Kraków to Zakopane through the Pieniny

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180.0 km

Length

+1,553 m

Ascent

−956 m

Descent

825 m

Highest point

Hairpins

10.3%

Max gradient

4h 00min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 825 m

5 °C fog

wind 5 m/s · clouds 99%

At the start

8 °C cloudy

wind 5 m/s · clouds 98%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	3 °C	5 °C	0.0 mm	5 m/s	fog
Friday 23 Oct	4 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	4 m/s	partlycloudy
Saturday 24 Oct	4 °C	8 °C	1.5 mm	2 m/s	rain

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 6:45 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Hill and low mountain road
Surface: asphalt 97%

Roads nearby

Zakopane - Chochołów

18.3 km
Length: +158 m
Ascent

Kraków to Zakopane through the Pieniny map

180.0 km · 1 hairpin · 825 m

Elevation profile

What does Kraków to Zakopane through the Pieniny look like?

Kraków Panoramic from Academy of Music · Юрій Булка · CC0

Zamek Królewski na Wawelu8 · Strumyczek · CC BY-SA 4.0

2024 Zakopane Łukaszówki 7, 1 · Cybularny · CC BY 4.0

SGP-Lohner E1 on Kalwaryjska street · Skelanard (Aleksandr Petukhov) · CC BY-SA 4.0

2024 Zakopane willa Osobita, 1 · Cybularny · CC BY 4.0

Kraków, nad tunelem Trasy Łagiewnickiej, między sanktuariami 01 · Kamil Czaiński · CC BY-SA 4.0

Borek Fałęcki Wschód, Kraków, Poland - panoramio · marek7400 · CC BY 3.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

From the old town of Kraków south across the Beskids to Szczawnica, then along the Dunajec gorge and over the Pieniny foothills into the Tatra basin at Zakopane. Winding provincial roads, two mountain ranges and a spa town halfway.

Start

Krakow

50.06470, 19.94496

Finish

Zakopane

49.29916, 19.94961

Stages

Stage 1 95.9 km
Stage 2 84.1 km

Along the road

Visitor centres

Informacja 0.0 km · 222 m

Restaurants and cafés

633

Costa 0.0 km · 222 m

Jarema 0.0 km · 222 m

Tawerna La Capitana 0.0 km · 222 m

Lajkonik 0.0 km · 222 m

Galicyjska 0.0 km · 222 m

McCafé 0.0 km · 222 m

Nakielny 0.0 km · 222 m

Oriental Spoon 0.0 km · 222 m

Mavericks 0.0 km · 222 m

U Filipa 0.0 km · 222 m

Haldi 0.0 km · 222 m

Stare Mury 0.0 km · 222 m

605 more

16 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 180.0 km.

EV chargers

EV Ładowanie 4.2 km · 214 m

ChargeEuropa Park Handlowy Zakopianka 5.4 km · 217 m

ChargeEuropa Park Handlowy Zakopianka 5.6 km · 221 m

18 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 179.5 km.

Parking

1002

Parking nad Dworcem Głównym PKP Kraków 0.0 km · 222 m

Car Park Galeria Krakowska 0.0 km · 222 m

K+R BUS plac Matejki 0.0 km · 222 m

Kiss & Ride 0.0 km · 222 m

K+R BUS ulica Pawia 0.0 km · 222 m

Parking płatny 0.0 km · 222 m

Kiss & Ride 0.4 km · 217 m

K+R BUS ulica Wielopole 0.5 km · 213 m

Kiss & Ride 0.5 km · 213 m

Parking Starowiślna 0.6 km · 214 m

Parking franciszkanów 0.8 km · 216 m

18 more

972 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 180.0 km.

Toilets

Toilets and Showers 11.4 km · 313 m

62 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 180.0 km.

Viewpoints

Metrum 0.3 km · 217 m

Mała Baszta 1.0 km · 216 m

18 unnamed places along the road, from 0.3 km to 179.6 km.

Fuel

Shell 3.0 km · 206 m

BP Mateczny 3.6 km · 210 m

Polpetrol 4.1 km · 214 m

Shell 4.9 km · 215 m

ON TIR 5.2 km · 214 m

Orlen 5.2 km · 215 m

BP 5.8 km · 225 m

Orlen 8.6 km · 234 m

BP Lajkonik 8.8 km · 233 m

Stacja Paliw AMIC Energy 8.9 km · 233 m

BP Strażnica 12.5 km · 328 m

Autogaz 13.2 km · 361 m

24 more

5 unnamed places along the road, from 3.0 km to 177.5 km.

Rest areas

MOP Lubień 45.9 km · 435 m

MOP Krzeczów 51.8 km · 592 m

MOP Zbójecka Góra 57.9 km · 582 m