On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Poznań

It is about 311 km from Warsaw to Poznań, 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 16 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.

  • 311 km
  • 3 h 25 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

    +20 min detour 57 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph in Miedniewice

    Photo: Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph in Miedniewice
    Tomasz Kuran aka Meteor2017 CC BY 2.5

    An 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Miedniewice (Wiskitki Commune, Żyrardów County), listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

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

    High Priest's Sanctuary in Arkadia

    Photo: High Priest's Sanctuary in Arkadia
    Jolanta Dyr CC BY-SA 3.0

    A park pavilion in Arkadia (Nieborów Commune, Łowicz County), part of the Radziwiłł summer residence in Arkadia Park, listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

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

    Bishop's Palace in Łyszkowice

    No photo is available yet.

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

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +18 min detour 119 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr in Szczawin

    Photo: Church of St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr in Szczawin
    Włodzimierz Pfeiffer Public domain

    A Roman Catholic church in the village of Szczawin (Zgierz Commune, Zgierz County, Łódź Voivodeship), built in 1988–1992 to a design by Aleksy Dworczak on the site of a wooden church that burned down.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +13 min detour 153 km from the start Show on map

    Palace in Stary Gostków

    No photo is available yet.

    A palace in the locality of Stary Gostków (Wartkowice Commune, Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship), Poland.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +14 min detour 170 km from the start Show on map

    Small Palace in Czepów

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    A small palace in the locality of Czepów, Uniejów Commune, Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +28 min detour 199 km from the start Show on map

    Paprotnia Observation Tower

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    An observation tower in the village of Paprotnia, Krzymów Commune, Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  9. Stop 9

    +29 min detour 221 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Lawrence in Sławsk

    Photo: Church of St Lawrence in Sławsk
    Szczureq CC BY-SA 3.0

    Roman Catholic church in the village of Sławsk (Rzgów Commune, Konin County), built in 1614 and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  10. Stop 10

    +20 min detour 237 km from the start Show on map

    Manor Complex in Ląd

    Photo: Manor Complex in Ląd
    Marcin-m38 (Marcin Majdecki) at pl.wikipedia CC BY 3.0

    A 19th-century manor complex in Ląd (Lądek Commune, Słupca County), now housing the Nature Education Centre of the Nadwarciański Landscape Park.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Poznań 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.