The road
Frankfurt am Main to Bolzano by car
628 km, about 6 h 24 on the fastest road, through Germany, Austria and Italy. Fuel from about €90 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €27 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.
628 km fastest road, one way · 6 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 Bolzano - Bozen, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 8 days | 7 nights | ≈ €712 fuel €204 · tolls €33 · 7 nights €149 · food €326 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 8 days | 7 nights | ≈ €712 fuel €204 · tolls €33 · 7 nights €149 · food €326 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 7 days | 6 nights | ≈ €646 fuel €202 · tolls €32 · 6 nights €127 · food €285 |
Places on the way
138 km
Photo: Wolfram Esser · CC BY-SA 3.0 Würzburg Residence
Day 1 · 138 km into the day · a lunch stop
The Würzburg Residence is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representatives of the Austrian/Southern German Baroque style, were involved in the construction, as well as Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand, who were followers of the French style. Wikipedia
486 km
Photo: Wilfredor · CC0 Neuschwanstein Castle
Day 2 · tonight's stop
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria. Wikipedia
39 km
Photo: 2015 Michael 2015 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Marmolada
Day 4 · 39 km from Bolzano - Bozen
Marmolada is a mountain in northeastern Italy and the highest mountain of the Dolomites. Wikipedia
28 km
Photo: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please · CC BY-SA 3.0 Val Gardena
Day 4 · 28 km from Bolzano - Bozen
Val Gardena is a valley in the Dolomites of South Tyrol, Northern Italy. Wikipedia
29 km
Photo: VitVit · CC BY-SA 4.0 Fiemme Valley
Day 4 · 29 km from Bolzano - Bozen
Fiemme Valley is a valley in the Trentino province, i.e. the southern half of the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, in northern Italy, located in the Dolomites mountain region. Wikipedia
35 km
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Hejkal assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5 Gardena Pass
Day 4 · 35 km from Bolzano - Bozen
Gardena Pass is a high mountain pass in the Dolomites of the South Tyrol in northeast Italy. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 412 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 133 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 83 km
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: one day's drive, self-catering for two about €24 — with the fuel and tolls below about €223.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €90 | €27 | €117 | 44 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €91 | €27 | €118 | 41 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €167 | €32 | €199 | 75 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 €5 for a car over 114 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
- 🚫 Frankfurt: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
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
234 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Rodgau-Point · camper site · km 20, 0.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from OpenStreetMap's notes on it: a dump station · electric hook-ups · showers and toilets · a pitch under €25
- ⛺ Steinmanns Töchter Wohnmobilstellplatz Sommerhausen · camper site · km 126, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Lermoos · campsite · km 441, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Zum Vahrner See - Al Lago di Varna · campsite · km 583, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Ansitz Gamp · campsite · km 599, 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 599, 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.
- ◆ Ehemalige Benediktinerabtei Seligenstadt · attraction · km 24, 3.1 km off the road
Das Kloster Seligenstadt war eine Benediktiner-Abtei in Seligenstadt, das vom 9. bis ins 19. Jahrhundert bestand. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Marienberg Fortress · attraction · km 113, 3.9 km off the road
Marienberg Fortress (German: Festung Marienberg) is a prominent landmark on the left bank of the Main river in Würzburg, in the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Schloss Dürrwangen · castle · km 200, 9.7 km off the road
- ◆ Vogelherdhöhle · attraction · km 269, 2.9 km off the road
- ◆ Pfarrkirche St. Verena · attraction · km 336, 7.7 km off the road
- ◆ Neuschwanstein Castle · attraction · km 418, 4.7 km off the road
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced ; Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa; lit. 'Newswanstone') is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: guided tours only
- ◆ Golden Roof Museum · museum · km 511, 1.7 km off the road
The Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof) is a landmark structure located in the Old Town (Altstadt) section of Innsbruck, Austria. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap
- ◆ Prösels Castle · attraction · km 615, 1.8 km off the road
Prösels Castle (German: Schloss Prösels; Italian: Castello di Presule) is a castle in the Gothic style which stands on the high plain below the Schlern mountain, in South Tyrol. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap
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.
- 1231 viewpoints — Bieberer Aussichtsturm (km 14), Petersberg (km 159), Bismarckturm Memmingen (km 338), Bilderrahmen (km 487)
- 717 climbing — Kagstein (km 263), Höttinger Steinbruch (km 503)
- 674 castles — Schloß Schönborn (km 14), Burg Seldeneck (km 166), Burg Berkheim (km 331), Burgruine Hörtenberg (km 478)
- 420 swim spots — FKK (km 18), Dietenheimer Badesee (km 309), Area 47 (km 455), Freibad Tivoli (km 503)
- 216 farm shops
- 178 wineries — Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg (km 114), Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg und Vinothek (km 114), Weinbau K. und P. Pohl (km 119), Eisacktaler Kellerei - Cantina Valle Isarco (km 588)
Trips that end in Bolzano
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.