Greater Poland has a lot to offer for all train-lovers. First : the regions owes the steam-engine depot in Wolsztyn, which is the only one operating in Poland. More : daily there are several regular courses so not tourist trains from Wolsztyn to PoznaÅ aln Leszno. More in English : (http://www.parowozowniawo...)
Besides the region offers the biggest number of operating narrow gauge railways :
Stare Bojanowo - Smigiel - Wielichowo SKPL
Sroda Wielkopolska - Zaniemysl
Pleszew - Pleszew Miasto SKPL
Opatowek - Turek SKPL
Gniezno - Witkowo (http://www.gkw.gniezno.pl)
and nearby Bialosliwie PiÅa region mailto:[email protected]
The railways marked above are owned by SKPL company, which is the first private rail operator in Poland. More informations Polish only can be found : (http://www.skpl.kalisz.pl...). Both SKPL and other operators can organise on request special trains for groups.
Another thing to do is active tourism, which is very easy to do in the region. Greater Poland is known very well for its network of cycle trails :
The One-Hundred-Lakes Trails leading from PoznaÅ north west to the Miedzychod-Sierakow Lake District
The Piast Trails from PoznaŠthrough Ostrów Lednicki, Gniezno to Mogilno and to Kruszwica in the neighbouring Kujawy region.
The trans-wielkopolska trail from the northernmost parts of the region nortf of Pila to PoznaÅ
The trans-wielkopolska trail from PoznaÅ, through Jarocin, GoÅuchów, Kalisz to picturesque Ostrzeszow Hills in the south of Greater Poland
The Nobility trail â linking many preserved palaces of nobility families in the central and southern parts of the region, starting in Mosina 18km south of PoznaÅ leadind south through Leszno to Rawicz
The Amber trail â linking touristic places in the east of Wielkopolska from Kalisz to Konin
The Warta trail â from PoznaÅ more or less exactly along Warta river to the south and east, ending in KoÅo
