The 10 Best Things to do Good for Couples in Warmia-Masuria Province, Northern Poland

"3 lakes 3 canals in 1 hour". In the season, tours depart everyday from EKOMARINA port in Gizycko (10:30/12:30/14:00/15:30/17:00/ 18:30). Join us on board!

Kayak touring in Poland in Masuria are our offer for your holiday on water. We organize canoeing and kayaking tours on the most beautiful rivers of north-eastern Poland - Krutynia, Czarna Hańcza, Biebrza, Rospuda, Łyna, Pisa. Masuria is worth visiting not only in the summer. You can come to Krutyń for one-day tours on the Krutynia trail any time of the year. It’s really worth trying! Many people find Poland and Masuria so beautiful, that they come back here every year! .

In 1571 the canal flowing through the city, was built the first Polish waterworks tower called the water tower. He built it imported from Wroclaw murator Stanislaus.Inside the tower housed a device made ​​by a Wrocław bucket rurmistrza Valentine Hendel. The task of water supply, water supply was the Cathedral Hill, the Bishop's Palace and the canons' houses. Venerable Frombork Chapter paid for this work: two hundred thalers, twelve bushels of corn and compensation for clothing. Murator Stanislaw received 100 marks, 6 barrels of drink table and 15 bushels of wheat. Construction took a year and was the second water supply system of this type in Europe. First established in 1548 in Augsburg. Frombork water supply is a unique monument of medieval European scale hydro-engineering. Water flowing channel of moving large water wheel, and his energy propelled the chain of scoops przypiętymi to him. Chain wandered around the two shafts. The bottom was an extension of the water wheel axle and the top was at the top of the tower. Buckets filled with water at the lowest point, then traveled to the mountains, at the time of trading on the upper shaft, the water poured out of them into the container placed on top of the tower, where the trunks of hollow tubes running down to the stronghold of oak and canons' houses. After 60 years of service were the first overhaul. With the help of Bishop Teodor Potocki, in 1720 listed all items. This renovation has allowed to provide water to the Cathedral Hill until the end of the eighteenth century. After 1945 the water tower was neglected. Only in the 90s of the twentieth century building boomed and has become a must-see tourist trips during Frombork. Not far away is the Water Tower Tourist Information Centre and Gallery Mementos.

Sniardwy is a lake in the Masurian Lake District of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. It is the largest lake in Poland with an area of 113.8 square kilometres (43.9 sq mi). It is 22.1 kilometres (13.7 mi) long and 13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi) wide. The maximum depth is 23 metres (75 feet). There are eight islands on the Lake Sniardwy.

The Water Tower is closed until April. It was built in 1900 entirely of red unplastered bricks in the neo-gothic style with interesting external vaulting around its crown and two coats of arms over the entrance: one Mazurian and one municipal to emphasise its being part of the region. The water reservoir in the tower distributed water to all the dwellings for 97 years. Nowadays, following the great reconstruction of the interior and adding a dome and three additional floors and extending the viewing platform with telescopes, the tower has become Giżycko’s most unique tourist attraction. To reach the top, one has to climb 129 steps (or use the lift). The highest floor of the tower is 162 m above sea level and it houses a café. From this height, one can truly appreciate the panorama of the town and the surrounding areas with lakes and forests – a typical Mazurian landscape. The inside the tower houses the local museum with exhibits that illustrate the past life of the local people.