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What to see on the way from Kraków to Szczyrk

It is about 147 km from Kraków to Szczyrk, roughly 1 h 45 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 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.

  • 147 km
  • 1 h 45 min
  • 9 stops
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Stops on the way

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

    Manor Storehouse (Lamus) in Pisary

    Photo: Manor Storehouse (Lamus) in Pisary
    Januszk57 CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A 17th-century manor storehouse (lamus) in Pisary (Zabierzów Commune, Kraków County), listed in the heritage register of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  2. +16 min detour 36 km from the start Show on map

    Jurajskie Spring

    No photo is available yet.

    A spring in the village of Regulice (Alwernia Commune, Lesser Poland Voivodeship), Poland.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  3. +11 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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  4. +10 min detour 60 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Holy Cross in Jaworzno-Jeleń

    Photo: Church of the Holy Cross in Jaworzno-Jeleń
    Beemwej CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Neo-Baroque Roman Catholic brick church in the Jeleń district of Jaworzno (Silesian Voivodeship), about 3 km from Okrągle.

    • History and culture

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  5. +12 min detour 68 km from the start Show on map

    Wygoda Park in Sosnowiec

    Photo: Wygoda Park in Sosnowiec
    Krzysztof Popławski CC BY-SA 4.0

    A municipal park covering 3.3 ha in the Modrzejów district of Sosnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship, established in 2019.

    • History and culture

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  6. +15 min detour 85 km from the start Show on map

    City Museum in Tychy

    Photo: City Museum in Tychy
    Ewkaa CC BY-SA 3.0

    A city museum in Tychy (Silesian Voivodeship), established in 2004.

    • History and culture

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  7. +6 min detour 97 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bieruń Nowy

    Photo: Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bieruń Nowy
    Adam Mamok CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic church in Bieruń (Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship), built in 1909 and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  8. +9 min detour 110 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Barbara in Góra

    Photo: Church of St Barbara in Góra
    Olerys CC BY-SA 3.0

    A wooden Roman Catholic church in Góra (Miedźna Commune, Pszczyna County), originally a chapel, listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  9. +21 min detour 125 km from the start Show on map

    18th-century Manor House in Bielsko-Biała

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    An 18th-century manor house in the city of Bielsko-Biała (Silesian Voivodeship), listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Szczyrk 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.