVANTAGES : convenient transportation, polite driver Ivan, attentive, positive and caring escort Alexandra. Conducting a quiz with sweet encouragement from the attendant.
CONS:
1. UNSUCCESSFUL COMBINATION and selection of locations. The themes of alcohol, churches and tasting of craft cheeses are strangely combined in one tour and none of them is fully disclosed. Each of these topics could be revealed in a separate tour. Accordingly, those tourists who went to a wine tasting, for example, loitered without interest at the next location near the temple - waiting for departure.
2. Lunch is TOO LATE. You are offering a walking tour of the city that takes about 2 hours. It's cold now, the departure is early, it is logical that I would like to have a hot lunch first and only then go for a walk somewhere. And not to have lunch at 4 pm.
3. The WORK of a GUIDE in the city of Glubokoe for two. He tells a lot and is uninteresting, constantly adding something from himself, a personal opinion. You had to run around the city after him, no one is waiting, you don't have time to take a picture. In fact, we spent more time in the dungeon than in the city. At the end of the tour, they did not provide a place where you could buy at least some kind of souvenir except condensed milk, which is available in any store in Vitebsk and in a larger assortment.
4. WINE FACTORY. A separate topic. The program says: tasting of blueberry and lala wines. Everything is beautiful and promising.
BUT in fact, this is some kind of half-dead factory where there are some puddles and rags on the floor in the workshop. The employee's story that she conducted a field trip there took no more than 10 minutes.
TASTING: it's generally terrible. Why didn't they immediately write in the program that the wine would be strictly fruit and berry and there would be no alternatives? I don't drink this kind of wine, why should I taste it and pay money for it? I tried to try it, but it was very tasteless. As a result, the first location was held just with a glass of water. There was no question of any purchase of products.
5. FARM - CHEESE -MAKING - LUNCH
The road to the farm consists of potholes and puddles and mud. We drove like firewood.
The owners of the estate, although it cannot be called that, rather three dilapidated houses in the middle of the forest, are absolutely not ready to receive tourists. Poor organization. The owner did not meet us, but left the house much later than our arrival, as if we were some old acquaintances who had been here many times. The tourist reception house has been converted from a bathhouse where it is very cramped and uncomfortable.
Lunch was served in 2 stages, I had to eat very quickly. They poured the soup and are waiting to change the plate and serve the second one, it's uncomfortable. There was nothing to drink, no water, no compote. Also, the dining utensils were not completely clean.
CHEESE TASTING.
Cheeses are too craft and in my opinion this is not for the layman, you can't take unprepared people to such events in a string like that. Create a separate tour of connoisseurs, describe in more detail what cheeses will be, draw an analogy with the already known ones. Because for my taste buds it was a rupture and rejection, while again there was not even a glass of water on the table to wash down this event.
In general, I went for new impressions and got them.
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October 30, 2024
Now an excellent travel agency is a rarity, and we are very lucky! We contacted the Travel company Gastinia with a request to arrange for us a small cruise through the western cities of Belarus. Kristina, the manager, worked with us - a wonderful program was compiled, all our requests and wishes were taken into account. She was very attentive to our needs and wishes. A tour Minsk-Lida-Grodno-Brest- Pinsk - Minsk - Zhodino has been organized. We have received a lot of useful tips and recommendations from the agency about places worth visiting. The agency's staff was always in touch, ready to help in any situation. One of our girls forgot her bag at the gas station, literally an hour later police officers were already in touch with us, the problem was quickly solved!!!! The transport provided was convenient and comfortable for long-distance travel. A separate respect and respect for the driver Grigory. Our group was accompanied by a young employee Arseny, at the end of our trip we became so close that we did not want to part. He was always there for us, telling us where to spend the evening or have a snack, always booking tables for us. We were also very satisfied with the services of the guides on the ground, all were high-level professionals. We were very satisfied with our stay, we will recommend it to others!
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