Suwalki region is one of the very few areas in Europe where you can admire primeval beauty of nature. It is located in the North-eastern part of Poland near the Polish-Lithuanian border.
The region is famous for its picturesque lakes laid among hills and forests, a rich world of flora and fauna and numerous monuments of cultural heritage. If you look for crystal clear water and clean air, primeval nature, wealth of culture and tradition and delicious food, you just found all you need.

Stańczyki
On the fringes of the forest, in Stańczyki, there are famous railway bridges called "viaducts of the North".The bridges were built in 1910. They are remains from the old railway.Their height is 36.5m, which makes them the highest bridges in Poland. The length is 180m. After the Second World War Russians dismounted the rails and took them to ZSSR. Thankfully, they left the bridges standing. There is bungy site set up during summer. Only part of Romincka Primeval Forest belongs to Poland. The border with the Russian Kaliningrad District divides it into two parts. It covers an area of 36 000 ha, out of which 12 000 ha lie on the Polish side. The whole area of the forest (14 620 ha), including its fringes has had the status of Romincka Primeval Forest Landscape Park since 1998. At the same time two well-marked hiking trails run through Romincka forests. They can also be used for biking and horse-riding.

Romincka Primeval Forest
"Polish taiga", is a true natural treasure. Its unique value lies in its nature typical of northern regions and landscape of postglacial depression.. However, it is not flat at all. On the contrary, boggy and peaty valley beds, lake basins, and river valleys are surrounded by moraine and kame hills. The height differences in this region reach 200 m. This shows how topographically diversified this area is, which together with severe climate influences flora of the Primeval Forest. Besides pine and spruce forests, dry-ground or alder forests, oak enclave, linden and maple trees, one can find here vast peat bogs covered with spruce-trees.They look like Canadian forests or Siberian taiga. Beavers restored Romincka Primeval Forest its primitive, wild character. Springs, streams and little rivers divided with beaver-dams, turned vast stretches of the forest into ponds and flood waters full of mysterious beauty. It is enriched with a few bigger rivers, especially the Błędzianka and Bludzia Rivers whose banks are worth rambling along. Having entered the Rominckie woods one will never forget his adventure. The Teutonic Commanders, the dukes and kings of the German Empire who used to hunt beast here, knew it very well. Aurochs, bison, and bear would have lived here, while today this is a place where shapely deer, elk, wild boar and wolf have their backwoods. Emperor Wilhelm II had a beautiful hunting palace in Romincka Primeval Forest. Stone blocks bear proper inscriptions commemorating his passion for deer hunting. The Emperor invited aristocracy from all Europe to go on hunts with him.

Lake Hancza
At 108.5 metres, Lake Hancza is the deepest lake not only in Poland, but in the entire Central European Lowlands. Designated a reserve, it boasts other peculiar features like stony beaches, unique in lowland areas, a "marine" shelf, and relic species of crustaceans that are otherwise endemic to mountain lakes of Scandinavia. The 304-hectare lake is situated near the western borders of the Park and it has high, steep shores, especially in the western section. Behind it stretch forests and pastures sprinkled with villages. Hancza bears a striking resemblance to a mountain lake. Its waters, almost vegetation-free, are renowned for their amazing clarity, the highest of all Polish lakes. It provides shelter for 23 fish species including the rare brook minnow, Cottus poecilopus, powan, whitefish, and lake trout, reintroduced in 1991. The Park encompasses intriguing erratic boulder reserves, of which the most impressive is Bachanowo on the Czarna Hancza, covering almost a hectare. The surrounding fields, slopes, valley bottom and river bed are all strewn with thousands of boulders and river pebbles  ranging from 0.5 to 9 metres in circumference.

Wigry Region
Wigry Region with numerous lakes, rivers and wild forests constitutes one of the most interesting and charming corners of Poland. Naturalists, tourists and sightseers treasured its unique natural resources,recreational and landscape advantages already in the period of time between the World Wars. It was then that the idea to preserve and protect this land emerged.Yet, still several years had passed before this was realized. In January 1976 Wigry Landscape Park was established. A few years later, in 1989, it was converted into Wigry Nationa Park. It occupies the southern fragments of Eastern Suwałki Lakeland and the northern part of Augustów Plain covered with wild forests of Augustów Primeval Forest. The core point of the Park is Lake Wigry, the biggest lake in Suwałki Region with such wonderful views as nowhere else in Europe. The river axis of the Park and the lake is marked by the symbol of Suwałki Region - the Czarna Hańcza River, one of the most attractive canoe routes in Poland. Postglacial layout of the northern part of the Park is distinctly hilly, or one may even say that mountainous. On the other hand, the southern part does not have such diversified topographical lie. It is flat, typical of outwash (sandy) surface. Wigry National Park is rich in various water reservoirs. In this area there are more than 40 lakes and picturesque rivers such as the Czarna Hańcza, Wiatrołuża, Kamionka and Maniówka.Wild forests abound in flora and fauna create a natural protection zone of the lakes. The 16 most precious habitats have become protected reserves. Lake Wigry is a dream place for canoeists, sailors and fishermen. On the shores there are holiday villages such as Gawrychruda, Stary Folwark, Bryzgiel and Cimochowizna which were already known before the war. The most valuable monument of architecture situated on Lake Wigry is the Post-Cameldolite monastery built in a village with the same name as the lake. This is the place where Pope John Paul II rested during his pilgrimage to Poland in June 1999.

Cameldolite Monastery
One of the jewels of sacral architecture in Suwałki Region is the Baroque Monastery in Wigry, built between 1694 and 1745
by the Cameldolite monks. Its picturesque location with beautiful lakes and a church on a hill makes the monastery a real tourist attraction, especially after June 1999, when Pope John Paul II stayed here during his pilgrimage to Poland.

Wolf's Lair - Hitler's headquarters: Gierloz
Hitler's headquarters at Gierloz known as the Wolf's Lair is one of the most sinister places in the region, but it attracts many tourists because of its legendary climate. The fortress is composed of 80 buildings, 50 of them are bunkers. The headquarters had its own electric power generator, railway station and an air-strip. Quarters of the top Nazi officials as well as casino and cinema were located in the central part of the compound. The whole area was camouflaged, protected by wire entanglements and mine fields. Retreating in 1945, the Germans dynamited the fortress. Its ruins are available for viewing.