Wągrowiec is situated in the north-east of the Wielkopolska region, 50 km north of Poznan, within 70 km from Bydgoszcz and Piła, almost halfway between Warsaw and Berlin. Going northwards or southwards out of the town, you can see picturesque hilly areas and among them numerous lakes that are characteristic of this territory. The lakes are often connected by rivers that wind their ways, hence Wągrowiec is sometimes called “ a pearl in the crown of lakes”.   

The most crucial attraction of Wągrowiec is its geographical position. Four lakes – Durowskie, Kobyleckie, Rgielskie and Łęgowskie – create perfect conditions for leisure and enable practicing many water sports. Woodland in the north part of Wągrowiec and the complex of promenades situated along rivers and Durowskie Lake are favourite walking places loved by tourists and inhabitants of the city. The special attraction of the town is the crossing point of two rivers: Nielba and Wełna which is said to be unique hydrographic phenomenon (the only one in Europe and one of two in the world). Lakes of Wągrowiec are a real paradise for anglers. Durowskie and Rgielskie Lakes abound in European eels, roaches, breams, pikes, tenches, perches, rudds and bleaks.  

PLACES WORT SEEING

The Gothic parish church with a belfry; the Baroque Cistercian monastery and the Late Baroque Cistercian church; Opatówka abbey — the former seat of the Cistercian abbots (now a regional museum); Pyramid of Łakiński — the pyramid-shaped tomb of a Polish captain who served in Napoleon's army; the oldest in Poland wooden church in Tarnów Pałucki (within 5 km from the city); the stone of
St. Adalbert in Budziejewo village (within 12 km from Wągrowiec) – one of the biggest erratics in Europe; excavation works nearby Tarnów Pałucki – the evidence of settlements from before 2500 years B.C.E.; the Dębina reserve – the oak tree reserve  with colonies of grey heron.  
RECREATION AND ACCOMODATION BASE

• a bathing beach at Lake Durowskie with rental of water equipment
• 8 hotels and holiday centers
• yachting ports
• sports facilities of the Sports and Recreation Centre: sports and spectator hall, sauna, clinics of biological regeneration, two big football stadiums, tennis courts
• the modern Rehabilitation and Leisure Centre called WIELSPIN: 200 hotel places, 6 camping houses, a sports hall, a place to swim and a port, rehabilitation rooms and  biological regeneration rooms, a climbing wall. The centre is accommodated for the needs of the handicapped –tel. 067 262 09 00.

In the summer season Wagrowiec offers accommodation for almost 600 people in hotels and bungalows and for 100 visitors at a camping site.

 

Picturesquely located hotels invite visitors during the whole year:

• „Pietrak” ****, ul. Kościuszki 47, tel. 067 268 9117
• „Jamajka” ***, ul. Kcyńska, tel. 067 268 58 60
• „Marcel“, Kobylec, tel. 067 262 11 07
• „Nielba”, ul. Kościuszki 59, tel. 067 262 23 62
• „OSiR”, ul. Kościuszki 59, tel. 067 262 24 81
• „Wielspin”, ul. Jeziorna 16, tel. 067 262 09 00
• „Neptun”, ul. Jeziorna 14, tel. 067 262 08 49
• „Łodzianka”  - centre of camping houses, tel. 067 262 00 29
• „Jagitur” camping site, ul. Kościuszki 59, tel. 067 262 39 54.