On the border of Warmia and Mazury there is a clearing in the forest, and in this clearing there is the Masurian Colony, where you can spend not only summer camps, but also winter camps and every free day. For over a dozen years, travelers who are tired of being on the road and working people who are not afraid of any work have been coming here. Families come by, couples stop by, small groups sing with guitar. The atmosphere here is a bit like a summer camp, although these are intergenerational camps with a schedule that varies according to the seasons. You can run through the forest with the mare Pompidou by your side, dive into the nearest lake Pluszne, grab a kayak paddle or the handle of a mushroom basket. In the evening, listen to stories about places that no longer exist, eating Masurian fish by the fire and toasting with currant wine. Or walk barefoot on fresh snow, wondering whether it's winter swimming or not. To put it briefly and concretely: you can do a lot here.
We rent Kolonia Mazurska exclusively for up to a dozen or so people or as single rooms, of which there are 5 in total. Feel free to use the shared living room, two terraces and hammocks without hesitation. During the holidays, we invite you for breakfast, and during the remaining months we lend you the kitchen or we persuade you to prepare something for the morning.
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We rent the house exclusively for one group or invite guests to individual rooms.
Each room has:
- a double bed,
- an additional single bed or two,
- a bathroom,
- a window with a view of the forest,
- free WiFi
Some rooms have balconies
Guests also fall asleep in a hammock, on a blanket on the grass, on sofas, wherever they happen to fall asleep blissfully, and they do quite often, because the forest has a rather detoxifying mood.
You can come to us alone and rent a room or with a larger group and take the house with all the benefits exclusively.
You can also use the common areas: a living room with a fireplace and tables, two arcade terraces with tables and sofas, hammocks in a birch grove, a place for a bonfire.
There are places right by the lake on a large pier in the nearby village or on the so-called wild beaches.
Horse riding is only for adults.
Work holidays are possible.
During the summer season (holidays), we serve breakfast to both guests renting single rooms and guests renting the entire house exclusively upon request. In other months we do not serve breakfast, but we provide you with a kitchen. Outside the summer season, it is possible to order breakfast and dinner only for groups.
Sometimes we prepare ceremonial meals, e.g. during a wedding or baptism. The prices of meals in a ceremonial setting are agreed individually.
Our guests usually:
- swim, splash and dive in the Pluszne Lake, 1200 meters away,
- soak their feet in the Pasłęka River Springs, 400 meters from the house, on our pasture,
- contemplate the Pasłęka River waterfall half a kilometer from the house,
- kayak down the Marózka and Łyna rivers,
- spend time on the terrace with coffee, wine and herbs from the forest and garden,
- fish,
- follow our directions to places that no one else knows about :)
- find places that no one remembers anymore,
- listen to our stories, the names of which no one mentions anymore,
- ride bikes in the forest,
- ride horses (for adults only)
- walk in the forest,
- visit nearby attractions (e.g. Grunwald Fields with a reconstruction of a historical battle, the old open-air museum in Olsztynek, the Old Town Olsztyńska),
- they read books from our library,
- they spend evenings by the campfire,
- in the summer they pick berries, in the autumn they pick mushrooms,
- in the winter they skate on the frozen lake,
- they use the ski lift in Ruś and run cross-country,
- they chop wood (if they feel like it),
- if they want, they make sure that the fire in the fireplace does not go out,
- there are also some daredevils who exercise their muscles while unloading hay for horses.
- Horse riding is only for adults by prior arrangement when booking
What’s there for children?
We welcome guests aged 4 and up.
You can spend time with your children by the campfire, telling blood-curdling stories about a house in the woods where there are no televisions. You can watch horses or sit on a stand in the woods and wait for Mr. Moose to come. You can splash around in Lake Pluszne with your children, fish, pick mushrooms, watch a family of cranes, go to Mr. Beaver's workshop, hang out with young bulls, weave wreaths in the meadow, wave goodbye to wild geese.
There used to be a playground in Cologne, but it lost out to pine cones, sticks and a hut in the woods.
What’s there for employees?
We also invite you to work holidays. You can rent the entire place exclusively for a larger team or appear as soloists in individual rooms.
The Internet has been tested in practice, among others: by several IT specialists who locked themselves in a remote area for the duration of the project. Verdict: the connection runs smoothly. So you can easily make a video call with us on our webcam, receive e-mails or send larger attachments. We can equip the rooms according to your needs.
In the living room, in the common area, there is a large table and a dozen or so chairs that can accommodate a larger team for work (the Slowhop team and other teams have already worked with us ;)
