The road
Hamburg to Riva del Garda by car
1124 km, about 11 h on the fastest road, through Germany, Austria and Italy. Fuel from about €164 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €36 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.
1124 km fastest road, one way · 11 h 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 | 12 days | 11 nights | ≈ €1,061 fuel €274 · tolls €62 · 11 nights €235 · food €490 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 11 days | 10 nights | ≈ €1,008 fuel €284 · tolls €62 · 10 nights €213 · food €449 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €901 fuel €259 · tolls €43 · 9 nights €191 · food €408 |
Places on the way
203 km
Photo: Heinz-Josef Lücking · CC BY-SA 3.0 de St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim
Day 1 · 203 km into the day · a lunch stop
The Church of St. Michael is an early-Romanesque church located in Hildesheim, Germany. Wikipedia
570 km
Photo: Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 Bamberg Cathedral
Day 2 · 241 km into the day · an afternoon stop
Bamberg Cathedral is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century. Wikipedia
1,129 km
Photo: Haneburger · Public domain Brenner Pass
Day 4 · 129 km into the day · a lunch stop
The Brenner Pass is a mountain pass over the Alps which forms the border between Italy and Austria. Wikipedia
5 km
Photo: Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0 Riva del Garda
Day 5 · 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 5 · 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 5 · 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 · 805 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 133 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 186 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1116 km, about 11 h 18.
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 €419.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €164 | €36 | €200 | 79 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €163 | €36 | €199 | 73 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €299 | €50 | €349 | 134 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 €14 for a car over 242 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
- 🚫 Hamburg: Diesel-Durchfahrtsverbote (older diesel bans on some streets) — Older diesel vehicles on specific streets.
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
519 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Parkplatz "Großer Freizeitsee" · camper site · km 240, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a dump station · motorhomes can come · parking for visitors · water within walking distance
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 303, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Ansitz Gamp · campsite · km 991, 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
- ⛺ Area Camper Castel Varco Est · camper site · km 1032, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Navis Camper Stop · camper site · km 1061, 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 1098, 0.1 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Bernwardsdenkmal (km 177), Weylanddenkmal (km 283).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Oldendorfer Totenstatt · attraction · km 46, 10 km off the road
- ◆ Rotes Schloss · castle · km 464, 4.9 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely not step-free
- ◆ Schloss Dürrwangen · castle · km 592, 9.7 km off the road
- ◆ Pfarrkirche St. Verena · attraction · km 728, 7.7 km off the road
- ◆ Schloss Petersberg · castle · km 863, 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)
- ◆ Neuhaus · castle · km 1021, 7.2 km off the road
Castel Neuhaus o Maultasch o ancora Casanova (in ted.: Burg Neuhaus o Burg Maultasch) è un castello medievale costruito su uno sperone roccioso, sopra l'abitato di Terlano. Wikipedia (it)
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.
- 2214 viewpoints — Leuchtfeuer Bunthaus (km 15), Aussichtsturm Odenberg (km 315), Aalbäumle (km 618), Kriegerdenkmal (km 876)
- 1333 castles — Schloss Rethmar (km 162), Brackenburg (km 283), Burg Hohenkressberg (km 584), Burg Klamm (km 849)
- 877 climbing — RoXx-Kletterzentrum (km 255), Scharfenstein (km 315), Kagstein (km 648), Höttinger Steinbruch (km 887)
- 629 swim spots — Strandbad Dorfmark (km 86), Hochbad Rattwerder (km 288), Dietenheimer Badesee (km 694), Freibad Tivoli (km 887)
- 393 farm shops
- 335 wineries — Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg (km 499), Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg und Vinothek (km 499), Weinbau K. und P. Pohl (km 508), Eisacktaler Kellerei - Cantina Valle Isarco (km 971)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.