On the way

What to see on the way from Warsaw to Zakopane

It is about 415 km from Warsaw to Zakopane, roughly 4 h 11 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.

  • 415 km
  • 4 h 11 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

    +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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  3. Stop 3

    +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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  4. Stop 4

    +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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  5. Stop 5

    +7 min detour 206 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Stephen the Deacon in Mnichów

    Photo: Church of St Stephen the Deacon in Mnichów
    Jedrus CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Mnichów (Jędrzejów Commune, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship), built between 1765 and 1770 and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +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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  7. Stop 7

    +16 min detour 277 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Wysiołek Luborzycki

    Photo: Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Wysiołek Luborzycki
    Piotrekwas CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Wysiołek Luborzycki (Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca Commune, Kraków County), listed in the register of immovable monuments.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +11 min detour 310 km from the start Show on map

    Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec

    Photo: Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec
    Jakub Hałun CC BY-SA 3.0

    A Roman Catholic Benedictine abbey in Tyniec (Kraków), founded in the 11th century, the oldest existing monastery in Poland, listed in the heritage register and designated a Historic Monument.

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +9 min detour 342 km from the start Show on map

    Piłsudski Mound in Osieczany

    No photo is available yet.

    A hilltop known as Piłsudski Mound in Osieczany (Myślenice Commune, Myślenice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship).

    • Nature and unusual places

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  10. Stop 10

    +8 min detour 378 km from the start Show on map

    Pocieszna Woda Spring

    No photo is available yet.

    A spring in the locality of U Krzyża (Rabka-Zdrój Commune, Nowy Targ County), giving rise to the Pocieszna Woda stream.

    • Nature and unusual places

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Zakopane 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.