The road
Berlin to Firenze by car
1237 km, about 11 h 24 on the fastest road, through Germany, Austria and Italy. Fuel from about €182 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €49 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-12. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
1237 km fastest road, one way · 11 h 24 driving without stops · 3 countries
The trip, at your pace
Each pace is its own plan of this road for two by car: the driving days it needs, the nights on the way and at Firenze, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €1,324 fuel €170 · tolls €56 · 9 nights €692 · food €406 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €1,324 fuel €170 · tolls €56 · 9 nights €692 · food €406 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 9 days | 8 nights | ≈ €1,195 fuel €166 · tolls €51 · 8 nights €612 · food €366 |
Places on the way
211 km
Photo: PaulT (Gunther Tschuch) · CC BY-SA 4.0 Lützen
Day 1 · 116 km before tonight's stop
Lützen is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wikipedia
879 km
Photo: Haneburger · Public domain Brenner Pass
Day 3 · 204 km into the day · a lunch stop
The Brenner Pass is a mountain pass over the Alps which forms the border between Italy and Austria. Wikipedia
1,176 km
Photo: User:EdoM · CC BY-SA 3.0 Mantua
Day 4 · 159 km into the day · a lunch stop
Mantua is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy and capital of the eponymous province. Wikipedia
38 km
Photo: WikiRomaWiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 San Gimignano
Day 5 · 38 km from Firenze
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Wikipedia
1 km
Photo: Arek N. · CC BY-SA 3.0 Uffizi
Day 5 · in Firenze
The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. Wikipedia
1 km
Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 Florence Cathedral
Day 5 · in Firenze
Florence Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Florence, Italy. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 673 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 109 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 454 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1234 km, about 11 h 54.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-10-04 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.
A camper, the whole sum: 2 days of driving, one night at a campsite about €22 each, self-catering for two about €24 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €470.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €182 | €49 | €231 | 87 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €180 | €49 | €229 | 80 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €332 | €68 | €400 | 148 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.20 · diesel €2.25 /l
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.84 · diesel €2.14 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.07 · diesel €2.27 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €27 for a car over 460 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🌉 Brenner motorway (A13) — €12.5 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t (car, campervan, motorhome ≤ 3.5 t)) · unverified
- 🚫 Berlin: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker — campers included.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇦🇹 Austria — Shops are shut on Sundays by law, with station and petrol-station shops the usual exceptions. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
435 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campingplatz Seehamer See · campsite · km 628, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Ansitz Gamp · campsite · km 836, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a dump station · motorhomes can come · dogs welcome · showers and toilets · wifi · tents welcome · known for the view
- ⛺ Gamp · camper site · km 836, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Area Camper Castel Varco Est · camper site · km 878, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Navis Camper Stop · camper site · km 907, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a dump station · electric hook-ups · motorhomes can come · dogs welcome · quiet · wifi
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 944, 0.1 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Reststück der Berliner Mauer (km 26), Monarchenhügel (km 187), Timotheuskreuz (km 623).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum · museum · km 339, 4.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap · mostly indoors
- ◆ Schloss Hirschberg · castle · km 474, 6.7 km off the road
Schloss Hirschberg liegt auf einem langgestreckten Bergrücken oberhalb von Beilngries im Naturpark Altmühltal und ist mit der Willibaldsburg von Eichstätt eine der beiden größten Burganlagen im Altmühltal. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Alt-Weineck · castle · km 862, 6.3 km off the road
Der Johanneskofel (auch Johanniskofel) ist ein 660 m hoher markanter Felsen in Südtirol. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Campana dei Caduti · monument · km 945, 2.4 km off the road
La Campana dei Caduti di Rovereto, Maria Dolens, è una campana commemorativa dei caduti della prima guerra mondiale. Wikipedia (it)
- ◆ Museo della Figurina · museum · km 1100, 4.6 km off the road
The Museo della figurina (Collectible Card Museum) is a museum dedicated to collectible cards. Wikipedia (en)
What this road is for
Counted within 10 km of the road between the two ends, from OpenStreetMap — the places a passion would stop for.
- 2159 viewpoints — Grunewaldturm (km 14), Kriegerdenkmal/Rohrbühl (km 313), Hohe Brücke (km 711), Corno d'Aquilio (km 956)
- 1882 climbing — Fattigsmühle (km 294), Höttinger Steinbruch (km 737)
- 1843 castles — Jagdschloss Grunewald (km 14), Burgruine Uprode (km 313), Altenwaldeck (km 625), Ruderi Castel Pradaglia (km 932)
- 838 swim spots — Kleine Badewiese (km 14), Krumme Lanke (km 14), Trebgaster Badesee (km 337), Schlitterer Badesee (km 700)
- 492 wineries — Eisacktaler Kellerei - Cantina Valle Isarco (km 822), Obermoser (km 849), Weingut Tenuta Klaus Lentsch (km 855), Villa (km 977)
- 373 farm shops — Bio-Hofladen (km 555), Erdbeeren Kiosk (km 576), Habeker Hof (km 580)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.