Tourist Disna
At any time of the year Disna remains a small but nevertheless a unique tourist route.
Just 3-4 hours away from the capital you and you are in the smallest town of Belarus.
It is possible to travel through Disna by land, by water and by air.
Stop and go ashore on this ancient land. A walk around the town won’t take much of your time. You will notice how the pace of living changes and your impressions will also change – you are in the town and in the country all at once. It is not a fashionable resort, but a quiet ancient settlement, which has its own unique aura, its own fascinating history, its own unrepeatable taste and smell.
If you decide to cross the town by car and then raft by ferryboat, you will have time to enjoy both hasty and slow Western Dvina, observe the green shore line, some ruins on the shore, and when listening to a quiet churr of the ferryboat you will only guess what you have just passed by.
However, if you sail down the rivers, sometimes you won’t see the town as it sinks in exuberance of vegetation, and you will feel yourself face to face with the nature. At the point of rivers confluence you can come ashore on the island, where the history of the town started. There you will visit magnificent ancient ramparts, see a manmade lake and cows grazing peacefully.
River banks are quite high; however the town experiences floods regularly. Although the water rise makes 13 meters it doesn’t make any harm, just outlines the greatness and might of the nature. The force of water flow doesn’t have any barriers, and if ices create a dam near the island, then Dysenka, being so tender in summer, directs its flow through the town to meet its elder sister - Dvina, at that time the town of Disna resembles Venice.
The town is located on the site of a tectonic fault that is why there are a lot of stones here. They are particularly well seen in torrid summers when the rivers shallow, disclosing solid masses of stones. A legend tells that in the XVI century when the town was granted the Magdeburg Rights and carried on active trade through Western Dvina, and even earlier, when the Vikings passed by Disna castle (Kopets-town), there was a guard whose name was Stone-robber, for he granted the access only to those who paid tribute to him. This petrified guard still lays near the island, side-by-side with other stones.
In the summer our “migrating birds”- hang-gliders- come together in Disna. They were the ones who 5 years ago for the first time showed us the town from the height . Owing to their help we now have outstanding bird’s eye view photos of Disna.
The territories around Disna have a significant tourist potential.