Forest lakes of Belarus - a fairy tale of wild nature

The Belarusian land is rich in lakes. Almost every reservoir in the country is in a picturesque place surrounded by lush forests. Today I want to tell about the most picturesque corner of Belarus. This is its forest lakes, as well as the sanatorium located there with the same name.

The beauty of forest landscapes

Belarusian forest lakes can be found in the Vitebsk region of the Ushachsky district. It is here that there is a picturesque, quiet, cozy corner of Belarus - Lake Dolgoe. It is part of a group of forest lakes that are connected to each other by ducts. A picturesque pond surrounded by pine forests is simply mesmerizing. The azure water splashes near the forest shores, and the healing forest aromas become intoxicating, causing in the soul exalted feelings. It seems that the lake is a special life. It's so easy to forget about vanity and small problems and you feel harmony with nature. Forest lakes - a great place where you can not only enjoy the silence and natural colors, but also to philosophize, to think about the meaning of life. And this is an ideal place for fishing. Lake Long is rich in mineral springs, so tourists come here to heal their health.

Belarusian health resort

On the shore of the forest lakes Dolgoe and Barkovshchina there is a sanatorium "Lesnye Lakes". The Belarusian health resort was built here for recreational, medicinal purposes in order to use the most valuable mineral springs of water bodies. Pine forests with healing air are the main feature of the "Forest Lakes" sanatorium. Belarus is rich in forests, but when there are ponds among them , this place resembles a real forest fairy tale. The health resort is located in an ecologically clean area. Forest reservoirs here are formed by 6 self-draining springs, the mineral waters of which have a 500-year history. The health center is surrounded by a huge array of coniferous forests, located on hilly terrain. The main attraction of the sanatorium is Lake Dolgoe, surrounded by pine forests with an admixture of willow, alder, birch, spruce. Water enters the reservoir from the Barkovschina springs. Waters of a forest lake are considered curative. In them, the sanatorium annually organizes health-improving bathing.

Treatment and rehabilitation in the "Forest Lakes"

All year round, health resorts are held in the Belarusian sanatorium. The Vitebsk health resort uses natural-healing techniques. Among them:

• hydrotherapy;
• Parafino-ozokeritreatment;
• Sauna infrared;
• Galvanic mud procedures;
• phytotherapy.

Also in the health resort complex treatment and health programs for the profile purpose are conducted. These are specially selected procedures that have an effective effect on the body. Among them:

• A program that improves vitality, "Anti-stress";
• Anti-cellulite procedures;
• The program "Easy breathing";
• A set of procedures that increase the weakened immunity, "Be healthy".

In summer, all the above procedures are supplemented with climatotherapy, including bathing in the clear healing waters of the forest lake and sunbathing. For these purposes, the sanatorium staff arranged a comfortable sandy beach on the lake shore. Every year the medical base of the "Lesnye Lakes" sanatorium (Belarus) is improving. Photos of the picturesque forest reservoir and the health resort of the same name are presented below.

Infrastructure opportunities of the sanatorium

Many tourists are happy to come again to the "Forest Lakes" sanatorium (Belarus). Reviews resting on the Belarusian health resort are positive. The sanatorium has a rich infrastructure. On its territory there is a restaurant, shops, a dance floor, a children's area, a library, a club. Fans of outdoor activities are offered a comfortable gym. There is a rental of sports equipment, where you can rent sledges, balls, skis, tennis rackets. For the fans of cognitive rest the sanatorium organizes excursions to the cities of Belarus: Minsk, Polotsk, Vitebsk and others. For the youth in the forest health center there are concerts, karaoke evenings, discos. The menu of the restaurant also pleases. Tourists are offered fresh fruit, a variety of vegetables, juices, delicious seafood, as well as specialties. Vitebsk sanatorium "Forest Lakes" is an excellent variant of a comfortable health-improving holiday in Belarus.

How to get to the forest lakes?

The Belarusian sanatorium is located in the Ushachsky district (Vitebsk region) on the banks of the Dolgoye and Barkovshchina reservoirs. The distance to the health resort from Vitebsk is 137 km, and from Minsk - 220 km. The sanatorium is located at a remote distance from major highways, in a radius of 50 km there are no large enterprises. If you get to the forest lakes by car from Minsk, then you need to choose the Vitebsk direction. Not far from the health resort there is the church of St. Casimir, the Vasily Bykov manor-museum, the Proryv memorial complex, the P. Brovka house museum, and the Serguch Canal.