The road
Köln to Dubrovnik by car
1666 km, about 15 h 54 on the fastest road, through Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. Fuel from about €229 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €86 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.
1666 km fastest road, one way · 15 h 54 driving without stops · 4 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 Dubrovnik, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 15 days | 14 nights | ≈ €1,860 fuel €220 · tolls €99 · 14 nights €972 · food €569 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 14 days | 13 nights | ≈ €1,760 fuel €222 · tolls €101 · 13 nights €906 · food €531 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 13 days | 12 nights | ≈ €1,650 fuel €218 · tolls €101 · 12 nights €838 · food €493 |
Places on the way
314 km
Photo: Wolfram Esser · CC BY-SA 3.0 Würzburg Residence
Day 1 · 111 km before tonight's 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
587 km
Photo: Thomas Euler from Wermelskirchen, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 Bavarian Forest
Day 2 · 162 km into the day · a morning stop
The Bavarian Forest is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany, that is about 100 kilometres long. Wikipedia
1,778 km
Photo: Neoneo13 · Public domain Mljet
Day 4 · 84 km before tonight's stop
Mljet is the southernmost and easternmost of the larger Adriatic islands of the Dalmatia region of Croatia, known also as Croatia's "greenest island". Wikipedia
24 km
Photo: InDoRoN · CC BY-SA 3.0 Vjetrenica Cave
Day 5 · 24 km from Dubrovnik
Vjetrenica is the largest cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the most biodiverse cave in the world. Wikipedia
3 km
Photo: Timur Voronkov · Public domain Lokrum
Day 5 · 3 km from Dubrovnik
Lokrum is an island in the Adriatic Sea 600 metres from the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Wikipedia
2 km
Photo: Bracodbk · CC BY-SA 3.0 Walls of Dubrovnik
Day 5 · 2 km from Dubrovnik
The Walls of Dubrovnik are a series of defensive stone walls surrounding the city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 637 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 307 km
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 98 km
- 🇭🇷 Croatia · 624 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1669 km, about 17 h 24.
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: 3 days of driving, 2 nights at a campsite about €20 each, self-catering for two about €24 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €645.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €229 | €86 | €315 | 117 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €229 | €86 | €315 | 108 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €422 | €111 | €533 | 200 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.20 · diesel €2.25 /l
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.84 · diesel €2.14 /l
- 🇸🇮 petrol €1.76 · diesel €1.98 /l
- 🇭🇷 petrol €1.83 · diesel €1.98 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇭🇷 Motorway tolls in Croatia: about €41 for a car over 606 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🎫 Slovenian e-vignette — €16 (Car / campervan ≤ 3.5 t (class 2A)) · unverified
- 🌉 Bosruck tunnel (A9) — €7 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t (car, campervan, motorhome ≤ 3.5 t)) · unverified
- 🌉 Gleinalm tunnel (A9) — €12 (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
474 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campingplatz Euelen · campsite · km 24, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come · tents welcome · water within walking distance
- ⛺ Majolka · camper site · km 993, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Good Energy Camping · campsite · km 1572, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Budina · campsite · km 1625, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Baldo · camper site · km 1629, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 1648, 0 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Landsturmdenkmal (km 45), Fra Andrija Kačić Miošić (km 1503).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Schloss Mespelbrunn · attraction · km 243, 3.9 km off the road
- ◆ Schloss Grünsberg · attraction · km 423, 1.4 km off the road
Grünsberg bei Altdorf im Nürnberger Land ist eine Burganlage, die noch auf das 13. Jahrhundert zurückgeht und seit dem 16. Jahrhundert durch verschiedene Nürnberger Patrizierfamilien zu einem repräsentativen Landsitz ausgebaut wurde. Wikipedia (de)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely not step-free
- ◆ Freilichtmuseum Hackenschmiede · museum · km 710, 8.7 km off the road
- ◆ Fairytale Express · attraction · km 891, 4.5 km off the road
The Fairytale Express Graz is a 2 km (1.2 mi) long 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge grotto railway in the tunnel of the Schloßberg (castle hill) in Graz. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: not cheap · mostly indoors · activities for children
- ◆ Museum of Broken Relationships · museum · km 1069, 8.3 km off the road
- ◆ Asseria · castle · km 1354, 4.1 km off the road
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.
- 1572 viewpoints — Broderkonsberg (km 47), Viewpoint (km 428), Jungfernsprung (km 867), Šupja stina (km 1454)
- 1135 castles — Ruins (km 22), Burgruine Haimburg (km 425), Ruine Hauenstein (km 840), Tvrđava Fortica (km 1284)
- 1132 swim spots — Freibad Maaraue (km 161), Aquapulco die Piratenwelt (km 678), Margaretenbad (km 867), Banj (km 1357)
- 409 farm shops — Ölmühle Hof Becker (km 24), Spargel-Hof Körner (km 376)
- 364 wineries — Weingut Broel (km 44), Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg (km 292), Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg und Vinothek (km 292), Vinogradništvo Ornik (km 929)
- 210 climbing — Hohler Stein (km 146), BLOCKHELDEN Boulderhalle Frankenjura (km 373), Peggauer Wand (km 855)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.