scenic viewpoint
Snezka
Czechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Kowary
Lower Silesia, Poland · Europe
About Kowary
Kowary works well as a base: 10 minutes from Karpacz, 10km from Krkonoše (Giant Mountains).
Kowary is in Lower Silesia, Poland, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Karpacz, about 6 km away.
Kowary [kɔˈvarɨ] (German: Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge) is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, with a population of around 11,000. The town is famed for its sanatoriums and a miniature park displaying architectural monuments of the Lower Silesian region.
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What is there to see near Kowary?
Within an hour or so of Kowary: Snezka (9 km), Sniezka (9 km), Krkonoše (Giant Mountains) (10 km), Krkonose National Park (19 km).
Are there any good drives near Kowary?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Kowary?
Kowary is in Lower Silesia, Poland, about 6 km from Karpacz.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,869
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Poland
- Region
- Lower Silesia
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
- Coordinates
- 50.7931, 15.8356
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Worth the detour from Kowary
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Sniezka
Highest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
9 km · about 15 min drive
national park
Krkonoše (Giant Mountains)
The highest mountains in the Czech Republic along the Polish border, a UNESCO biosphere reserve with Sněžka peak and dramatic glacial cirques.
10 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Krkonose National Park
Czechia's oldest national park along the Polish border, with high moorland, the source of the Elbe and mountain roads to Spindleruv Mlyn.
19 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Adršpach-Teplice Rocks
A mesmerizing labyrinth of towering sandstone rock formations sculpted by millions of years of erosion into surreal shapes.
28 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Ksiaz Castle
Lower Silesia's largest castle, perched dramatically on a rock above a gorge, riddled with WWII tunnels.
32 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Osówka Underground City
The largest visitable complex of Nazi Germany's Project Riese: 3.1 km of tunnels bored into the Owl Mountains in 1943–45 for a purpose still debated. Partly flooded sections are toured by boat.
43 km · about 50 min drive
castle
Czocha Castle
A turreted medieval castle above a reservoir near the German border, full of secret passages and legends.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Kowary
- Right hereSnezkaCzechia's highest peak in the Krkonose, reached by chairlift and ridge trails with views into Poland.
- Right hereSniezkaHighest peak of the Karkonosze range at 1603 metres on the Polish-Czech border, topped by a distinctive disc-shaped meteorological observatory.
- 50 kmRoad of a Hundred BendsRoute 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
- 50 kmSzczeliniec WielkiThe highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
- 60 kmJested TowerA rocket-shaped 1970s hotel and TV tower crowning the 1,012 m summit above Liberec, reached by a twisting mountain road with sweeping views over Bohemia: an icon of Czech modernist architecture.
Driving in Poland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.42/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€5.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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