The road
Köln to Füssen by car
591 km, about 5 h 24 on the fastest road, through Germany. Fuel from about €91 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
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.
591 km fastest road, one way · 5 h 24 driving without stops · 1 country
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 Füssen, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 6 days | 5 nights | ≈ €555 fuel €199 · 5 nights €110 · food €246 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 5 days | 4 nights | ≈ €491 fuel €198 · 4 nights €88 · food €205 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 5 days | 4 nights | ≈ €491 fuel €198 · 4 nights €88 · food €205 |
Places on the way
290 km
Photo: Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 Speyer Cathedral
Day 1 · 44 km before tonight's 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
4 km
Photo: Wilfredor · CC0 Neuschwanstein Castle
Day 3 · 4 km from Füssen
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
27 km
Photo: Tuxyso · CC BY-SA 4.0 Zugspitze
Day 3 · 27 km from Füssen
The Zugspitze, at 2,962 m above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in Germany. Wikipedia
20 km
Photo: Bönisch · CC BY-SA 2.0 de Wieskirche
Day 3 · 20 km from Füssen
The Pilgrimage Church of Wies is a Roman Catholic oval Rococo church, designed in the late 1740s and completed in 1754. It is the major work of the brothers Johann Baptist and Dominikus Zimmermann, the latter of whom lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life. Wikipedia
20 km
Photo: Softeis · CC BY-SA 3.0 Linderhof Palace
Day 3 · 20 km from Füssen
Linderhof Palace is a schloss in Germany, 10 km west of the village of Ettal in southwest Bavaria. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 591 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 588 km, about 5 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: one day's drive, self-catering for two about €24 — with the fuel and tolls below about €183.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €91 | €0 | €91 | 41 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €87 | €0 | €87 | 38 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €159 | €0 | €159 | 71 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.20 · diesel €2.25 /l
Charged on the way
- 🚫 Cologne: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
No motorway tolls or paid crossings on this road that we hold.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
326 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Siesta Campingplatz · campsite · km 78, 0.3 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a dump station · electric hook-ups · motorhomes can come · showers and toilets · parking for visitors · not open all year · tents welcome · a restaurant or bar on site
- ⛺ An der Pfaffenheck · campsite · km 140, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Weingut Schlossmühle · camper site · km 160, 0.2 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: electric hook-ups · showers and toilets · wifi · a pitch over €25
- ⛺ 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
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplätze Merklingen · camper site · km 429, 0.3 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Römische Wasserleitung · ruins · km 34, 5.6 km off the road
The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Andernach Geyser · attraction · km 86, 6.4 km off the road
Andernach Geyser (German: Geysir Andernach, previously Namedyer Sprudel) is the highest cold-water geyser in the world, reaching heights of 30 to 60 metres. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: fine with small children · not cheap · guided tours only · nature and landscape · an audio guide · activities for children
- ◆ Expedition GeForce · attraction · km 243, 6.7 km off the road
Expedition GeForce is a steel roller coaster located at Plopsaland Deutschland in Haßloch, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely not step-free
- ◆ 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
- ◆ Reste de "Natter"-Startrampe Ablage · ruins · km 399, 0.1 km off the road
The Bachem Ba 349 Natter (English: Colubrid, grass-snake) is a German rocket-powered point-defence interceptor that was developed during the latter portion of the Second World War. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Ulmer Schachtel · attraction · km 448, 7.2 km off the road
- ◆ Findling Dengelstein · attraction · km 551, 3 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.
- 1995 viewpoints — Alter Zoll (km 28), Rittersaal (km 160), Schlossturm (km 299), König-Wilhelm-Turm (km 445)
- 900 wineries — Weingut Nelles (km 57), Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein (km 99), Bischöfliches Weingut Rüdesheim (km 163), Jacques' Wein-Depot (km 369)
- 818 castles — Schloss Augustusburg (km 14), Heimburg (km 148), Schloss Gottesaue (km 299), Örlinger Turm (Werk XXXVIII) (km 445)
- 659 swim spots — Melbbad (km 29), Heinrich-Völker-Bad (km 210), Fächerbad (km 297), Dietenheimer Badesee (km 484)
- 545 farm shops — Ölmühle Hof Becker (km 17), Raiffeisenmarkt Kemmler (km 359)
- 172 climbing — DAV Kletterzentrum Pfalz Rock (km 221), Angelstein (km 318)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.