Tripto Guide
Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
55 places
Ostróda
**The Protestant Church in Ostróda** is a Neo-Gothic brick building from 1907–1909, designed by Berlin architect Oskar Hossfeld. It stands on a slope above the old centre and Lake Drwęckie, while its distinctive double-helmeted tower is on…
Lidzbark Warmiński
**The Parish Church in Lidzbark Warmiński**, the collegiate church of Saints Peter and Paul, is one of the town’s most important Gothic landmarks. Built in the second half of the 14th century, it stands beside the former town walls, above…
gmina Ełk
The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Ostrykół is one of the most distinctive wooden monuments in Masuria. It stands in a village by the Ełk River, in Prostki commune near Ełk. The present church was built in 1667 after the ear…
Iława
**The Church of the Transfiguration in Iława**, locally known as the Red Church, stands at the south-eastern corner of the former town. This red-brick Gothic building is Iława’s oldest surviving monument and an important stop on a walk thr…
Kętrzyn
**The Collegiate Basilica of St George in Kętrzyn** is one of the best-preserved fortified churches in Masuria. Its massive walls formed part of the town’s medieval defences, giving the building an unusual, almost fortress-like character.…
Kętrzyn
A few steps from the castle of the Warmian bishops stands the **Gothic church of Saints Peter and Paul** — the parish church of Reszel from the 14th century. Its **50-metre tower** now serves as a viewing point over the town and the hills…
gmina Ełk
By the Ełk river, between John Paul II Square and Lake Ełk, stretches the Nicolaus Copernicus Educational Park — and within it, next to a model of the Solar System, stands a bench with the figure of Poland's most famous astronomer. The par…
Kętrzyn
On Mickiewicza Street in Kętrzyn stands a two-storey villa in the spirit of English Gothic — the former seat of the Masonic lodge „Drei Thore des Tempels" („The Three Gates of the Temple"). The brotherhood had operated here since **9 Octob…
Giżycko
The swing bridge over the Łuczański Canal in the centre of Giżycko was built in the second half of the **19th century** to link the town with Boyen Fortress. The canal joins the Masurian lakes Niegocin and Kisajno, and the steel truss is t…
Kętrzyn
In Kętrzyn, right next to the Teutonic castle, stand preserved fragments of the 14th-century defensive walls. The northern stretch of the circuit has survived almost in its full length — one of the better-preserved town layouts in Masuria.…
gmina Mikołajki
In the heart of the Piska Forest, on Lake Nidzkie, stands the wooden **Pranie forester's lodge** built in **1880** — the house where Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński wrote some of his more important poems. Today it houses a museum dedicated t…
gmina Mikołajki
In Piecki in the Mrągowo district of Masuria operates a museum built around the collection of an extraordinary woman. Walentyna Dermacka née Sapieha (born **7 August 1922** in Nowogródek), after wartime wandering that included forced labou…
Ryn
The palace in Sorkwity, about 12 kilometres west of Mrągowo, looks like a medieval red-brick castle — although in fact it is a neo-Gothic residence from the mid-19th century. It stands on an isthmus between lakes Gielądzkie and Lampackie,…
gmina Węgorzewo
In a forest between Węgorzewo and Gołdap rises the only structure of its kind in Poland: a **pyramid** **15.9 m** tall on a square base of **10.4 × 10.4 m**. It was built in **1811** (according to some accounts in 1808 or even 1795) as the…
Nidzica
The town hall in Szczytno stands out among Polish town halls for its construction and date: it is a **reinforced-concrete** building erected in **1936–1937** to a design by the Königsberg architect **Kurt Frick**, raised **partly on the ru…
Giżycko
In the heart of the Puszcza Borecka forest in Masuria lies the Borki forest reserve — established in **1958** on **232 ha** and enlarged in **2015** to **440.22 ha**. It protects the best-preserved central part of the forest: hornbeam-lime…
gmina Mikołajki
Five kilometres east of Mikołajki lies a lake with one of the richest protection records in Poland. Łuknajno — **680 ha** of shallow water at **115 m above sea level**, connected by a channel to Lake Śniardwy — has been protected since **2…
gmina Dubeninki
Victory Square (Plac Zwycięstwa), the former market of Gołdap, was described in the **16th century** as the second largest market square in Prussia. In the middle stood a town hall, stalls were set up around it, and the market attracted me…
Olsztynek
The central square of the Old Town is ringed by town houses from the **17th to 19th centuries**, some of them with arcaded loggias and sgraffito decoration. In the middle stands the Old Town Hall, built in **1623–1624**, while the oldest s…
gmina Mikołajki
The Krutynia is called one of the most beautiful kayaking trails in Europe: about **100 km** of water from Sorkwity to Lake Bełdany, usually paddled in a week. The river itself is **99 km** long and is the largest river flowing into the Gr…
gmina Pasłęk
A driving trail of about **300 km** follows the traces of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) through Warmia, Mazuria and Powiśle — via Olsztyn, Lidzbark Warmiński, Orneta, Elbląg, Olsztynek and Frombork. On the ground the route is marked with…
Giżycko
The brick tower at 37 Warszawska Street is the **tallest structure in Giżycko** and one of the more interesting examples of repurposed historic infrastructure in Masuria. Built in **1900** in the Neo-Gothic style, it supplied the town with…
gmina Dubeninki
The brick tower on Paderewskiego Street is one of the highest points of Gołdap. Built in **1905** by the Gdańsk company A. W. Müller, on a circular plan of ceramic brick, it rises **46.5 metres**. Inside worked a tank holding **250 cubic m…
Iława
The lookout tower on Kurza Góra in Kurzętnik, opened to visitors in **spring 2022**, combines a viewing point with a forest walk. The wooden structure is about **35 metres** tall, and a nearly **two-kilometre walkway** made of acacia wood…