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Welcome to Masuria! the Great Masurian Lake District Is One of the Fi Nest Regions in Poland in Terms of Its Natural Beauty and the Tourist Potential Welcome to Masuria! The Great Masurian Lake District is one of the fi nest regions in Poland in terms of its natural beauty and the tourist potential. It’s there where nature reveals its full beauty to us, and the clean water and air invite us to spend our free time in the wilderness. It is also the largest in-land lake district in Poland, with many canals and rivers that forms an extraordinary N-S sailing route from Węgorzewo to Pisz and Ruciane-Nida. The Giżycko County (Powiat Giżycki) is the center of this land, with 110 lakes, including the famous Niegocin and Kisajno lakes. In the summer, it is an oasis for those who enjoy water sports. The „white fl eet“ cruises give the participants the unique opportunity to get familiar with the beauty of the „Swan Route“, or the Island of Cormorants. This traditional route is interesting also for the fans of canoeing who travel on the historical route of the Teutonic Knights from Ryn to Giżycko. One should go to Giżycko not only in the summer season. The fall is also a very good time for fi shing, and for mushroom picking. It’s not diffi cult to fi nd bolete, leccinum, suillus („slippery jack“) or a rovellon mushroom. For many tourists the forest is the most beautiful and picturesque in early fall when the leaves rustle under your feet. However, the Great Masurian Lake District is also great in winter. A stroll on a frozen lake is an unforgettable experience and the fresh air invites you to visit. It is the time of the unforgettable sleigh rides and snow fi ghts followed by bonfi res, picnics and evenings spent by the fi replace. 3 Water – sails – wind Kisajno and Niegocin lakes are the hosts to the key state sailing events: the Polish Cabin Yachts Championships, the Polish Catamarans Championships, The DZ-Class Polish Championships, the Polish Cabin Yachts Championships Elimination Round, the Women’s’ Polish Championships, the Polish Disabled Sailors’ Cup and the Polish Open Academic Cruising Yachts Championships. Those who are not so interested in sports will certainly fi nd the harbor of their dreams. The major venue in the northern part of the Great Departing from the safe beaches of Giżycko, Masurian Lake District is Giżycko, a town located between the Mamry you can travel through the center of the town, taking a lake complex and Niegocin Lake. It is the perfect starting point for 2130-metres long canal – the Łuczański Canal. A cruise your cruise, which you can begin from one of the numerous ports via Kisajno and especially the „Swan Route“ will surely located at the Niegocin Lake, Tajty Lake, within the Tracz harbor and be an unforgettable experience. The open waters of the southern bank of Kisajno. Giżycko, Wilkasy, Piękna Góra and the Dargin Lake are great for sailing. If you go west, Bystry are proud to offer more than 1200 mooring spaces in more you will end up on the Dobskie Lake, which is unique than 20 ports and marinas! In the summer season you can also because it is one of only few lakes in Poland that is also participate in a wide variety of trainings and summer schools for the a nature reserve. Its two major attractions are the two windsurfi ng afi cionados. The nearby harbors and lakes outside the islands – Gilma, which used to be a place of a pagan Great Masurian Lake District, for example the Gołdopiwo Lake in the cult, and Wysoki Ostrów, also known as the Island Kruklanki region are the perfect spots for training and leisure. of Cormorants, which is one of the largest colony of cormorants in the Masuria region. If you go south, the Niegocin Lake will welcome you, and if you go south- east, you will eventually reach the „Minor Masurian Loop“ and the ribbon lake of Wojnowo and Buwełno. Villages located nearby – Kleszczewo, Przykop and Marcinowa Wola offer a wide variety of accommodation and restaurants. If you wish to go further south, you will probably end up travelling on the south-east route via the Boczne, Jagodne and Szymoneckie lakes, which form a ribbon – characteristic (postglacial) channel being an extension of the Niegocin Lake. You will pass towns of Rydzewo and Bogaczewo, which offer outstanding accommodation nd well-stocked shops for your supplies. If you go along that route, you will soon pass the „Masurian equator“ near the Kula Pass, the place of „ritual“ sailors baptism of fi re. After leaving the Szymoneckie Lake, you will take the longest route by the Masurian canals. You pass the Mioduński Canal split by the Szymon Lake, the Lelecki Canal, the Tałtowisko Lake and the Tałcki Canal, and you get to the Tałty Lake, which is located nearby Ryn. The Ryńskie Lake is great for sailing and trainings, and one of its most attractive venues are the Rominek and Mrówczyńska Harbors. Your cruise will end at the castle of Ryn. Water – sails – wind Kisajno and Niegocin lakes are the hosts to the key state sailing events: the Polish Cabin Yachts Championships, the Polish Catamarans Championships, The DZ-Class Polish Championships, the Polish Cabin Yachts Championships Elimination Round, the Women’s’ Polish Championships, the Polish Disabled Sailors’ Cup and the Polish Open Academic Cruising Yachts Championships. Those who are not so interested in sports will certainly fi nd the harbor of their dreams. The major venue in the northern part of the Great Departing from the safe beaches of Giżycko, Masurian Lake District is Giżycko, a town located between the Mamry you can travel through the center of the town, taking a lake complex and Niegocin Lake. It is the perfect starting point for 2130-metres long canal – the Łuczański Canal. A cruise your cruise, which you can begin from one of the numerous ports via Kisajno and especially the „Swan Route“ will surely located at the Niegocin Lake, Tajty Lake, within the Tracz harbor and be an unforgettable experience. The open waters of the southern bank of Kisajno. Giżycko, Wilkasy, Piękna Góra and the Dargin Lake are great for sailing. If you go west, Bystry are proud to offer more than 1200 mooring spaces in more you will end up on the Dobskie Lake, which is unique than 20 ports and marinas! In the summer season you can also because it is one of only few lakes in Poland that is also participate in a wide variety of trainings and summer schools for the a nature reserve. Its two major attractions are the two windsurfi ng afi cionados. The nearby harbors and lakes outside the islands – Gilma, which used to be a place of a pagan Great Masurian Lake District, for example the Gołdopiwo Lake in the cult, and Wysoki Ostrów, also known as the Island Kruklanki region are the perfect spots for training and leisure. of Cormorants, which is one of the largest colony of cormorants in the Masuria region. If you go south, the Niegocin Lake will welcome you, and if you go south- east, you will eventually reach the „Minor Masurian Loop“ and the ribbon lake of Wojnowo and Buwełno. Villages located nearby – Kleszczewo, Przykop and Marcinowa Wola offer a wide variety of accommodation and restaurants. If you wish to go further south, you will probably end up travelling on the south-east route via the Boczne, Jagodne and Szymoneckie lakes, which form a ribbon – characteristic (postglacial) channel being an extension of the Niegocin Lake. You will pass towns of Rydzewo and Bogaczewo, which offer outstanding accommodation nd well-stocked shops for your supplies. If you go along that route, you will soon pass the „Masurian equator“ near the Kula Pass, the place of „ritual“ sailors baptism of fi re. After leaving the Szymoneckie Lake, you will take the longest route by the Masurian canals. You pass the Mioduński Canal split by the Szymon Lake, the Lelecki Canal, the Tałtowisko Lake and the Tałcki Canal, and you get to the Tałty Lake, which is located nearby Ryn. The Ryńskie Lake is great for sailing and trainings, and one of its most attractive venues are the Rominek and Mrówczyńska Harbors. Your cruise will end at the castle of Ryn. 5 and aquatic warblers. In order to protect the most picturesque parts of The Great Masurian Lake District, Treasures of nature some of them have been designated protected areas in the region. Among them, The Borecka Forest is very interesting. It is located in the Kruklanki Municipality and is the only remainder of the ancient wilderness. The most precious parts of a 250 sq. kilometers large forest has been protected. There are four nature reserves within the forest, whose total area is 650 ha. Yet another venue worth visiting is the aurochs reserve in Wolisko, which is the home for 60 aurochs. Also, the Nietlickie Marsh Reserve, Staświńskie Meadows Reserve and the Fuledzki Róg Rock Deposit Area are worth visiting. Marvelous environment is a great foundation for all forms of active tourism. Bicycle paths and footpaths encourage strolls, trips and jogging. Horse riding aficionados can take advantage of numerous riding centres which offer a variety of attractions. Canoe enthusiasts will be more than satisfied not only by lakes and canals, but also with attractions offered by a less known Sapina river valley. Camping sites located in the picturesque forests and amongst The Masuria Region is not only the land of a thousand lakes. Some other of its characteristic lakes are ideal for those who treasure tranquility, features are the mixed forests, swamps and moors. As all these habitat types preserved their original contact with nature and long walks in the woods.
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