On the way

What to see on the way from Kraków to Wisła

It is about 168 km from Kraków to Wisła, roughly 2 h 5 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 19 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.

  • 168 km
  • 2 h 5 min
  • 8 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

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    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

    +21 min detour 44 km from the start Show on map

    GALENA Observation Tower in Trzebinia

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    An observation tower located in the town of Trzebinia, Chrzanów County.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  3. Stop 3

    +21 min detour 57 km from the start Show on map

    Mini Lighthouse in Okrągle

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

    • Nature and unusual places

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  4. Stop 4

    +26 min detour 68 km from the start Show on map

    Three Emperors' Corner

    Photo: Three Emperors' Corner
    Unknown author Public domain

    A cape in Sosnowiec (Silesian Voivodeship) where the borders of Prussia, Austria and the Russian Empire met between 1846 and 1915.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +6 min detour 91 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Clement in Lędziny

    Photo: Church of St Clement in Lędziny
    Adampach CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Baroque Roman Catholic church on Klimont Hill in the town of Lędziny (Bieruń-Lędziny County, Silesian Voivodeship), entered in the register of monuments in 1958.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +13 min detour 112 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Martin in Jawiszowice

    Photo: Church of St Martin in Jawiszowice
    Dejvid94 CC BY 3.0

    A wooden Roman Catholic church in Jawiszowice (Brzeszcze Commune, Oświęcim County), built in 1692 and listed in the Polish register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +17 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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  8. Stop 8

    +2 min detour 140 km from the start Show on map

    Resurrection of Christ church in Jasienica

    Photo: Resurrection of Christ church in Jasienica
    D T G CC BY 3.0

    An Evangelical-Augsburg filial church in Jasienica (Jasienica Commune, Bielsko County), built in 1890 in an eclectic style and entered in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Wisła 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.