Sightseeing

Fortress Boyen

Giżycko’s most interesting monument of exceptional historic value and tourist appeal is the Boyen Fortress.

Mauerwald Bunkers

Besides Hitlers Bunkers, Wolf’s Lair, in Northeast Poland, there is the bunker complex, Mauerwald, close by. It was the Headquarters of the Supreme Command and German Staff of the Army (Oberkommando und Generalstabes des Heeres).

Wilczy Szaniec (Wolf’s Lair)

In the very heart of Mazurian forests we can find the ruins of Adolf Hilter’s war headquarters. It’s a hidden town in the woods consisting of 200 buildings.

Mikołajki

Mikołajki is an old Masurian church town first documented in 1444..

Mrągowo

The city lies between the lakes of Czos and Juno. It is known from the annual “Country Picnic”.

Sorkwity

Sorkwity is an interesting Masurian village, picturesquely situated between Lake Gielądzkie and Lampackie, belonging to Mrągowski Lake District.

Święta Lipka

This famous Marian sanctuary Has been attracting pilgrims not only from Prussia and Warmia but also from far away regions of Poland Since the Middle Ages.

Kadzidłowo

It is situated in Piska Forest in the area of Masurian Natural Landscape Park (Mazurski Park Krajobrazowy) between two towns Ruciane- Nida and Mikolajki.

Viaducts in Stanczyki

Often poetically called „Viaducts of the North”, two majestic bridges, reminding of Roman Aqueducts, are situated on the edge of Romincka Forest.

The Pyramid in Rapa

Based on the models of Egyptian giants, the pyramid in Rapa doesn’t have equally impressive size (its height is 16m) but it preserved all the proportions and properties of its Egyptian sisters.

The Forester’s Lodge

It was built around 1880. It became famous for numerous visits of Konstanty Ildefons Galczyński (1905-1953) who for the first time visited the Forester’s Lodge in 1950 (Stanisław Popowski was a forester at that time).

The Old Believers Monastery in Wojnowo

The Old Believers Monastery is situated in a small village near Ruciane- Nida in Wojnowo. It is the village inhabited by believers from the fourth creeds: catholics, evangelicals,Orthodox and old believers.

The Highlands Canal

Western Mazuria owes its beauty to hundreds of years of glaciations. The glacier moving forwards and backwards formed numerous elevations, valleys and thousands of lakes.

Sztynort

The Palace was the property of the Lehndorff family since 1420 (by other sources since 1565) until the expulsion of Germans from Poland after the border changes of 1945.