The road
Amsterdam to Milan by car
1098 km, about 10 h 18 on the fastest road, through Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, France and Italy. Fuel from about €160 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €62 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
1098 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
10 h 18
without stops
Countries
5
Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, France and Italy
The road, country by country
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 399 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 327 km
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 163 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 136 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 73 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1095 km, about 10 h 18.
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 | €62 | €222 | 77 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €152 | €62 | €214 | 71 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €280 | €69 | €349 | 131 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.24 · diesel €2.23 /l
- 🇳🇱 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.33 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.07 · diesel €2.21 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.02 · diesel €2.12 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €9 for a car over 136 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €3 for a car over 73 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.32 (Vehicle or trailer up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🌉 Gotthard road tunnel — price not held · unverified
- 🌉 Milan Area C — €7.5 (Car (non-resident)) · unverified
- 🚫 Amsterdam: Milieuzone — Older diesel cars/vans and pre-Euro-VI diesel campers/trucks.
- 🚫 Milan: Area B (older vehicle ban) + Area C (centre charge) — Older diesel/petrol; the central Area C is a paid ZTL.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Sunday trading is restricted almost everywhere — station and petrol-station shops are the reliable exceptions.
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — Many supermarkets open Sundays, but often only from noon.
Where to sleep beside the road
1027 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Reisemobilstellplatz am Schloss Wickrath · camper site · km 216, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Trinermatten · camper site · km 795, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Stellplatz Autobahnraststätte Gotthard, Schattdorf · camper site · km 879, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz an der Reuss · camper site · km 895, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camp & Rail Göschenen · camper site · km 903, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Palazzina · campsite · km 993, 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.
- ◆ Rietveldpaviljoen · museum · km 48, 4 km off the road
- ◆ Memorial · memorial · km 157, 0.9 km off the road
- ◆ Teilstück Römische Wasserleitung · ruins · km 292, 0.2 km off the road
- ◆ Kriegerdenkmal · memorial · km 429, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ Musée Alsacien · museum · km 605, 9.4 km off the road
- ◆ Cité du train · museum · km 708, 8.9 km off the road
- ◆ Lion Monument · monument · km 836, 1.2 km off the road
- ◆ Museo della radio · museum · km 986, 0.5 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.