The road
Köln to Riva del Garda by car
905 km, about 8 h 42 on the fastest road, through Germany, Austria and Italy. Fuel from about €132 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.
905 km fastest road, one way · 8 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 Riva del Garda, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €954 fuel €229 · tolls €43 · 9 nights €204 · food €478 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 10 days | 9 nights | ≈ €954 fuel €229 · tolls €43 · 9 nights €204 · food €478 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 9 days | 8 nights | ≈ €903 fuel €240 · tolls €51 · 8 nights €182 · food €430 |
Places on the way
160 km
Photo: Jörg Braukmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 Lorelei
Day 1 · 94 km before tonight's 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
433 km
Photo: de:Benutzer:FloSch · CC BY-SA 3.0 Grande Île, Strasbourg
Day 2 · 63 km before tonight's stop
The Grande Île is an island that lies at the historic centre of Strasbourg, France. Wikipedia
905 km
Photo: Biovit · Public domain Engadin
Day 4 · 112 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 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 · 585 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 133 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 186 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 894 km, about 9 h 12.
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 €355.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €132 | €35 | €167 | 63 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €131 | €35 | €166 | 59 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €239 | €46 | €285 | 107 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 217 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
469 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
- ⛺ 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
- ⛺ Area Camper Castel Varco Est · camper site · km 814, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Navis Camper Stop · camper site · km 842, 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 880, 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)
- ◆ Lorelei · attraction · km 128, 9.3 km off the road
The Lorelei ( LORR-ə-ly; German: Loreley or Lorelei, pronounced or ; also found as Loreleï, Lore Lay, Lore-Ley, Lurley, Lurelei and Lurlei throughout history) is a 132-metre-high (433 ft), steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany, part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: nature and landscape
- ◆ 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
- ◆ Lokomotive 38 3650 · attraction · km 362, 6.8 km off the road
The Prussian Class P 8 of the Prussian state railways (DRG Class 38.10-40 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn) was a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built from 1906 to 1923 by the Berliner Maschinenbau (previously Schwartzkopff) and twelve other German factories. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely not step-free
- ◆ Museum im Konventbau · museum · km 470, 6.7 km off the road
- ◆ Neuschwanstein Castle · attraction · km 592, 4.7 km off the road
Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced ; Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa; lit. 'Newswanstone') 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 (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: guided tours only
- ◆ Golden Roof Museum · museum · km 685, 1.7 km off the road
The Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof) is a landmark structure located in the Old Town (Altstadt) section of Innsbruck, Austria. Wikipedia (en)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap
- ◆ Neuhaus · castle · km 802, 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.
- 2984 viewpoints — Alter Zoll (km 28), Schlossturm (km 296), Berblinger-Turm (km 461), Fotopoint Ranui (km 750)
- 1631 castles — Schloss Augustusburg (km 14), ehemaliges von Hallbergsches Schloss (km 227), Caponniere 8 (km 461), Burg Trautson (km 686)
- 1066 climbing — DAV Kletterzentrum Pfalz Rock (km 217), Angelstein (km 315), Höttinger Steinbruch (km 671), Muro dell'Asino (km 879)
- 969 wineries — Weingut Nelles (km 58), Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein (km 98), Jacques' Wein-Depot (km 365), Eisacktaler Kellerei - Cantina Valle Isarco (km 756)
- 758 swim spots — Melbbad (km 29), Tauris Freizeitbad (km 91), Fächerbad (km 294), Dietenheimer Badesee (km 478)
- 607 farm shops — Ölmühle Hof Becker (km 19), Raiffeisenmarkt Kemmler (km 355)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.