Biking

BIKING TOUR IN NORTH-EASTERN POLAND (11 days/ 10 nights )

Warsaw – BIALOWIEZA (4) – BIALYSTOK (1) – ELK (1) – GIZYCKO (4) – Warsaw

Day 1: Warsaw – BIALOWIEZA (D): 240 km

by bike about 10 km

Arrival to Warsaw and meeting with the guide.
Sightseeing in Warsaw including Old Town with market Square, Barbican Walls, Castle Square with Sigismundus Column. Drive along Krakowskie Przedmiescie and Nowy Swiat Streets to Belvedere and Lazienki park with Palace on the Water and F. Chopin Monument.
Bus transfer to Bialowieza. On the road, a visit to the Holy Mount of Grabarka is scheduled. The Mount consists of an Orthodox monastery and pilgrimage centre.
After checking-in a short bicycle trip, to familiarize yourselves with the village and the bicycle equipment.
Dinner at overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: BIALOWIEZA (B, D)

by bike about 30 km, by feet about 6 km

Breakfast at the hotel.
Today we have scheduled a visit to the Forest Museum with guided trip to the core of the Bialowieski National Park. The world-famous reserve is present on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
In the evening a bonfire with accordion music awaits us.

Day 3: BIALOWIEZA (B, D)

by bike – about 25 km, by feet – about 3 km

Breakfast at the hotel.
After a short canou trip on Narewka you reach a foresters hut, who shall tell you about his life, work and the realm of beavers, offering coffee and pastry.
At the end of the day, the bus will take you back to Białowieza.
Dinner at overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: BIALOWIEZA (B, D)

free time

Breakfast at the hotel.
This day is free to your disposal. Your hotel offers the biggest SPA & wellness centre in Białowieza, including massages, swimming pool, external jacuzzi, saunas, etc.
Dinner at overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: BIALOWIEZA – BIALYSTOK (B, D): 90 km

by bicycle about 42 km

Breakfast at the hotel.
Today’s bicycle trip takes us to Suprasl, where we visit the Orthodox Christian monastery and admire the impressive collection of holy paintings in the renowned Museum of Icons.
From Suprasl we ride to Bialystok.
Check in, dinner and overnight at the hotel

Day 6: BIALYSTOK – ELK (B, D): 120 km

by bike – about 26 km, by feet – about 3 km

Breakfast at the hotel.
Sightseeing of Bialystok with Branicki Palace (called: Versailles of Poland), Lubomirski Palace, Town Hall, and Catholic Cathedral
Transfer to Biebrza National Park. The most interesting excursion in the Park takes us to the protected area of Czerwone Bagno (Red Marsh), which we reach by bicycle.
Transfer to Elk.
Dinner at overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: ELK – GIZYCKO (B, D): 70 km

by bike – about 70 km.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Today we take a beautiful bicycle tour from Elk, a city which lies directly upon the Elk lake, to Gizycko. We ride through Wydminy with an interesting church from the 17th century.
Check in, dinner and overnight at the hotel

Day 8: GIZYCKO (B, D)

free time

Breakfast at the hotel.
Today we can ride (about 40-50 km) along many pleasant field and forest roads, and pass many lakes on the way or enjoy our free time.
Dinner at overnight at the hotel.

Day 9: GIZYCKO (B, D)

by bike – about 30 km

Breakfast at the hotel.
Today, a ship cruise in the Masurian Lake District to Sztynort awaits us. On our way, we shall see a natural reserve on the Dobskie Lake, where hundreds of cormorants have built their nests on the trees.
In Sztynort we take a short tour of castle ruins and ride further to Gierloz, to see the infamous „Wolf’s Den“ – „Wolfsschanze“, Adolf Hitler’s headquarters during the II World War.
Dinner at overnight at the hotel.

Day 10: GIZYCKO – WARSAW (B, D): 260 km

by bike – about 55 km.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Today, we have scheduled a bicycle tour around Reszel and the trip to the view tower.
On the way, we come to Swieta Lipka to admire the baroque church of the 17th century and there we participate in an organ concert.
On the late afternoon transfer to Warsaw
Check in, dinner at overnight at the hotel.

Day 11: WARSAW