On the way

What to see on the way from Kraków to Poznań

It is about 429 km from Kraków to Poznań, roughly 4 h 47 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 10 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 6 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.

  • 429 km
  • 4 h 47 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +21 min detour 57 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. Stop 2

    +9 min detour 90 km from the start Show on map

    St Catherine's Chapel in Dąbrowa Górnicza

    Photo: St Catherine's Chapel in Dąbrowa Górnicza
    Zontunex CC BY-SA 3.0

    An 18th-century Roman Catholic chapel in the Pod Górą area of Dąbrowa Górnicza (Silesian Voivodeship), listed in the Polish register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +13 min detour 129 km from the start Show on map

    Szczelina Tarnogórska

    No photo is available yet.

    A cave about 3 km from Radzionków in the Tarnowskie Góry commune (Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship).

    • Nature and unusual places

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  4. Stop 4

    +1 min detour 156 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Poland in Lubliniec

    No photo is available yet.

    A Roman Catholic parish church in the town of Lubliniec (Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship).

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +3 min detour 198 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Anne in Olesno

    Photo: Church of St Anne in Olesno
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic wooden church from 1518 in the town of Olesno (Opole Voivodeship), listed in the register of monuments and designated a Historic Monument of Poland.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +1 min detour 221 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Krzywizna

    Photo: Church of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Krzywizna
    Qzior CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic church in the village of Krzywizna (Kluczbork Commune, Opole Voivodeship), built in 1881–1883 and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +13 min detour 289 km from the start Show on map

    Radziwiłł Princes' Hunting Palace in Antonin

    Photo: Radziwiłł Princes' Hunting Palace in Antonin
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A hunting palace in Antonin (Przygodzice Commune, Ostrów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and listed in the heritage register since 1948.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +1 min detour 315 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Michael the Archangel in Szczury

    Photo: Church of St Michael the Archangel in Szczury
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in the village of Szczury (Ostrów Wielkopolski Commune, Ostrów County), built in 1762 and listed in the register of immovable monuments.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +1 min detour 352 km from the start Show on map

    Napoleonic Museum in Witaszyce

    No photo is available yet.

    The Napoleonic Museum is housed in a manor house in Witaszyce (Jarocin Commune, Greater Poland Voivodeship) and is a registered monument.

    • History and culture

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  10. Stop 10

    +8 min detour 367 km from the start Show on map

    Cemetery in Mieszków

    No photo is available yet.

    A cemetery in the locality of Wolica Pusta (Jarocin Commune, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship), listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Poznań to Kraków

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.