The Lesser Polish Way of Saint James or Little Polish Way of Saint James is one of the Polish routes of the Way of St. James, the medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It runs from Sandomierz to Kraków through the Land of Lesser Poland (voivodeship: Świętokrzyskie, Lesser Poland). It is an alternative path of Via Regia (from Vilnius, Grodno and Lublin). Lesser Polish Way was partially reopened on 25 October 2008. The whole Route was reopened on 25 October 2009.
Route online map: link
Legend: – cities with St. James churches
Alternative way from Tarnobrzeg
Sandomierz – albergue, credencial, traditional and historical beginning of the Route
Dominican Church of St. James in Sandomierz, Sanctuary of blessed Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs
Queen Jadwiga's Ravine
Kobierniki
Andruszkowice
Milczany
Waligóra
Ossolin
Pęchowiec
Klimontów – ex-Dominican church of St. Mary and St. Hyacinth, albergue, distance: 28 km.
Nawodzice
Wiśniowa
Kotuszów – albergue, distance: 37 km.
Szydłów
Stary Solec
Szczaworyż – St. James church, distance: 31 km.
Baranów
Chotel Czerwony
Wiślica – albergue, distance: 17 km.
Koniecmosty
Pełczyska
Probołowice – albergue, distance: 10 km.
Skalbmierz
Pałecznica – St. James church, albergue, distance: 25 km.
Lelowice
Zielenice - Sanctuary of Our Lady of Zielenice
Niegardów – St. James church, distance: 19 km.
Szczepanowice
Polanowice
Wola Więcławska
Stare Więcławice – St. James church, albergue, distance: 20 km.
Zdziesławice
Książniczki
Bosutów
Kraków – albergue, distance: 17 km.
Prądnik Czerwony
Rakowicki Cemetery
jesuit Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
St. Nicolas Church – close to Armenian Khachkar
Mały Rynek Square
Dominican Trinity Basilica – tomb of Saint Hyacinth
Wawel – cathedral
Tyniec – benedictian abbey
From Kraków it is possible to go Santiago de Compostela. There are two possible ways. Firstly through Via Regia (Opole, Wrocław), and then to Germany, and secondly to Oświęcim, Żory and Racibórz and then to the Czech Republic.
English: The Lesser Polish Way of Saint James, The Lesser Poland Way of Saint James, The Little Poland Way of Saint James, The Little Polish Way of Saint James, The Małopolska Way of Saint James
Spanish: El Camino Małopolska, El Camino de Santiago de Pequeña Polonia, Ruta Jacobea de Pequeña Polonia
Galician: O Camiño Małopolska, O Camiño de Pequena Polonia, Ruta Xacobea de Pequena Polonia
Latin: Via Iacobea de Polonia Minor
French: Le Chemin de Petite-Pologne
German: Kleinpolen Jakobsweg
Ukrainian: Малопольська Дорога Святого Яківа
Belarusian: Малапольска Дарога Святого Якаў
Russian: Малопольский Путь Святого Иакова
Lithuanian: Mažosios Lenkijos Jokūbo kelias
