On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Katowice

It is about 319 km from Warsaw to Katowice, roughly 3 h 25 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 8 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.

  • 319 km
  • 3 h 25 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +7 min detour 43 km from the start Show on map

    Palace and Park Complex in Radziejowice

    Photo: Palace and Park Complex in Radziejowice
    Jolanta Dyr CC BY-SA 3.0

    A palace in Radziejowice (Radziejowice Commune, Żyrardów County) with a park, listed in the heritage register of the Masovian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

    +8 min detour 66 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Anthony of Padua in Babsk

    Photo: Church of St Anthony of Padua in Babsk
    Dartys CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Babsk (Biała Rawska Commune, Rawa County, Łódź Voivodeship), built between 1803 and 1809, listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +6 min detour 101 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lubochnia

    Photo: Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lubochnia
    Lord Ya CC0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Lubochnia (Tomaszów County, Łódź Voivodeship), built between 1914 and 1920 and listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

    +7 min detour 121 km from the start Show on map

    Palace in Wolbórz

    Photo: Palace in Wolbórz
    Jacek Bogdan CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Baroque palace in Wolbórz (Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship), built in 1773 to a design by Franciszek Placidi and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +8 min detour 140 km from the start Show on map

    Park Belzacki in Piotrków Trybunalski

    Photo: Park Belzacki in Piotrków Trybunalski
    Qaz64 CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A park in Piotrków Trybunalski (Łódź Voivodeship), a landscape manor park from the second half of the 19th century, listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +26 min detour 168 km from the start Show on map

    Railway Enthusiasts' Observation Point, Wojciechów

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    A viewpoint for railway enthusiasts in the village of Wojciechów in Gomunice Commune, Radomsko County.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  7. Stop 7

    +11 min detour 203 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Leonard the Abbot in Mykanów

    Photo: Church of St Leonard the Abbot in Mykanów
    Marek Silarski CC BY-SA 2.5

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Mykanów (Mykanów Commune, Częstochowa County), built in 1836 to a design by Henryk Marconi in the Gothic Revival style and entered in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +30 min detour 236 km from the start Show on map

    Parish Cemetery in Nierada

    Photo: Parish Cemetery in Nierada
    Waraciła CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic parish cemetery in the village of Nierada, Poczesna Commune, Częstochowa County.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +8 min detour 265 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St James the Apostle in Sączów

    Photo: Church of St James the Apostle in Sączów
    Arro / fotopolska.eu CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Sączów (Bobrowniki Commune, Będzin County), built in 1850–1872 and listed in the heritage register of the Silesian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  10. Stop 10

    +15 min detour 278 km from the start Show on map

    Windmill in Zawarpie

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    A windmill in the village of Zawarpie, Siewierz Commune, Będzin County.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Katowice 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.