Grodno

Worth seeing in and around Grodno

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Grodno

   St. Francis Xavier Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Grodno, Belarus.

   1.3 km · church in Grodno, Belarus · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kaloža Church

   The Kalozha Church of Sts. Boris and Gleb is the oldest extant structure in Grodno, Belarus.

   1.6 km · church in Hrodna, Belarus · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Old Grodno Castle

   The Old Grodno Castle in Grodno, Belarus, originated in the 11th century as the seat of a dynasty of Black Ruthenian rulers, descended from a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev.

   1.3 km · castle in Grodno, Belarus · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Great Synagogue

   The Great Synagogue of Grodno, also known as the New Synagogue or the Choral Synagogue, is an Orthodox Hasidic Jewish synagogue, located on Vialikaja Trajeckaja Street, in Grodno, Belarus. The building dates from the 16th century and was nominated for UNESCO World Heritage listing in 2007.

   1.5 km · synagogue in Grodno, Belarus · Wikipedia
5. 05
   New Grodno Castle

   The New Castle in Grodno, Belarus is a royal palace of Augustus III of Poland and Stanisław August Poniatowski where the famous Grodno Sejm took place in 1793. New Grodno Castle is 116 metres above sea level.

   1.2 km · palace in Grodno, Belarus · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

   Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno is а higher education institution located in Grodno, Belarus. It is the largest regional higher education institution in the country, integrating all levels of education.

   2.1 km · university in Hrodna, Belarus · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Grodno State Medical University

   Grodno State Medical University is a university in Grodno, Belarus. It specialises in medicine and medical psychology.

   3.9 km · university in Belarus · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of Annunciation of Virgin Mary, Hrodna

   The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a part of the Bridgettines monastery in Grodno, listed Cultural Heritage of Belarus.

   1.2 km · church building in Grodno, Belarus · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Zaniomanskaja Synagogue

   Zaniomanskaja Synagogue was a vernacular wooden synagogue located in the city of Grodno, in Belarus. It was built in c. 1750 in what was then the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

   700 m · building in Hrodna · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Grodno Zoo

    Grodno Zoo is a zoo located in Grodno in Belarus. Grodno Zoo was founded in 1927 as the first zoo in future Belarus on the initiative of the high school teacher Jan Kochanowski.

    2.7 km · zoo in Belarus · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Kalozha Church

   A 12th-century Orthodox church, one of the few surviving monuments of the Old Rus period in the country.

2. 02
   St Francis Xavier Cathedral

   A fine Baroque basilica, once a church of a Jesuit monastery, now the city's Roman Catholic cathedral.

3. 03
   Old Hrodna Castle

   The present appearance of this royal residence was mostly shaped in 16th century, when it was renovated in Renaissance fashion for King Stephen Bathory.

4. 04
   Fire Tower

   The old Fire Tower built at the end of 19th century.

5. 05
   Hrodna Zoo

   Hrodna Zoo is next to the railway station.

6. 06
   Great Synagogue

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Things to do

Bike. The relatively flat and beautiful landscape around Grodno present a good place to bike. When planning your biking trip, use OpenStreetMap based app, such as mapy.cz, as these seem to have the best coverage.

From Wikivoyage: Grodno, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Retro Pizza, 31 Sovetskaya St (Follow the long pedestrian street down from the main square. Near Lenin Square). Good pizzas here. The menu is only in Russian, but some staff speak English, and some dishes (not the pizzas) have pictures to point to. Pizza Kofe, 15 Kirova St,. Good pizza and poor coffee. 6.50 rubles for medium pizza and 8.50 rubles for big one.

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Getting to Grodno

Airports

Vilnius (VNO), 143 km · Kaunas (KUN), 145 km · Brest (BQT), 173 km

• Vilnius → Grodno

  146 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · €21–29
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• Kaunas → Grodno

  136 km · quickest by road, 4h 51m · €27–37
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• Palanga → Grodno

  306 km · quickest by road, 7h 45m · €50–70
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