Swimming area on the Pilica river at the Polska YMCA centre in Kurnędz, near Sulejów, with history dating back to 1932.
Kąpielisko Kurnędz lies on the Pilica river, within the grounds of the Polska YMCA recreation centre in Kurnędz, in the municipality of Sulejów. The campsite is located in the buffer zone of the Sulejowski Landscape Park.
The site has its roots in the Scout Camping Base Pilica, established in 1932. After 1990, when YMCA resumed operations in Poland, the organisation reclaimed the Pilica camp near Łódź. Today it operates as the International Centre for Youth Integration Pilica - Polska YMCA, a place open to children, young people, adults and seniors seeking active recreation.
The YMCA movement began in mid-19th century England, and Polska YMCA was formally established in 1923. Operations in the country resumed only in 1990.
The swimming beach on the Pilica is about 50 metres long. The centre has a marina and kayak hire, so you can set off on a river trip from here. There is also a tent field, café, social hall with television, table tennis tables, tennis court and team sports pitches. The facility has 220 overnight places for groups, with camps, holiday schemes and outdoor schools organised here. The swimming area status is confirmed each season by the sanitary inspector in the GIS Swimming Area Service; it is worth checking before you go.
The International Centre for Youth Integration Pilica emphasises active recreation in an ecologically clean and tourist-friendly area. It is open to children, young people, adults and seniors, and the organisation runs camps, holiday schemes and outdoor schools here.
A few kilometres further lies Sulejów with the Sulejów Reservoir.
In the town itself it is worth seeing the Cistercian Abbey in Sulejów with the ruins of the abbot's palace.
By the reservoir there is the Municipal Beach "Kępki", good for another swim.
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