Guzowy Piec: Hotels and Accommodation

Book a hotel in Guzowy Piec: A nature trail runs around Lake Guzowy Piec through pine forest and meadows. Information boards provide details about the local flora and fauna, and several spots offer views of the lake. If you would like to combine nature observation with views of the lake from several perspectives, this nature trail is a specific feature to consider when choosing Guzowy Piec.

Key facts

Guzowy Piec is a village in the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, in Olsztyn County and the Gietrzwałd Gmina.

Nature

Guzowy Piec is located on Lake Guz, also known as Lake Guzowy Piec. The lake covers 10.6 hectares, is up to five metres deep, and is bordered by forest and a wide belt of reeds.

The lake has floating and submerged aquatic plants as well as a diverse invertebrate fauna. Fish found there include crucian carp, bream, roach, perch, tench and pike.

Activities

Cycling routes run around Guzowy Piec towards Olsztyn and Gietrzwałd, as well as further into the lake and forest landscape of Masuria.

Orientation

Guzowy Piec is a summer resort with privately owned tourist accommodation.

Culture

Gietrzwałd is located near Guzowy Piec. The place is associated with the Marian apparitions of 1877 and is a pilgrimage site with places of Marian worship. If you are interested in the Marian apparitions of 1877, this connection is a specific reason to include Gietrzwałd in your trip.

Geographical location

Gietrzwałd Gmina is located on National Road 16, known as the “Northern Road of the Thousand Lakes”. The gmina is also connected by a railway line built between 1871 and 1873.

For comparison with other location pages, you can also open Jaroty, Rybaki, Gietrzwałd Gmina, Wojtkowizna, Skolity, Gutkowo, Unieszewo and Majdy.

To the higher-level travel overview: Olsztyn.