The road
Amsterdam to Barcelona by car
1542 km, about 13 h 12 on the fastest road, through France, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. Fuel from about €220 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €117 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-13. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
1542 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
13 h 12
without stops
Countries
4
France, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 1134 km
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 217 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 115 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 76 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1565 km, about 13 h 24.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-08-30 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 | €220 | €117 | €337 | 108 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €217 | €117 | €334 | 100 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €408 | €199 | €607 | 188 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.07 · diesel €2.21 /l
- 🇪🇸 petrol €1.73 · diesel €1.86 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.89 · diesel €2.21 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €106 for a car over 1134 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €11 for a car over 217 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Amsterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel cars/vans and pre-Euro-VI diesel campers/trucks.
- 🚫 Antwerp: LEZ (register/day-pass) — Older diesel/petrol; foreign plates must register.
- 🚫 Barcelona: ZBE Rondes — By DGT environmental label; register foreign plates.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Many supermarkets open Sundays, but often only from noon.
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
Where to sleep beside the road
693 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camperlocatie Oosteind · camper site · km 95, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Gerstekot · campsite · km 190, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Paris-Est · campsite · km 502, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ O.S.C.A Nature Center · campsite · km 1096, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ La Clusa · camper site · km 1375, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Jonquera · camper site · km 1384, 0.1 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Museum Vrolik · museum · km 14, 1.1 km off the road
- ◆ Dulle Griet · attraction · km 216, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Goudurix · attraction · km 464, 0.6 km off the road
- ◆ Musée de la guerre 1870 · museum · km 610, 8.8 km off the road
- ◆ Château de Montrond · castle · km 787, 2.7 km off the road
- ◆ Musée de la Haute-Auvergne · museum · km 1019, 2.1 km off the road
- ◆ Cirque de Mourèze · attraction · km 1208, 6.4 km off the road
- ◆ Chapelle de Saint-Martin-de-Fenollar · attraction · km 1373, 0.3 km off the road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.