warmińsko-mazurskie

LOCATION

The warmińsko–mazurskie province is situated in the north – eastern part of Poland. It covers the territory of 24202 km². This region is divided into 19 districts, 2 cities having district rights and 116 communes. The city of Olsztyn is the administrative center. The biggest cities are: Olsztyn. Elbląg, Ostróda, Ełk, Mrągowo, Giżycko, Iława, Bartoszyce, Lidzbark, Nidzica, Kętrzyn. On the new administrative map this is the fourth biggest province and one of the most beautiful regions in Poland.

NATURE AND TOURISM

The chief assets of the province are: the cleanest air in the country and the charms of the landscape: over 1000 lakes and woods which cover the third part of the province. The richness of the region are also monuments, medieval castles of Teutonic Knights, bishop residencies. Landscape – tourist values attract to Warmia and the Masurian Lakeland over a million of tourists every year. A well – developed network of bicycle, water and walking trails enables a contact with nature. In seasonal objects there await the tourists over 30 thousands of accommodations and 8 thousand accommodations in hotels and pensions that are open the whole year round. A peculiarity having an international value is the only one in the world  technical monument: the Ostródzko – Elbląski Canal that is 125,7 km long with the functioning system of man locks and slipways.

MONUMENTS

Warmia and the Masurian Lakeland is a very attractive region because of the occurrence of numerous architectural monuments, for example: the castle in the town of Łężany, the castle in the town of Ryna, the castle in the town of Reszl, the castle in the town of Lidzbark Warmiński, the baroque palace in the town of Nakomiady, the neo – gothic palace in the town of Sorkwity, the palace in the town of Nagórki, the palace in the town of Łabędnik, ruins of the castle in the town of Szymbark. A monument having a special rank is the Cathedral Complex in the town of Frombork with a gothic cathedral and the Museum of Mikołaj Kopernik (probably here there was created his most famous work on the revolution of heavenly spheres).

Accommodations: 349

Other attractions: 312

Events in the area: 17