...for excursions in the vicinity. The nearby town Elk offers all sorts of shopping and leisure-time activities:

• the Stanczyki Viaducts
• the Cameldolite Monastery in Wigry
• Wildlife Park Kadzidlowo
• the Palace in Sztynort
• the Museum of Mazurian area in Owczarnia
• Swieta Lipka – St. Mary´s Pilgrimage Church
• Wolf´s Lair, Mamerki, Osowiec Fortress – ruins from Hitler´s quarters, bunkers and defensive fortifications from World War II
• boat trips in Gizycko, Augustow and Mikolajki
• hiking trails and waterways in the Wigierski- and the Biebrzanski National Park (the largest marshes in Europe)
• sights of the Mazurski and Suwalski Landscape Park with the deepest lake on the central European plateau: Lake Hancza (108.6m)

All these guarantee ideal recreation for body and soul.