|
|
  
Basic
touristic value of region is natural environment, in respect to attractiveness
considered
as one of the leading in the country.
- Basic elements such as sculpture of
field, forest and water grounds, atmosphere and memorable landscape created by all
of these, are a subject of strict protection.
- Taking into consideration unique
recreation values of municipality,
- the area has a whole range of holiday
territories,
- which prefer longer staying at chosen place.
- Such conditions occur
especially in wide surroundings of Narie lake
- (resorts: Kretowiny, Bogaczewo,
Gulbity, Wilnowo, Tarda),
- by the lake at Rus resort and by Bartezek lake.
Municipality
Morag, a part of Olsztyn province is placed in specially protected area,
named
"Green Lungs of Poland". All lakes and rivers in the area are zones
of natural environment protection.
Additionally
Narie lake jointly with surrounding grounds is included in zone of calm.
Narie
lake covering 1240 hectares of grounds and of 44 meters of depth, having first
class of water clarity and very diversified shore line (over 60 kilometers), is
one of the most beautiful Polish lakes. It has numerous gulfs, peninsulas, 19
isles, and as for fish it is just an ideal place for anglers. There are two
generally accessible resorts situated upon the Narie lake - in Kretowiny and Bogaczewo (resorts of a
diverse standard, touristic hostels, first category camping and tent fields)
which foster the development of family
tourism, youth camps, colonies, weekend and holiday visits, trips, bivouacs,
and so called "green schools".
In Kretowiny as well as in Bogaczewo
function points of renting aquatic equipment (oar boats, yachts, aqua cycles,
and windsurfing boards), and also protected watering - place and car parks.
There
is also available well developed technical infrastructure necessary for daily
service of incoming tourists (lavatories, shower baths, shops, bars,
restaurants, coffee shops, discotheques, pool clubs, day rooms, pubs and so on
and so forth).
 
In
the area of Morag municipality there are numerous natural monuments, just to
mention granite stone (Lubin), hedge of oaks and park - left over of a manor
house (Markowo), another left over park in Wenecja, an oak and a linden (route Slonecznik - Wenecja), and an
old oak in Struzyna.
There
is monumental forest park, and so called "Morag Flood Water" has been
admitted ecological utility because of numerous genres of birds occurring in
its surroundings (nearly 150 genres of birds, in which there are a few unique in
European range: red kite, black kite, eagle of the genus aquila, dumbledores
eater, hen-harrier, white eagle, sparrow - hawk and English hobby).
It
is necessary to add, that at the Morag lake (at the border with Lukta
municipality) on Linden Isle there is cormorant's and aigrette's reserve, and
at the border with Milakowo municipality there is another sanctuary
"Beaver's refuge at Pasleka River”, where besides of beavers live otters, American
minks, kingfishers, trouts and graylings.
 
- Architectonic
monuments belong unquestionably to touristic attractions of the area -
- -
in Morag - Dohn's palace, town hall built in XIVth century, fragments of town
defensive walls, parish church built in XIVth century, urban system of an Old
Town and a pressure tower.
- Currently
in Dohn's palace there is a department of Warmia and Mazury Museum with large
exhibition of Dutch paintings of XVIIth and XVIIIth century being the most
expensive collection
- of this kind in north - eastern Poland, and museum of
Johann Gottfried Herder
- (great philosopher born in Morag).
Additional
advantages
Touristic
routes: traffic, aquatic (i.e. Ostroda - Elblag Channel), infantry, bicycle
routes,
and others are additional values bringing up recreation rank of municipality.
City
map
|