On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Sandomierz

It is about 245 km from Warsaw to Sandomierz, roughly 3 h 3 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.

  • 245 km
  • 3 h 3 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

    +8 min detour 92 km from the start Show on map

    St Bartholomew Church in Wsola

    Photo: St Bartholomew Church in Wsola
    Rafał Terkner CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic parish church in the village of Wsola (Jedlińsk Commune, Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship), built between 1918 and 1930 and entered in the heritage register in 1985.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +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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  6. Stop 6

    +6 min detour 142 km from the start Show on map

    Staszic Weir

    No photo is available yet.

    Ruins of a weir in the town of Skarżysko-Kamienna, Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +11 min detour 160 km from the start Show on map

    Bukowa Góra

    Photo: Bukowa Góra
    Paweł Cieśla Staszek_Szybki_Jest CC BY-SA 4.0

    A 484 m peak in Budy (Łączna commune, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), the highest point of the Klonów Range in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  8. Stop 8

    +29 min detour 178 km from the start Show on map

    Gołoborze

    No photo is available yet.

    A viewpoint in the locality of Hucisko (Nowa Słupia Commune, Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship).

    • Nature and unusual places

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  9. Stop 9

    +3 min detour 201 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Nicholas in Baćkowice

    Photo: Church of St Nicholas in Baćkowice
    Olerys CC BY-SA 3.0

    A stone Roman Catholic church in Baćkowice (Baćkowice Commune, Opatów County), listed in the NID register of immovable monuments.

    • History and culture

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  10. Stop 10

    +6 min detour 223 km from the start Show on map

    World War I Cemetery, Kolonia Kurów

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    A World War I cemetery listed in the register of monuments, located in Kolonia Kurów in the Lipnik commune.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Sandomierz 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.