The road
Cologne to Milan by car
846 km, about 7 h 48 on the fastest road, through Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy. Fuel from about €124 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €62 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
846 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
7 h 48
without stops
Countries
4
Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 266 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 133 km
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 385 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 63 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 843 km, about 7 h 48.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 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 | €124 | €62 | €186 | 59 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €121 | €62 | €183 | 55 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €222 | €69 | €291 | 101 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.14 · diesel €2.28 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €9 for a car over 133 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €3 for a car over 63 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.51 (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
- 🚫 Cologne: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
- 🚫 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
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Sunday trading is restricted almost everywhere — station and petrol-station shops are the reliable exceptions.
Where to sleep beside the road
676 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Trinermatten · camper site · km 543, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Stellplatz Autobahnraststätte Gotthard, Schattdorf · camper site · km 628, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz an der Reuss · camper site · km 643, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camp & Rail Göschenen · camper site · km 651, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Palazzina · campsite · km 741, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Monte Generoso · campsite · km 762, 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.
- ◆ Teilstück Römische Wasserleitung · ruins · km 44, 5.4 km off the road
The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Lorelei · attraction · km 128, 9.3 km off the road
The Lorelei ( LORR-ə-ly; German: Loreley or Lorelei, pronounced or ; also found as Loreleï, Lore Lay, Lore-Ley, Lurley, Lurelei and Lurlei throughout history) is a 132-metre-high (433 ft), steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany, part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: nature and landscape (0.82)
- ◆ Spielzeugmuseum · museum · km 227, 7.1 km off the road
The Historic Toy Museum in Freinsheim (Historisches Spielzeugmuseum Freinsheim) in Germany is a private collection of old toys. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Little France · attraction · km 354, 8.7 km off the road
The Petite France (French pronunciation: ), in Alsatian dialect: Französel; "Little France"), also known as the Quartier des Tanneurs (German: Gerberviertel; "Tanner's Quarter") is the south-western part of the Grande Île of Strasbourg, France, the most central and characteristic island of the city that forms the historic centre. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Mémorial dédié à la catastrophe aérienne du vol 296 d'Air France, 26 juin 1988 · memorial · km 461, 0.5 km off the road
Air France Flight 296Q was a chartered flight of a new Airbus A320 operated by Air Charter International for Air France. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Ehemaliges Kloster St.Urban · attraction · km 533, 8.6 km off the road
St. Urban's Abbey (German: Kloster Sankt Urban) is a former Cistercian monastery in the municipality of Pfaffnau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Teufelsbrücke · attraction · km 653, 0.5 km off the road
- ◆ Museo cantonale di storia naturale · museum · km 753, 2.9 km off the road
Le musée cantonal d'histoire naturelle de Lugano, en italien Museo cantonale di storia naturale di Lugano, est un musée suisse situé à Lugano. Wikipedia (fr)
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.
- 2364 viewpoints — Alter Zoll (km 28), Turnerehrenmal (km 241), Pfalz (km 483), Cima dell'Uomo (km 706)
- 1768 wineries — Weingut Nelles (km 57), Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein (km 98), Weingut Kreutzenberger (km 212), Winery (km 751)
- 1719 castles — Schloss Augustusburg (km 13), Schloss (km 212), Château de Bollwiller (km 437), Burg Hospental (km 649)
- 864 climbing — DAV Kletterzentrum Pfalz Rock (km 218), Felsenmeer (km 249), mur d'escalade (km 477)
- 674 farm shops — Honig vom Imker (km 275), Hofladen (km 573), Bio Hofladen (km 573), Käsespezialitäten 24/7 (km 602)
- 639 swim spots — Melbbad (km 29), Tauris Freizeitbad (km 92), Tomateninseln (km 289), Gartenbad Eglisee (km 483)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.