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When you manage to get out of traffic jams, shopping lists, schedule of classes, washing, cleaning, being on time, being late, you will probably enjoy a moment of breath. Although sometimes this also has to be learned. Letting go, sleeping late, drinking coffee under the pergola overlooking the lake, not creating a plan for each day of vacation, allowing yourself freedom, spontaneity and lying for hours in a tub with hot water. We have a place for it all. For fun, for cycling trips, for whole days on the beach, for mushroom picking and naps in a hammock, for horse rides in the woods (in our favorite Kanthaka Stable), for baking pizza, grilling, night bonfires and reading books under the oak.
Here's what we have under our breaths, without leaving the goal:
- a terrace with comfortable furniture and a fenced garden,
- a second covered terrace behind the house with a barbecue area,
- a place for a bonfire,
- a large shelter with a grill and a pizza oven,
- a wood-heated tub with a magnificent view of the Świętajno Lake,
- a relaxation zone under a large oak tree - suspended swings and hammocks,
Bicycles are also available for rent, which you can carry for a ride. We also have a SUP board that you can cross the entire lake. Speaking of water.
Like Masuria, it is known that it is water. We have lakes close and closer. About 100 meters from the house is the main sandy beach on Lake Świętajno, one of the cleanest lakes in Poland. This is confirmed by the crayfish that we have seen many times with our own eyes, observing the bottom from the pier or admiring the toes while standing in the water. So you have a 5-minute walk to swim, sunbathe, build castles. If you get bored of diving, rolling from side to side like on a grill or soaking your feet by the shore like a heron, there is a pedalo rental nearby, which you can use to sail the entire lake - this is one of the best ways to get to know the area.
If you are looking for peace, intimacy and less attractions, we recommend the wild beach on Świętajno, to which a pleasant forest road leads. The walk takes about 20 minutes and privacy is guaranteed. The beach is called wild because not many people know about it, but the descent into the water is pleasant and sandy.
For the persistent ones, we recommend walking around the whole lake and finding a camping beach (you can also reach it by pedal boat) and at the end of the route - a beach in Warchały. The beaches in Warchały are guarded and the entrances are paid.
Since we have already discussed Świętajno, it's time for Brajnickie, located nearby. It is smaller, not so popular, but just as beautiful. To get to it, we recommend a bike ride. You can take a bath at the lake or rent a boat to float slowly on the surface. Our guests have access to a private beach with a pier right on this lake. If you like to dip your fishing rod or even catch something, Lake Brajnickie is one of the most interesting lakes in southern Masuria in terms of fishing. In the middle of the lake, the bottom is quite hard. Large stones lying on the bottom, sunken trees and underwater meadows covering the bottom are ideal fishing grounds for carp, perch, tench, eel and pike.
In autumn, when the water in the lakes is too cold for swimming and too warm for the walruses, there is also much to do. We would start the morning with a horse ride in the forest, at our friend's Kathanka stud, listening to the wild sounds. In autumn, there is silence in the forest, which gives you a chance to see deer, roe deer and cranes departing for the winter. Then we would go for a long walk that would probably end in a basket full of mushrooms. For each walk, take a basket, a net, a purse with you, because the forests around us are full of almost every species of mushrooms. Chanterelles, butterflies, porcini mushrooms and even kites. The forest undergrowth is also rich in berries, which we like to pick together with our son, the biggest fan of the purple language. Upon our return, in the early afternoon, we would make a fire and eat hot sausages baked over the fire. A chilly evening would be made more pleasant by a dip in the steaming water in a sump, sipping Prosecco. Then, with relish, we would sit down to dinner with friends and eat fresh pizza straight from the oven in a large shelter.
In winter, you can try a set of sleds, a fireplace, a walk to a snowy beach, mulled wine in a tub, books, watching birds eating grain from home feeders, making a snowman, cake straight from a wood stove.