The road
Frankfurt am Main to Firenze by car
972 km, about 9 h 12 on the fastest road, through Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Fuel from about €136 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €56 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.
972 km fastest road, one way · 9 h 12 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 | ≈ €1,435 + the Gotthard road tunnel fare fuel €121 · tolls €66 · 9 nights €731 · food €517 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €1,435 + the Gotthard road tunnel fare fuel €121 · tolls €66 · 9 nights €731 · food €517 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 9 days | 8 nights | ≈ €1,278 + the Gotthard road tunnel fare fuel €138 · tolls €63 · 8 nights €612 · food €465 |
Places on the way
93 km
Photo: Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 Speyer Cathedral
Day 1 · 93 km into the day · a morning stop
Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae is a historical religious building in Speyer, Germany. Wikipedia
498 km
Photo: Terra (EOS AM-1) satellite · Public domain Alps
Day 2 · 116 km before tonight's stop
The Alps are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 km across several Alpine countries : Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia. Wikipedia
835 km
Photo: Mongolo1984 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Modena Cathedral
Day 3 · 221 km into the day · a lunch stop
Modena Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Modena, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint Geminianus. Wikipedia
38 km
Photo: WikiRomaWiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 San Gimignano
Day 4 · 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 4 · 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 4 · 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 · 324 km
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 288 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 360 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 983 km, about 9 h 30.
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 €28 each, self-catering for two about €30 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €403.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €136 | €56 | €192 | 68 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €133 | €56 | €189 | 63 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €249 | €66 | €315 | 118 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.20 · diesel €2.25 /l
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.07 · diesel €2.27 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €13 for a car over 217 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.89 (Vehicle or trailer up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🌉 Gotthard road tunnel — price not held · 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.
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Sunday trading is restricted almost everywhere — station and petrol-station shops are the reliable exceptions.
Where to sleep beside the road
544 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Hockenheimring Campingplatz C2 · campsite · km 94, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from OpenStreetMap's notes on it: electric hook-ups · motorhomes can come · no dogs · showers and toilets · tents welcome
- ⛺ Hockenheimring Campingplatz C3 · campsite · km 94, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from OpenStreetMap's notes on it: electric hook-ups · motorhomes can come · no dogs · showers and toilets · tents welcome
- ⛺ Trinermatten · camper site · km 379, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from OpenStreetMap's notes on it: electric hook-ups · motorhomes can come
- ⛺ Stellplatz Autobahnraststätte Gotthard, Schattdorf · camper site · km 464, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Camp & Rail Göschenen · camper site · km 487, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come · parking for visitors
- ⛺ Camping Palazzina · campsite · km 577, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come · showers and toilets · not open all year · tents welcome
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Mathildenhöhe · attraction · km 30, 4.7 km off the road
- ◆ Badisches Landesmuseum · museum · km 135, 3.2 km off the road
The Baden State Museum (German: Badisches Landesmuseum) in Karlsruhe is the large cultural, art and regional history museum of the Baden region of Baden-Württemberg . Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap
- ◆ Hochburgmuseum · museum · km 254, 8.2 km off the road
The Hochburg ("high castle") is a castle ruin situated between the city of Emmendingen and the village of Sexau in the region of Baden, located in the southwest of Germany. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: cheap or free · closed part of the year
- ◆ Ehemaliges Kloster St.Urban · attraction · km 369, 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 489, 0.5 km off the road
- ◆ Museo Civico Guido Sutermeister · museum · km 641, 7.7 km off the road
The Guido Sutermeister Civic Museum is an archaeological museum in Legnano, in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy, named after the archaeologist Guido Sutermeister, who desired its foundation. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: cheap or free
- ◆ Palazzo Farnese · attraction · km 729, 3.1 km off the road
Palazzo Farnese is a palace in Piacenza, northern Italy. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Biblioteca Salaborsa · attraction · km 872, 6.1 km off the road
Salaborsa is the main public library in Bologna, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. 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.
- 1753 viewpoints — Aussichtspunkt "Affenfels" (Startbahn West) (km 14), Eichelspitzturm (km 253), Cima dell'Uomo (km 548), Monte Adone (km 881)
- 1752 castles — Schloss Wolfsgarten (km 22), Koliburg (km 247), Burg Hospental (km 487), Rocca di San Giorgio Piacentino (km 732)
- 995 climbing — Pipelisstein (km 218), mur d'escalade (km 322)
- 912 swim spots — Miramar (km 71), Sonnenbad (km 142), Lorettobad (km 263), LodiSplash (km 694)
- 802 farm shops — Adler Mühle - Mühle und Mühlenladen (km 249), Hofladen (km 415), Bio Hofladen (km 415), Käsespezialitäten 24/7 (km 445)
- 627 wineries — Vinothek Affentaler Winzer eG (km 174), Affentaler Winzer eG (km 174), Weingut Huber (km 249), Winery (km 592)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.