natural wonder
Dunajec River Gorge
Limestone gorge on the Polish-Slovak border in the Pieniny mountains, known for traditional wooden raft trips and a riverside road along its edge.
31 km · about 35 min drive
Lesser Poland, Poland · Europe
Nowy Sącz sits on the route: 15 minutes from Nawojowa, 31km from Dunajec River Gorge.
Nowy Sącz is a town located in Lesser Poland, Poland. With a population of 84,376, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Nowy Sącz sits in Poland, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Warsaw time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Nowy Sącz to your route.
Nowy Sącz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈnɔvɨ ˈsɔnt͡ʂ] ; Hungarian: Újszandec; Yiddish: צאַנז, romanized: Tsanz; Slovak: Nový Sonč) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. With a population of 83,116 as of 2021, it isRead more
the largest city in the Beskid Sądecki Region as well as the third most populous city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
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Nowy Sącz is located in Lesser Poland, Poland, Europe. The coordinates are 49.6218 latitude, 20.6971 longitude.
Nowy Sącz has a population of approximately 84,376 people, making it a town in Poland.
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natural wonder
Limestone gorge on the Polish-Slovak border in the Pieniny mountains, known for traditional wooden raft trips and a riverside road along its edge.
31 km · about 35 min drive
castle
A 14th-century clifftop stronghold overlooking the turquoise waters of Lake Czorsztyn in the Pieniny Mountains, facing the ruins of Czorsztyn Castle across the reservoir.
36 km · about 40 min drive
famous road
The scenic highway climbing from Krakow into the Tatra foothills, a classic Polish mountain road trip.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
A remarkably complete medieval walled town in far northeast Slovakia, UNESCO-listed since 2000, with a Gothic-Renaissance square, town walls and the basilica of St Giles, yet barely visited by international tourists.
56 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Second-highest peak in the High Tatras at 2634 metres, reached by cable car from Tatranska Lomnica and topped by an observatory.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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