The road
Amsterdam to Bordeaux by car
1090 km, about 9 h 24 on the fastest road, through France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Fuel from about €160 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €83 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
1090 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
9 h 24
without stops
Countries
3
France, the Netherlands and Belgium
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 885 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 125 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 80 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1114 km, about 9 h 42.
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 | €160 | €83 | €243 | 76 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €157 | €83 | €240 | 71 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €297 | €141 | €438 | 134 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.07 · diesel €2.21 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.89 · diesel €2.21 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €83 for a car over 885 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.
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
408 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
- ⛺ Camperpark Vogelzang Antwerpen · camper site · km 164, 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
- ⛺ La poitevinière · campsite · km 756, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Plage du Moulin Blanc · camper site · km 1045, 0.3 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
- ◆ Kasteel van 's Gravenwezel · castle · km 147, 4.7 km off the road
- ◆ Ancien couvent des Minines · attraction · km 285, 2 km off the road
- ◆ Goudurix · attraction · km 464, 0.6 km off the road
- ◆ Château-Musée de Dourdan · museum · km 555, 4.6 km off the road
- ◆ Escalier Denis Papin · attraction · km 686, 3.4 km off the road
- ◆ Castle · castle · km 859, 4.4 km off the road
- ◆ Château de Bernessard · castle · km 997, 8 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.