The road
Frankfurt am Main to Riva del Garda by car
731 km, about 7 h 24 on the fastest road, through Germany, Austria and Italy. Fuel from about €105 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €35 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.
731 km fastest road, one way · 7 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 Riva del Garda, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 11 days | 10 nights | ≈ €1,004 fuel €199 · tolls €43 · 10 nights €225 · food €537 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €937 fuel €203 · tolls €43 · 9 nights €203 · food €488 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 9 days | 8 nights | ≈ €824 fuel €172 · tolls €43 · 8 nights €169 · food €440 |
Places on the way
123 km
Photo: Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 Speyer Cathedral
Day 1 · 123 km into the day · a lunch 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
423 km
Photo: Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 Rhine Falls
Day 2 · 110 km into the day · a morning stop
The Rhine Falls is a waterfall on the High Rhine in Switzerland. Wikipedia
758 km
Photo: Biovit · Public domain Engadin
Day 3 · 116 km into the day · a morning stop
The Engadin or Engadine is a long high Alpine valley region in the eastern Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden in southeasternmost Switzerland with about 25,000 inhabitants. Wikipedia
5 km
Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0 Riva del Garda
Day 4 · 5 km from Riva del Garda
Riva del Garda is a town and comune in the northern Italian province of Trento of the Trentino Alto Adige region. Wikipedia
33 km
Photo: Markus Bernet · CC BY-SA 2.0 Brenta group
Day 4 · 33 km from Riva del Garda
The Brenta Group or Brenta Dolomites is a mountain range, and a subrange of the Rhaetian Alps in the Southern Limestone Alps mountain group. Wikipedia
32 km
Photo: 1978 Monica · CC BY-SA 4.0 Adamello Brenta Natural Park
Day 4 · 32 km from Riva del Garda
The Adamello Brenta Natural Park is a nature reserve in Trentino, Italy. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 412 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 133 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 186 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 723 km, about 7 h 42.
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 €309.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €105 | €35 | €140 | 51 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €106 | €35 | €141 | 48 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €193 | €46 | €239 | 87 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 €13 for a car over 211 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
317 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping Lermoos · campsite · km 441, 0.1 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
- ⛺ Area Camper Castel Varco Est · camper site · km 640, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Navis Camper Stop · camper site · km 669, 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 706, 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)
- ◆ Museum 3. Dimension · museum · km 200, 8.3 km off the road
- ◆ Museum der Gartenkultur · museum · km 311, 1 km off the road
- ◆ Findling Dengelstein · attraction · km 377, 3 km off the road
- ◆ Schloss Petersberg · castle · km 471, 4.9 km off the road
Die Burg St. Petersberg ist eine Höhenburg auf einem Hügel oberhalb des Inntals westlich von Silz in Tirol. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Gilfenklamm - Cascata di Stanghe · attraction · km 559, 4.7 km off the road
Le cascate di Stanghe (Gilfenklamm in tedesco) si trovano nei pressi di Racines, vicino a Vipiteno, tra la Val Ridanna e la Valle di Racines. Wikipedia (it)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: known for the view · nature and landscape
- ◆ Museo Diocesano Tridentino · museum · km 682, 1 km off the road
Il Museo diocesano tridentino è ospitato nelle sale di Palazzo Pretorio, dall'Alto Medio Evo residenza dei principi vescovi eretta accanto al duomo di Trento, al centro della città. Wikipedia (it)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap · known for the view
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.
- 1937 viewpoints — Bieberer Aussichtsturm (km 13), Aalbäumle (km 228), Aussichtspunkt Kienberg (km 392), Fotopoint Ranui (km 583)
- 1210 castles — Rumpenheimer Schloss (km 13), Burg Hohenkressberg (km 196), Burgruine Wagegg (km 367), Schloss - Castello Wolfsthurn (km 549)
- 976 climbing — Kagstein (km 262), Höttinger Steinbruch (km 502), Muro dell'Asino (km 716), Falesia Placche di Baone (km 716)
- 462 swim spots — Heinrich-Fischer-Bad (km 19), FKK (km 25), Dietenheimer Badesee (km 309), Freizeitzentrum Sautens (km 454)
- 328 wineries — Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg (km 114), Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg und Vinothek (km 114), Weinbau K. und P. Pohl (km 120), Eisacktaler Kellerei - Cantina Valle Isarco (km 587)
- 251 farm shops
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.