On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Kraków

It is about 295 km from Warsaw to Kraków, roughly 2 h 54 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 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.

  • 295 km
  • 2 h 54 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +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.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

    +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.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +14 min detour 75 km from the start Show on map

    Old Palace in Sucha Szlachecka

    No photo is available yet.

    A palace in Białobrzegi Commune, Masovian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

    +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.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +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.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +28 min detour 155 km from the start Show on map

    Dzbanowe Spring in Kapkazy

    No photo is available yet.

    A spring in the locality of Kapkazy, Bodzentyn Commune, Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  7. Stop 7

    +9 min detour 192 km from the start Show on map

    Defensive Manor of the Chęciny Starosts in Chęciny

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    A defensive manor house in the town of Chęciny (Chęciny Commune, Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), Poland.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +4 min detour 213 km from the start Show on map

    Przypkowski State Museum in Jędrzejów

    Photo: Przypkowski State Museum in Jędrzejów
    Jakub Hałun CC BY-SA 3.0

    Museum in the town of Jędrzejów (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), founded in 1962, specialising in sundials and astronomical instruments.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +8 min detour 231 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St James the Apostle in Mieronice

    Photo: Church of St James the Apostle in Mieronice
    Jakub Hałun CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic church in Mieronice (Wodzisław Commune, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), entered in the Polish register of monuments in 1956.

    • History and culture

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  10. Stop 10

    +12 min detour 255 km from the start Show on map

    Jewish Cemetery in Miechów

    No photo is available yet.

    A Jewish cemetery established in 1882, located in the town of Miechów (Lesser Poland Voivodeship).

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Kraków 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.