On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Kielce

It is about 176 km from Warsaw to Kielce, roughly 1 h 54 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 10 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.

  • 176 km
  • 1 h 54 min
  • 8 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +12 min detour 24 km from the start Show on map

    Southern Communal Cemetery

    Photo: Southern Communal Cemetery
    Alina Zienowicz (Ala z) CC BY-SA 3.0

    A communal cemetery established in 1999, located in the locality of Antoninów in the Piaseczno commune.

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  2. Stop 2

    +5 min detour 36 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St John the Baptist in Rembertów

    Photo: Church of St John the Baptist in Rembertów
    Wojciech Bieńkowski CC BY-SA 4.0

    A wooden Roman Catholic church in Rembertów (Tarczyn Commune, Piaseczno County), listed in the register of monuments.

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  3. Stop 3

    +11 min detour 54 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Adalbert Bishop Martyr and St Martin in Lewiczyn

    Photo: Church of St Adalbert Bishop Martyr and St Martin in Lewiczyn
    Rafał Terkner CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic wooden church in Lewiczyn (Belsk Duży Commune, Grójec County), built in 1606–1608 and listed in the Polish register of immovable monuments.

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  4. Stop 4

    +7 min detour 71 km from the start Show on map

    Holy Trinity Church in Białobrzegi

    Photo: Holy Trinity Church in Białobrzegi
    Rafał T / fotopolska.eu CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in the town of Białobrzegi (Masovian Voivodeship), designed by architect Stefan Szyller.

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  5. Stop 5

    +10 min detour 99 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St John the Baptist in Zakrzew

    Photo: Church of St John the Baptist in Zakrzew
    Andrzej Błaszczak CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Zakrzew (Gmina Zakrzew, Radom County), built between 1770 and 1776, listed as a heritage monument of the Masovian Voivodeship.

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  6. Stop 6

    +9 min detour 115 km from the start Show on map

    Park of the Polish Sculpture Centre in Orońsko

    Photo: Park of the Polish Sculpture Centre in Orońsko
    Kamahele CC BY-SA 3.0

    A park in Orońsko (Gmina Orońsko, Szydłowiec County), part of the Polish Sculpture Centre founded in 1981, serving as an open-air sculpture gallery.

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  7. Stop 7

    +10 min detour 128 km from the start Show on map

    Jewish Cemetery in Szydłowiec

    Photo: Jewish Cemetery in Szydłowiec
    Nikodem Nijaki CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Jewish cemetery in Szydłowiec (Masovian Voivodeship), entered in the heritage register in 1959.

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  8. Stop 8

    +10 min detour 144 km from the start Show on map

    ORP Odważny in Skarżysko-Kamienna

    Photo: ORP Odważny in Skarżysko-Kamienna
    Witkowski Marcin CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Polish Project 664 torpedo boat in the town of Skarżysko-Kamienna, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Kielce 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.