Vitebsk Oblast (Belarusian: Віцебская вобласць) is a region in the north-eastern part of Belarus. The western part of the region is occupied by the Braslau Lakes National Park.

Cities

• Vitebsk — center of the region. A picturesque city combining Polish heritage with Russian and Soviet architecture. The hometown of Marc Chagall.
• Braslau — the gateway to the lakes.
• Lyntupy — a beautiful Baroque Revival church and a nice manor house.
• Novopolotsk — industrial center close to Polotsk. The cities are reasonably well-connected with public transport, share a university, and the merge of the two into one administrative unit has been discussed for a while.
• Orsha — an active raiload hub with some monasteries and churches to see.
• Pastavy — a fine Gothic Revival church and an old Jewish cemetery.
• Polotsk — an ancient Belarusian town with many old churches
• Sharkovshchina — a quiet town with a couple of small nice churches.

Other destinations

• Braslau Lakes – a national park full of lakes and pine forests.