The road
Köln to Bolzano by car
801 km, about 7 h 42 on the fastest road, through Germany, Austria and Italy. Fuel from about €117 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.
801 km fastest road, one way · 7 h 42 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 | ≈ €760 fuel €251 · tolls €33 · 7 nights €149 · food €327 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 8 days | 7 nights | ≈ €760 fuel €251 · tolls €33 · 7 nights €149 · food €327 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 7 days | 6 nights | ≈ €688 fuel €242 · tolls €33 · 6 nights €127 · food €286 |
Places on the way
145 km
Photo: Jörg Braukmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 Lorelei
Day 1 · 145 km into the day · a lunch stop
The Lorelei is a 132-metre-high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany, part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wikipedia
672 km
Photo: Wilfredor · CC0 Neuschwanstein Castle
Day 3 · 88 km into the day · a morning 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 · 585 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: 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 €314.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €117 | €27 | €144 | 56 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €116 | €27 | €143 | 52 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €213 | €31 | €244 | 96 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 118 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
- 🚫 Cologne: 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
386 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Hockenheimring Campingplatz C2 · campsite · km 259, 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 260, 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
- ⛺ Camping Lermoos · campsite · km 614, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Zum Vahrner See - Al Lago di Varna · campsite · km 756, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Ansitz Gamp · campsite · km 772, 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 772, 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.
- ◆ Teilstück Römische Wasserleitung · ruins · km 43, 5.4 km off the road
The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Katz Castle · castle · km 124, 9.1 km off the road
Katz Castle (German: Burg Katz) is a castle above the German town of Sankt Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Hungersteine im Rhein · monument · km 209, 6 km off the road
A hunger stone (German: Hungerstein) is a type of hydrological landmark common in Central Europe. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Badisches Landesmuseum · museum · km 301, 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
- ◆ Schertelshöhle · attraction · km 419, 3.9 km off the road
Die Schertelshöhle, eine 212 Meter lange Tropfsteinhöhle, liegt in Baden-Württemberg bei Westerheim im Weißen Jura Delta auf einer Höhe von 775 m ü. Wikipedia (de)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not for small children · not cheap · nature and landscape · a café on site
- ◆ Findling Dengelstein · attraction · km 551, 3 km off the road
- ◆ Stamser Steg · attraction · km 649, 2.1 km off the road
Der Stamser Steg überspannt den Inn nördlich des Ortes Stams in Tirol und verbindet die Gemeinden Stams und Mieming. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Gilfenklamm - Cascata di Stanghe · attraction · km 732, 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
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.
- 2401 viewpoints — Alter Zoll (km 28), Schlossturm (km 296), Heimenstein (km 413), Aussichtsplattform Tuftlalm (km 606)
- 1168 castles — Schloss Augustusburg (km 14), Erkenbert-Ruine (km 219), Bertaburg (km 404), Schloss Fernstein (km 620)
- 908 wineries — Weingut Nelles (km 57), Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein (km 98), Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier (km 209), Eisacktaler Kellerei - Cantina Valle Isarco (km 759)
- 791 climbing — DAV Kletterzentrum Pfalz Rock (km 219), Angelstein (km 316), Wilhelmsfels (km 434), Höttinger Steinbruch (km 674)
- 721 swim spots — Melbbad (km 29), Heinrich-Völker-Bad (km 209), Dietenheimer Badesee (km 481), Area 47 (km 626)
- 586 farm shops — Ölmühle Hof Becker (km 18), Raiffeisenmarkt Kemmler (km 357)
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.