Rest by the water, fishing, kayaking and rafting is still the most popular type of vacation among many Russians, and there are several reasons for this:
- Firstly, the country is rich in ponds, so getting out even on a weekend is not difficult.
- Secondly, such a rest is considered the most useful for the body, as it combines activity, communication with nature and blood saturation with adrenaline.
- Thirdly, it is affordable, which today also attracts many tourists.
If you choose where to go, the Great Lakes of the Tver Region can become a place where your vacation will be rich and inexpensive.
Tver region
This land is rightly called water, as it has 1769 lakes, the water area of which exceeds 1 ha. Tver region is a real paradise for lovers of hiking and water tourism. There are so many protected, and simply picturesque places offering the choice of the comfort of a camp site or adventure "savage" that you should not worry about finding a place for a camp or overnight.
Among such a huge number of lakes, the largest are the largest, which include:
- Seliger is the largest, 259.7 km 2 .
- Volgo - 61 km 2 .
- Shlino - 34 km 2 .
- Kaftino - 32.4 km 2 .
- Great - 32 km 2 .
- Piros, Sig, Vselug - just over 30 km 2 .
These are lakes, covering an area of 30 km 2 or more, another 127 water bodies - from 10 km 2 to 20 km 2 . The remaining lakes have sizes from 1 ha to 10 hectares.
Most of the water bodies are concentrated in the northwestern and western parts of the region, which was caused by the glacier moving in this direction. After its melting, so many lakes formed. If we talk about the southeast side, the Great Lakes of the Tver Region are concentrated here, which are relict, that is, they were formed long before the ice age.
Oreshinsko-Petrovsky Lakes
Only 20 km from Tver are loved not only by local fishermen and tourists, but also travelers from other parts of the country Oreshinsko-Petrovsky Lakes. All 140 bodies of water included in this natural complex are surrounded by a marshland called Orsha moss.
The largest and most popular of them are:
- Great - 32 km 2 ;
- Svetloe - 8 km 2 ;
- Glubokoe and Pesochnoe - 5 km 2 each ;
- Beloye, Shchuchye, Orshinskoye, and Deaf - up to 4 km 2 .
The depth of these reservoirs rarely exceeds 4 m, and many of them are connected by ducts. The Great Lakes of the Tver Region are fed by rainwater and due to swamps, in which there is a high concentration of peat, therefore the water in them is brown. Due to peat mining, several lakes in the western part of the Oreshinsky-Petrovsky massif have disappeared or become extremely shallow. Today, only the largest of them are in demand among fishermen, hunters and tourists. The camp sites built on them allow us to hope that they will remain untouched by the peat mining industry.
Great Lake
Not only fishermen, but also hunters and berry pickers are well aware of Velikoye Lake (Tver Region). How to get there depends on the season and weather. Since the places there are mostly wild, uninhabited, the best transport will be an SUV or ATV.
This is due to the fact that the lake is surrounded by a swamp, with the exception of a small area on its western side. It is here, between the Glubokoye and Bely Lake , that there is solid land on which several settlements are located.
Therefore, choosing to relax or fishing Great Lakes (Tver region), how to get there, you should find out in advance.
Experienced tourists choose a waterway in the summer, and in the winter from the village of Sutoki, which is 8 km from the reservoir, in the snow. Since the Great Lake is rich in fish, the obstacles for fishermen are not afraid. The same applies to lovers of berries, as the local swamp is strewn with them, especially a lot of cranberries.
Fishing on the lake
Fishing on the Great Lake of the Tver Region mainly depends on the time of year. Since it is connected with other waterways by channels and the Soz River flows out of it, and the Furrow flows into it, some fishermen prefer, for example, to bream in June in a river near the lake.
Among the river inhabitants there are many large crucian carp, bream, line, roach, pike, ides and perches. Catfish come across, but mostly small, as the fishermen say, record sizes were not long ago.
Winter fishing is very popular on Great Lake . On the first ice and until the most severe frosts, the fishermen are not transferred here, as the juvenile, perch and roach peck, just have time to throw the spinning.
The only problem here is that in uninhabited places it is difficult to find a place to sleep, so you should ask about the coastline map in advance. Many fishermen, in order not to waste time on this, spend the night right in the boats, taking with them everything they need.
If fishing is unlucky, which is extremely rare, the surrounding bogs rich in berries can be at least some kind of consolation. Harvests here are really excellent, therefore, after fishing, you can take the time to collect them.
Bologovsky district
The great lakes of the Tver region extend to several regional centers. For example, most of Lake Veliky is located in the Rameshkovsky district and belongs to the Volga basin, the rest - to Bologovsky near the village of Guzyatino.
The Bologovsky district is rich in water bodies. On its territory there are 172 lakes and 15 rivers, famous for their fishing places. The real wealth of these places are also forests, which occupy 150,000 hectares of the area. Tourism is well developed here, the main attractions are natural monuments.
For example, a healing spring in the village of Mshentsi, about which Roerich wrote about its purity, attracts thousands of pilgrims every year.
No less popular is a fountain beating from under the ground with hydrogen sulfide healing water on the Berezayka River, where it is pleasant to swim, contemplating the surrounding beauty.
At the service of those who like to relax in comfort, tourist lodges with developed infrastructure are located in local reservoirs. Among the fishermen, the estate Great Lake is especially popular (Tver region, Bologovsky district).
Fisherman's estate
The camp site is famous not only for the fact that it has its own large plot on Lake Veliky, but also for the fact that nearby, within a radius of 60 km, there are 260 bodies of water rich in fish and game.
There are amazingly beautiful places. The Velikoye fishing estate is located directly on the shores of the lake of the same name, surrounded by a real forest rich in mushrooms, wild strawberries and blueberries. In the swamps, lovers will find real plantations of lingonberries and cranberries.
The estate is located 320 km from Moscow and 185 km from Tver near the village of Guzyatino. True lovers of nature, fishing and comfort will not stop such a distance.
Manor Infrastructure
Considering that the audience is attracted to these places by Velikoye Lake (Tver Region), fishing on which brings good not only catches, but also good memories, there are always guests here. At their disposal:
- rooms of various categories, fully equipped for a comfortable stay;
- one-time set of personal care products (free);
- Three meals a day;
- parking;
- free wifi
- score;
- playground;
- areas with barbecue facilities;
- Russian sauna;
- private beach.
Guests live in cozy houses, which have a bathroom, TV, fan, necessary bath accessories, bathrobe and slippers. Suitable for families.