On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Karpacz

It is about 479 km from Warsaw to Karpacz, roughly 5 h 18 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 9 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.

  • 479 km
  • 5 h 18 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +12 min detour 32 km from the start Show on map

    Parish Church of the Transfiguration in Żuków

    Photo: Parish Church of the Transfiguration in Żuków
    Marchevkowo CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    An 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Żuków (Grodzisk Mazowiecki Commune, Grodzisk County), listed as a heritage monument of the Masovian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

    +8 min detour 87 km from the start Show on map

    Bishop's Palace in Łyszkowice

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    A bishop's palace in the village of Łyszkowice, Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +6 min detour 135 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Divine Mercy in Wola Rakowa

    Photo: Church of Divine Mercy in Wola Rakowa
    Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) CC BY 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in the village of Wola Rakowa, Brójce Commune, Łódź East County.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

    +8 min detour 178 km from the start Show on map

    Water-Electric Mill in Wola Marzeńska

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    A watermill in the village of Wola Marzeńska (Sędziejowice Commune, Łask County, Łódź Voivodeship), listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +16 min detour 206 km from the start Show on map

    Chapel in Kuśnie

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    An 18th-century manor chapel in Brzeźnio Commune (Sieradz County), listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +10 min detour 243 km from the start Show on map

    Palace in Walichnowy

    Photo: Palace in Walichnowy
    Robert Niedźwiedzki CC BY 3.0

    A palace from 1843 in Walichnowy (Sokolniki Commune, Wieruszów County), now used as a school.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +10 min detour 313 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Our Lady of Tuchów in Cieśle

    Photo: Church of Our Lady of Tuchów in Cieśle
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic filial church, originally Evangelical, built in 1718 in the village of Cieśle (Oleśnica Commune, Lower Silesian Voivodeship) and listed in the register of immovable monuments.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +4 min detour 334 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Łozina

    Photo: Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Łozina
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic church in Łozina (Długołęka Commune, Wrocław County), originally a mid-18th-century Evangelical church, listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +20 min detour 376 km from the start Show on map

    Krobielowice Palace

    Photo: Krobielowice Palace
    pawulon / fotopolska.eu CC BY-SA 3.0

    A palace in Krobielowice (Kąty Wrocławskie Commune, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), Poland, listed in the immovable monuments register of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  10. Stop 10

    +8 min detour 423 km from the start Show on map

    Observation Tower on Wieżyca

    Photo: Observation Tower on Wieżyca
    Irena Goderska CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A monument and observation tower on the summit of Wieżyca (Dobromierz Commune, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), built in the second half of the 19th century and entered in the register of monuments in 1984.

    • Nature and unusual places

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Karpacz to Warsaw

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.