On the way

What to see on the way from Wrocław to Łódź

It is about 223 km from Wrocław to Łódź, roughly 2 h 43 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.

  • 223 km
  • 2 h 43 min
  • 10 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +6 min detour 22 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Łozina

    Photo: Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Łozina
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic church in Łozina (Długołęka Commune, Wrocław County), originally a mid-18th-century Evangelical church, listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

    +10 min detour 43 km from the start Show on map

    Church of Our Lady of Tuchów in Cieśle

    Photo: Church of Our Lady of Tuchów in Cieśle
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A Roman Catholic filial church, originally Evangelical, built in 1718 in the village of Cieśle (Oleśnica Commune, Lower Silesian Voivodeship) and listed in the register of immovable monuments.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +16 min detour 56 km from the start Show on map

    Manor (Wojciechowo Wielkie)

    Photo: Manor (Wojciechowo Wielkie)
    Sławomir Milejski CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

    A manor house in Wojciechowo Wielkie (Syców Commune, Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), built in 1869 and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

    +8 min detour 77 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Anne in Bralin

    Photo: Church of St Anne in Bralin
    L.zurawski CC0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in Bralin (Bralin Commune, Kępno County), built in 1627 and listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +15 min detour 96 km from the start Show on map

    RT-13 Radio Telescope (monument) in Cieszęcin

    No photo is available yet.

    A former radio telescope, now used as an observation tower, located in the village of Cieszęcin in the Wieruszów Commune, Łódź Voivodeship.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  6. Stop 6

    +9 min detour 113 km from the start Show on map

    Palace in Walichnowy

    Photo: Palace in Walichnowy
    Robert Niedźwiedzki CC BY 3.0

    A palace from 1843 in Walichnowy (Sokolniki Commune, Wieruszów County), now used as a school.

    • History and culture

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  7. Stop 7

    +9 min detour 133 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Andrew the Apostle in Złoczew

    Photo: Church of St Andrew the Apostle in Złoczew
    ArturZłoczew CC BY-SA 4.0

    A Roman Catholic parish church in the town of Złoczew (Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship), listed in the Polish register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  8. Stop 8

    +16 min detour 159 km from the start Show on map

    Bunker 5 in Sieradz

    Photo: Bunker 5 in Sieradz
    Zala CC BY-SA 4.0

    Ruins of a traditor-type shelter from 1939 in the town of Sieradz (Łódź Voivodeship).

    • History and culture

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  9. Stop 9

    +7 min detour 178 km from the start Show on map

    Water-Electric Mill in Wola Marzeńska

    No photo is available yet.

    A watermill in the village of Wola Marzeńska (Sędziejowice Commune, Łask County, Łódź Voivodeship), listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  10. Stop 10

    +22 min detour 191 km from the start Show on map

    Mill in Barycz

    No photo is available yet.

    A watermill in the locality of Barycz (Dobroń Commune, Pabianice County, Łódź Voivodeship).

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

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

Plan the route from Łódź to Wrocław

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.