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Horse riding, cart or chaise
riding and sledging (15 km)
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The Museum of Agriculture and
Skansen in Ciechanowiec (2 km)
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Enjoying the sightseeing from
the balloon's basket
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Białowieża National Park - with
wildlife reserves, primeval forest, famous from the aurochs (bisons) and other
wild animals and rare kind of wild birds
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Biebrzański and Narwiański
Protected Landscape Parks - with bird habitats form. There are about two
hundred species of birds and wild animals like deer, elks, foxes, beavers and
many others.
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The Holy Mount Grabarka - with
the Orthodox Church and convent, the Hill of Crosses and the Holy Spring. The
most important Orthodox Sanctuary in Poland. Every year may/june there are
numerous pilgrimage to this Holy Mountain.
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Drohiczyn on Bug river -
beautiful old town with many interesting monuments of the past.
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Tykocin - the town of two
nations Polish and Jewish. This place used to be visited by kings, princess
and hetmans. In the past the famous local fairs bustled with activity. The
synagogue has the collections of Judaic items and interior arrangements of
Jewish home. The seminary has a museum with an archeological exhibition. There
are several wooden houses, monuments and churches.
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The nearby Choroszcz has the
Branickis former summer palace with museum of palace interiors (XVIII c.).
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Knyszyn - there is the monument
of the last Jagiellon king of Poland and the museum.
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Treblinka - the former concentration camp established by the Nazis during the
Second World War
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