Wągrowiec

It’s a good idea to spend one night in Wągrowiec and visit as well at least some of the surroundings :

Popowo Kościelne – a wooden church from 1629, rebuilt one century later, nearby : a lime-tree with a circumference of 450 cms.

Tarnowo Pałuckie – the oldest of the wooden churches in Poland XIVth cent and as well one of the most precious. In the interiors there are marvellous polichromies from the mid-XVIIth cent, covering all the walls; on the northern wall scene from the life of St. Margaret, on the southern one : of St. Nicolas the patron of the church; in the presbitery : scenes from the New Testament.

Budziejewko - an erratic block of St. Adalbert, where the saint was preaching before his lethal mission to the Prussians; circumference : 20,5m. It's the oldest protected by law eraatic block in Poland since 1840

Łekno - originally the oldest city of the Paluki region, the first place of Cistersians in Poland, with preserved parts of the old city planning; in its western part - old gothic church from XVIth cent, three-aisled.

Prusce - a clasicistic palace from 1788, projected by the architect from Warsaw Jan Christian Kamsetzer, being for several decades a patern for many other residences in Greater Poland. Nearby - the English Park with oak trees with the circumference up to 7 metres. On the way between Prusce and Wagrowiec a small building used to collect toll.

The Debina natural reserve - old oak-tree forrest with one of unique places in westren Poland, where grey heron nests.

Wagrowiec can be as well the starting point for excursions to the northern parts of the Piast Trail.