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On the way

What to see on the way from Katowice to Zakopane

It is about 179 km from Katowice to Zakopane, roughly 2 h 12 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 8 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 12 minutes: the extra time to drive to a stop and back to the route.

Stops are listed in driving order, each with the time it adds and its distance from the start.

  • 179 km
  • 2 h 12 min
  • 8 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. +20 min detour 26 km from the start Show on map

    Mini Lighthouse in Okrągle

    No photo is available yet.

    An observation tower in the locality of Okrągle (Jaworzno commune, Silesian Voivodeship).

    • Nature and unusual places

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  2. +17 min detour 42 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Płaza

    Photo: Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Płaza
    Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202 CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in the village of Płaza (Chrzanów Commune), a listed monument of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  3. +21 min detour 56 km from the start Show on map

    Cave near Baczyn

    No photo is available yet.

    A cave near the village of Kopce in Liszki Commune, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  4. +11 min detour 73 km from the start Show on map

    Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec

    Photo: Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec
    Jakub Hałun CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic Benedictine abbey in Tyniec (Kraków), founded in the 11th century, the oldest existing monastery in Poland, listed in the heritage register and designated a Historic Monument.

    • History and culture

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  5. +2 min detour 94 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Mary Magdalene (Głogoczów)

    Photo: Church of St Mary Magdalene (Głogoczów)
    Reptar CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Głogoczów (Myślenice Commune, Lesser Poland Voivodeship), built in 1812 and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  6. +12 min detour 121 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kasinka Mała

    Photo: Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kasinka Mała
    Jerzy Opioła CC BY-SA 4.0

    A brick Roman Catholic parish church built in 1911 in Kasinka Mała (Mszana Dolna Commune, Limanowa County).

    • History and culture

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  7. +8 min detour 142 km from the start Show on map

    Pocieszna Woda Spring

    No photo is available yet.

    A spring in the locality of U Krzyża (Rabka-Zdrój Commune, Nowy Targ County), giving rise to the Pocieszna Woda stream.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  8. +3 min detour 163 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Andrew the Apostle in Szaflary

    Photo: Church of St Andrew the Apostle in Szaflary
    Piotrekwas CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Szaflary (Nowy Targ County), built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

Driving from Zakopane to Katowice, you reach the same stops in reverse order – read the list from the bottom.

Plan the route from Zakopane to Katowice

How stops are chosen: the planner routes the drive, checks places up to 5 km from the road and routes the real detour to each; it keeps those that add at most 30 minutes. Data: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata, Wikipedia, the NID heritage register (CC BY 4.0), Opencaching.PL (CC BY-SA 3.0 PL), photos from Wikimedia Commons with their author and licence.