Cologne to Strasbourg by car

The road, country by country

• 🇩🇪 Germany · 301 km
• 🇫🇷 France · 56 km

With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 360 km, about 3 h 12.

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.

• 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
• 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l

Shops on a Sunday

• 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.

Where to sleep beside the road

283 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:

• ⛺ Siesta Campingplatz · campsite · km 79, 0.3 km off the road

  🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come (0.93) · showers and toilets (0.97) · not open all year (0.09) · tents welcome (0.98) · electric hook-ups (0.91) · a dump station (0.96)

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• ⛺ An der Pfaffenheck · campsite · km 140, 0.3 km off the road
• ⛺ Michels Land · camper site · km 154, 0.3 km off the road
• ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Weingut Schlossmühle · camper site · km 161, 0.2 km off the road

  🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: showers and toilets (0.97) · wifi (0.97) · electric hook-ups (0.89) · a pitch over €25 (0.20)

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• ⛺ La Ola Wohnmobilstellplatz · camper site · km 266, 0.4 km off the road

  🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a playground (0.69) · no showers (0.10) · electric hook-ups (0.89) · a dump station (0.93) · a pool (0.74) · a restaurant or bar on site (0.75)

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• ⛺ Camping du Staedly · campsite · km 314, 0.4 km off the road

  🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come (0.92) · showers and toilets (0.96) · not open all year (0.03) · wifi (0.94) · tents welcome (0.97)

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Worth a detour

Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.

• ◆ Driftblock Klippe · attraction · km 22, 3.6 km off the road
• ◆ Aalschokker Aranka · attraction · km 54, 9.7 km off the road
• ◆ Burg Thurant · castle · km 112, 4.4 km off the road

  The ruins of the Thurant Castle (German: Burg Thurant, also Thurandt or Thurand) stand on a wide slate hill spur above the villages of Alken on the Moselle in Germany. Wikipedia (en)

  🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: likely not step-free (0.03) · known for the view (0.92)

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• ◆ Pfalzgrafenstein Castle · attraction · km 141, 9.3 km off the road

  Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (German: Burg Pfalzgrafenstein), also known as the Pfalz, is a toll castle situated on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, adjacent to Kaub, Germany. Wikipedia (en)

• ◆ Mikwe · attraction · km 213, 5.1 km off the road

  Die Mikwe in Worms stammt aus dem Hochmittelalter und ist Teil des UNESCO-Welterbes der SchUM-Stätten von Speyer, Worms und Mainz, der SchUM-Städte. Wikipedia (de)

• ◆ 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)

• ◆ Porte de Landau · attraction · km 294, 1.7 km off the road

  Das Landauer Tor (französisch Porte de Landau) in Lauterbourg im Elsass geht auf eine hochmittelalterliche Festungsanlage zurück und wurde 1706 zur Stadtwächterwohnung umgebaut. Wikipedia (de)

• ◆ 2e Division Blindée · memorial · km 334, 2.6 km off the road

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.

• 1441 viewpoints — Alter Zoll (km 29), Ümerich (km 48), Carolaturm (km 100), Observation tower (km 181)
• 1342 wineries — Weingut Nelles (km 59), Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein (km 100), Bischöfliches Weingut Rüdesheim (km 164), Weingut Leo Lahm (km 186)
• 580 castles — Schloss Augustusburg (km 14), Schloß Liebieg (km 103), Alzeyer Schloss (km 191), Fort Ney (km 338)
• 341 swim spots — Melbbad (km 30), Tauris Freizeitbad (km 94), Heinrich-Völker-Bad (km 212), Tomateninseln (km 294)
• 241 farm shops — Honig vom Imker (km 280)
• 101 climbing — DAV Kletterzentrum Pfalz Rock (km 222), Felsenmeer (km 254)

On this road

• dogs welcome · 37
• good with small children · 25
• motorhome-friendly · 81
• quiet · 13
• step-free · 45
• tents welcome · 38