The road
Prague to Kraków by car
536 km, about 4 h 24 on the fastest road, through Czechia and Poland. Fuel from about €70 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €20 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
536 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
4 h 24
without stops
Countries
2
Czechia and Poland
The road, country by country
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 351 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 185 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 prices of the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, per country crossed. Tolls are an estimate from published per-kilometre tariffs plus the crossings on this road. Beds and food are not here: they depend on how you travel.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €70 | €20 | €90 | 38 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €72 | €20 | €92 | 35 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €132 | €25 | €157 | 64 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.07 /l
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.82 · diesel €2.04 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €8 for a car over 185 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) — €12 (Vehicle ≤ 3.5 t) · unverified
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇵🇱 Poland — Most Sundays are non-trading by law, with a few exempt Sundays a year. Small owner-run shops and station shops stay open.
Where to sleep beside the road
112 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Kemp Oáza · campsite · km 187, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Alpa · campsite · km 188, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 191, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Camper · camper site · km 394, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping 215 · camper site · km 457, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 490, 0.3 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ sv. Donát z Arezza · memorial · km 18, 3.8 km off the road
- ◆ Muzeum Jaroslava Haška · museum · km 95, 9.2 km off the road
- ◆ obětem velkomeziříčské tragédie · memorial · km 151, 1.2 km off the road
- ◆ Hvězdárna a planetárium Brno · museum · km 201, 4.8 km off the road
- ◆ Zámek Přerov · castle · km 289, 2.3 km off the road
- ◆ Památník J. A. Komenského · museum · km 336, 4.2 km off the road
- ◆ Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum · museum · km 437, 2.7 km off the road
The Guido mine (Polish: Kopalnia Guido, formerly Zabytkowa Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego) is a historic deep coal mine and museum in Zabrze, Silesia, Poland. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Zamek Lipowiec · museum · km 495, 5.9 km off the road
Lipowiec Castle is a ruin of the Kraków Bishops castle in the Polish Jura, near Babice village in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Wikipedia (en)
What this road is for
Counted within 10 km of the road between the two ends, from OpenStreetMap — the places a passion would stop for.
- 1375 climbing — Observation tower (km 12), Plaskula (km 507), Skurwysyn (km 515), Karniowicka Skała (km 520)
- 643 castles — zámek Petrovice (km 12), Kamenice (km 134), Bývalý zámek Tlumačov (km 270), Sąd Rejonowy w Rybniku (km 403)
- 542 viewpoints — Viewpoint (km 14), Chvalovka (km 192), Vyhlídka u sv. Jana (km 315), Hałda Murcki (km 458)
- 252 swim spots — Kuchyňka (km 177), Maršovské jezírko (km 179), Bahňák (km 181), Aquadrom (km 441)
- 164 wineries
- 47 farm shops
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.