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Mazury - the beautiful place on the Earth
Polish_Mila Says: There are many lakes and rivers, offering splendid conditions for sailing, wind surfing, canoeing, water skiing., and fishing.And such a nice people are living here.Don't forget to visit Mazury in summer!
The village of Krutyn (Cruttinen)
evaanna Says: Krutyn is a village in the heart of Mazury situated along the Krutynia Kayak Trail. Here the river is shallow and quite wide and its banks high and pretty steep with many old trees giving welcome shade to the kayakers.The first records of Krutyn date back to around 1500 when...
Take a boat trip on the Krutynia
evaanna Says: This is a most enjoyable thing to do while visiting Krutyn. The boats are waiting for passengers by the bridge. Their owners are local men who will also entertain you on the trip, telling you about the area, its culture etc. Quite a few of them speak German as well as...
evaanna Says: I cannot say I enjoyed our visit there but some people may find this site interesting. It was here at Wolfsschanze or the Wolf's Lair that Adolf Hitler spent over 850 days starting with 24 June 1941. It was here that he issued numerous orders deciding the fate of many...
evaanna Says: Ketrzyn, a town on the Guber River has a few tourist attractions, but the most interesting is the Gothic Castle of the Teutonic Order constructed in the years 1360-70 but with some later alterations. Through the gate you get into a small courtyard in the shape of a...
evaanna Says: Zakret (the bend) is one of three nature reserves around Krutyn. It's a beautiful area of forest and bog with three acidic lakes, at places so overgrown with peat moss and flowers that they form floating islands. But you must be lucky to see them as their formation depends...
evaanna Says: White or pink water-lilies can be found on the Krutynia where the water becomes shallow and in sunny, not too overshadowed, places. The yellow nuphars are more common and can be seen all along the route. Their resilience to the blows they get from the oars and the kayak is...
Kos: Delicious food, but with some exceptions
evaanna Says: This restaurant is situated by the main road in Zgon. You can sit inside, on the verandah or at the tables in the garden at the back. The main disadvantage of sitting on the verandah is the noise that the passing cars make, especially the heavy lorries. There is a car park...
evaanna Says: The Kacperek is a roadside restaurant not far from Babieta. The food is good, although they will sometimes serve things that have been frozen for a week. Try to find out what has just been prepared, or deduce it from the smell coming from the kitchen. If it's warm, sit at a...
evaanna Says: While in Mazury, why not join one of the boat trips offered from one of the ports on the lakes? Such trips are available from Mikolajki, Gizycko and Ruciane-Nida, not sure about the other locations. We went on one of such trips a few years ago from Ruciane-Nida but that...
evaanna Says: In the centre of Krutyn, which is just a small village, there is a market place which is really worth visiting. The stalls sell various local handicrafts, amber jewellery and the like. You can buy embroidered table linen and the famous Boleslawiec pottery as well as a few...
Saint John's Night Festival at Krutyn
evaanna Says: If you happen to visit Mazury in June, go to Krutyn on the 23rd of the month to watch the celebrations of St John's Night. We were lucky as it was our last night there and I knew in some places it was celebrated on the following Saturday or... not at all. So we were...
evaanna Says: One thing that you may not like about Mazury is the abundance of various insects, some quite harmless and a pleasure to watch, like the colourful dragonflies or ladybugs, others stinging or biting or even, like mosquitoes, feeding on your blood, following their natural...
evaanna Says: The road from Szczytno to Piecki cuts across the Krutynia Kayak Trail at one end of Babieta. The watermill there blocks the waterway and the kayaks have to be carried across the road. At that point, however, you cannot see the road ahead as there are two bends close to the...
Church in Nawiady - the oldest in the area
evaanna Says: This former Evangelical and now Catholic church was built in 1600-1603, with a wooden tower dating back to 1687. It has a late-Rennaissance main altar and an organ from 1806. We couldn't see the interior though as Mass was being celebrated there the only time we found it...
Old water-mill at Krutynski Piecek
evaanna Says: We found this lovely place using the information from our hosts' album. We had passed the place in the car a number of times but it is hardly visible from the main road. This 19th century half-timbered water-mill is situated on the Krutynia between the villages of Krutynski...
evaanna Says: The Krutynia kayak trail starts at Sorkwity. Its total length is just over 100 km, but if you prefer, you can take a shorter trip, especially if you travel individually. The campsites you pass on the way are:1.Sorkwity, 2.Bienki, 3.Babieta 4.Spychowo 5.Zgon 6.Krutyn 7.Nowa...
evaanna Says: There used to be a chance to take horseriding lessons at Babieta but no more. The grass in the meadows has grown and the horses are no longer there. But there are other places in Mazury where you can learn to ride a horse, like Piecki or Galkowo, which we visited on our last...
evaanna Says: The inscrutable Mazurian forests are famous in Poland and abroad. Just from Krutyn you can follow at least three trails in the forest where you will encounter huge ancient trees. There are many of them but let me mention just a few. Of course some places are inaccessible to...
evaanna Says: The weather was lovely that day and we were standing on the bridge between Wojnowo and Ukta watching the kayaks pass, when a group of three foreign tourists appeared on the nearby path. They must have got lost hiking so were pleased to see a road and one of them, who spoke...
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The Jeglinski Canal was built in the years 1845 - 1949 to connect Lake Ros with the biggest of the Mazurian lakes - Sniardwy.At the same time, it gave the main...
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Mazury is a picturesque region in the north-east of Poland. Its turbulent history, in the course of which it changed hands, loyalties and populations a number of times, is too complicated and full of...
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Mazury are located in the north-east part of Poland. It is full of forests and lakes and it is one of the most ecological region of Poland. If you visot Poland you have to go there. You can find here...
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Mazuria is known as 'the land of a thousand lakes', even though there are more than 3000 in all, and for decades the focus for tourists has been on water sports and recreation. Sailing and kayaking is...
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Wilczy Szaniec Wolfschanze (Wolf’s Lair)
Hitler’s most well-known field headquarters. The Germans started building the new FHQ in the summer of 1940. It consisted of two parts, "Sperrkreis I" and "Sperrkreis II". Sperrkreis II was the...
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Great place for summer holidays. I enjoyed a beautiful wild landscape! There are over 1000 lakes, most of them are conected with chanels, so You can realy enjoy kayaking or sailing, it depends on You...
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