Lisna: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

A Category I water trail leads via the Degtyarevka Canal to Lake Lisno and continues along the Svolna River.

Renting a holiday apartment in Lisna is one possible accommodation option for this destination.

Water

Near Lisno, there was an equipped rest area with food huts, firewood sheds, fire pits with benches, toilets, rubbish containers, and a power connection.

On the water trail, Lisno was listed as an opportunity to replenish food supplies.

The Degtyarevka Canal connects Lake Lisno with Lake Osveyskoye.

The water journey covered 114 kilometres and took a total of 10 days.

The Svolna River flows through Lisno.

Motorboats may not be used on Lake Lisno outside specially designated areas.

Lake Lisno is suitable for water trips by kayak and catamaran.

Nature

Lisno and its surroundings form a natural and historical complex with forests, lakes, marshes, and landscape reserves.

Lake Lisno is part of the republican landscape reserve “Krasny Bor”.

The shores of Lake Lisno alternate between steep slopes up to 30 metres high and marshy floodplains.

The large island of Lisnyanski lies in the southern part of Lake Lisno.

Lake Lisno has a 100–200-metre-wide belt of vegetation along its shore, creating favourable conditions for fish and birds.

Recreational fishing is possible in Lake Lisno; the fish species mentioned include bream, tench, perch, pike, zander, and carp.

Goosanders, sedge warblers, and grey herons, among others, can be observed at Lake Lisno.

Activities

Guided tours, hikes, and fishing are possible in Lisno and its surroundings.

The Werchnedwinsk–Polazk–Rossony–Lisno–Kurgan Druschby–Werchnedwinsk cycle route is 280 kilometres long and takes five days.

The extension of the cycling tour from Lisno to the “Krasny Bor” landscape reserve follows forest tracks; individual sections may be difficult to cycle in a dry summer because of sand.

History

The Russian playwright and satirist D. I. Fonvizin owned the Lisno estate in 1773–1774.

D. Fonvizin worked on the comedy “Выбор гувернера” at the Lisno estate.

More destination pages: Domniki, Drykollie, Vitebsk, Polotsk, Pastavy, Senno, Kryvoje 2, Rossony.

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