GUIDED TOUR: Great Masurian Lakes - "Culture and Pleasure"

◼ After breakfast sightseeing tour of Warsaw including sights such as: the Old Town; the Lazienki Park and the lively center.

◼ At 12.00:200 p.m. bus transfer to Masuria (approx. 4 km) – XNUMX hours

◼ First stop in Masuria at a picturesque spot in the middle of the Johannesburg Heath. This is where Ernst Wiechert was born. Get in the mood for Masuria. From there our bike tour to Krutyń begins.

◼ Dinner and overnight in Krutyń. The family pension has a very good location - picturesque and quiet. Here we are welcomed with very good food. The friendly owners are very engaging and friendly. All rooms, whether single or double, have their own shower and toilet in the room, are warm and clean.

◼ Morning: Bike tour through the Puszcza Piska / Johannisburger Heide, the largest forest area in Masuria with dense spruce and pine forests. Many animals live here, including deer, elk, roe deer, wild boar, rabbits and foxes. At noon we take a break in the village of Ruciane.

◼ In the afternoon we drive through Masurian villages to Wojnowo/Eckertsdorf. This village was founded by the Russian Old Believers. In this picturesque village we visit a Russian Orthodox Church and a monastery right on the shore of Lake Druze.

◼ After dinner, an evening walk.

◼ Overnight stay in Krutyń.

◼ Morning: Kayak tour on the most famous and most beautiful natural river in Masuria - the Kruttina. We experience one of the most beautiful stretches of this journey: pure water, in which the landscape is reflected unclouded, there are fish and birds, especially many kingfishers. Nature lovers are always enthusiastic about this area.

◼ In the afternoon you cycle through the Masurian Landscape Park to Nikolaiken. With its secluded forests, moorland and wide lakes, the Masurian Landscape Park is a scenic pearl of the former East Prussia. Good forest trails and narrow roads will take you to a scientific station where beavers and small Polish horses called tarpans are kept. Then you take a ferry across in about 15 minutes and then continue to Nikolaiken.

◼ You will spend the next two nights in a hotel near Nikolaiken.

◼ Dinner and overnight at the hotel in the Mikołajki/Nikolaiken area.

◼ Today's bike tour takes us along the Masurian Lakes around Nikolaiken.

◼ Morning cruise on the White Fleet ship from Mikołajki to Ryn. A boat trip full of scenic impressions awaits us on the northern part of the longest channel lake in Poland. We end our boat trip at the foot of the historic crusader castle in Ryn/Rhine.

◼ In the afternoon a bike ride past picturesque villages and the Masurian canals.

◼ Relax in Nikolaiken in the afternoon. Stroll through town and optional coffee break.

◼ After dinner, end this eventful day around the campfire with accordion music.

◼ Overnight stay in a typical hotel in the vicinity of Mikołajki/Nikolaiken.

◼ After breakfast we drive along the Rheiner See. On the way we visit the Masurian Museum, where we can also have a coffee and cake break.

◼ In the afternoon we drive on to Nakomiady/Eichmedien, where we visit a factory and a spacious park.

◼ The tour continues to Wolf's Lair - Hitler's former headquarters in East Prussia. Sightseeing. Then bus transfer to Mrągowo/Sensburg.

◼ Dinner and overnight stay in a beautiful hotel by the lake in Mrągowo/Sensburg.

◼ This day should actually be called “Back to the Past”. There are still lonely areas in Masuria that take us back to the 19th century. You drive through a quiet and lonely area and experience pure nature.

◼ In the afternoon, visit the Protestant church in Sorquitten. Then another bike tour through the stork village of Gonswen.

◼ Dinner and overnight stay in Mrągowo/Sensburg. Overnight stay in a nice hotel by the lake in Mrągowo/Sensburg.

◼ In the morning we cycle to the old Masurian town – Reszel/Rössel, where we visit the mighty castle. Then we continue to Swieta Lipka / Holy Linden, where there is a beautiful baroque church. During the tour with a tour guide, we also listen to an organ concert.

◼ In the afternoon bus transfer from Hl. Linde to Warsaw.

◼ Farewell dinner together in a restaurant in Warsaw.

◼ The last overnight stay in a 3* hotel in the center of Warsaw.

◼ Frühstück im Hotel.

◼ Return home or individual extension in Warsaw.