On the way

What to see on the way from Kraków to Katowice

It is about 83 km from Kraków to Katowice, roughly 1 h 6 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 9 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 17 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.

  • 83 km
  • 1 h 6 min
  • 9 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +25 min detour 26 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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  2. Stop 2

    +20 min detour 33 km from the start Show on map

    Tenczyn Castle

    Photo: Tenczyn Castle
    Jakub Hałun CC BY-SA 3.0

    Renaissance castle ruins, part of the Eagles' Nests system, in the village of Rudno (Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship).

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +19 min detour 40 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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  4. Stop 4

    +15 min detour 42 km from the start Show on map

    Florkiewicz Palace in Młoszowa

    Photo: Florkiewicz Palace in Młoszowa
    © Marek and Ewa Wojciechowscy / Trips over Poland CC BY-SA 3.0

    A palace in Młoszowa (Trzebinia Commune, Chrzanów County), part of a 19th-century palace complex, built between 1809 and 1859 and listed in the heritage register of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +13 min detour 48 km from the start Show on map

    Jewish cemetery of Chrzanów

    Photo: Jewish cemetery of Chrzanów
    Obbie Public domain

    A Jewish cemetery in Chrzanów (Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship), listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +16 min detour 54 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Byczyna

    Photo: Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Byczyna
    figlo CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic brick church in the Byczyna district of Jaworzno (Silesian Voivodeship), about 3 km from Okrągle, built in 1933 to a design by architect Józef Gałęzowski.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +22 min detour 58 km from the start Show on map

    German Bunkers near Chełmek

    No photo is available yet.

    Former German shelters located about 3 km from the locality of Chełmek in the Chełmek Commune, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +15 min detour 63 km from the start Show on map

    All Saints Church in Mysłowice

    Photo: All Saints Church in Mysłowice
    Adrian Tync CC BY-SA 4.0

    A neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church in the Dziećkowice district of Mysłowice (Silesian Voivodeship), designed by architect Ludwig Schneider.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +17 min detour 66 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Jaworzno

    Photo: Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Jaworzno
    Beemwej CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Jaworzno (Silesian Voivodeship), built of brick in 1983.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

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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.

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