Gzen92 · CC BY-SA 4.0to Colmar & Alsace
Half-timbered old town on the wine road
🎄 Marchés de Noël de Colmar, 23 Nov – 29 Dec — on in your trip's window.
5 days · 959 km · by car, two people
Real routes and published prices — no guesses
- Fuel€12257 litres at an average €2.13 a litre
- Price per litre on the wayUnited Kingdom €2.06 · France €2.23
- Motorway tolls in France≈ €61An allowance: 554 tolled km at the country's usual rate — we don't hold its published tariff yet.
- London Congestion Charge€21.25Any motor vehicle, one charge a day · 1 day
- Dartford Crossing€4.13Class B: car (including when towing a trailer), motorhome, or minibus with 9 seats or fewer
- Dover–Calais ferry€135Car + up to 5 passengers
- 4 nights€312≈ €78 a night — every night is listed under “Where you'll sleep”
- Food€202≈ €40 a day for 5 days, cheap eats
Fuel: the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, week of 2026-10-18. Tolls, vignettes and ferries: the operators' and authorities' published prices. Nights and food: typical prices in each country for the kind chosen.
- Dover–Calais ferry€135DFDS / P&O Ferries / Irish Ferries · about 1.5 h on board · Car + up to 5 passengers · The operator's prices
- Motorway tolls in France≈ €61An allowance: 554 tolled km at the country's usual rate — we don't hold its published tariff yet.
- London Congestion Charge€21.25
- Dartford Crossing€4.13
- Low-emission zoneLondon: ULEZ — £12.50/day if non-compliant (covers all Greater London)
- On the roadIn the French mountains, 1 November – 31 March, the signed communes of 34 departments want four 3PMSF tyres, or chains or snow socks for two driven wheels in the car.
Only official sellers are linked.
- Night 1 · Aire-sur-la-Lys€78Hôtel de l'Europe · hotel
- Night 2 · Suippes · 23 km from Châlons-en-Champagne€78Loft Côté Jardin · guesthouse
- Night 3 · Colmar€78ibis Styles Colmar Centre · hotel
- Night 4 · Colmar€78ibis Styles Colmar Centre · hotel
Priced for budget hotels: typical prices in each country, not a booking.
Sources: EU weekly fuel bulletin · operators' published tariffs · Wikipedia · map © OpenStreetMap contributors
- White Cliffs of DoverThe White Cliffs of Dover are the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France.129 km
White Cliffs of Dover
Day 1 · 118 km before tonight's stop
The White Cliffs of Dover are the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France.
Wikipedia · Immanuel Giel · CC BY-SA 3.0
- VermandVermand is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.390 km
Vermand
Day 2 · 143 km into the day · a lunch stop
Vermand is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Wikipedia · Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Freiburg MinsterFreiburg Minster is the cathedral of Freiburg im Breisgau, southwest Germany.38 km
Freiburg Minster
Day 4 · 38 km from Colmar
Freiburg Minster is the cathedral of Freiburg im Breisgau, southwest Germany.
Wikipedia · KarlNapf · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Château du Haut-KoenigsbourgThe Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, sometimes also Haut-Kœnigsbourg, is a medieval castle located in the commune of Orschwiller in the Bas-Rhin département of Alsace, France.19 km
Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
Day 4 · 19 km from Colmar
From 1900 to 1908 it was rebuilt at the behest of the German kaiser Wilhelm II.
Wikipedia · Wrtalya · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cité du TrainThe Cité du Train, situated in Mulhouse, France, is one of the ten largest railway museums in the world.37 km
Cité du Train
Day 4 · 37 km from Colmar
The Cité du Train, situated in Mulhouse, France, is one of the ten largest railway museums in the world.
Wikipedia · Mauritsvink · Public domain
