The road
Lyon to Barcelona by car
639 km, about 5 h 24 on the fastest road, through France and Spain. Fuel from about €95 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €52 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
639 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h 24
without stops
Countries
2
France and Spain
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 449 km
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 190 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 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.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €95 | €52 | €147 | 45 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €93 | €52 | €145 | 42 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €172 | €87 | €259 | 77 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇪🇸 petrol €1.93 · diesel €1.92 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €42 for a car over 449 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €10 for a car over 190 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Lyon: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; order the sticker before you go.
- 🚫 Barcelona: ZBE Rondes — By DGT environmental label; register foreign plates.
Where to sleep beside the road
488 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Aire de camping-car de Valence · camper site · km 102, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Aire de camping-car de Valence · camper site · km 102, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Les Cyprès · campsite · km 238, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Le Floréal · campsite · km 298, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ La Clusa · camper site · km 474, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Jonquera · camper site · km 482, 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.
- ◆ Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie · museum · km 31, 1.1 km off the road
Le musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Vienne est un musée français. Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Autel du Taurobole · attraction · km 85, 2.5 km off the road
L’autel taurobolique de Tain-l'Hermitage, communément appelé « taurobole », est un autel taurobolique romain, situé à Tain-l'Hermitage, dans le département français de la Drôme. Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Forteresse de Mornas · attraction · km 188, 0.4 km off the road
La forteresse de Mornas, dans le département de Vaucluse, se dresse sur un éperon rocheux de la rive gauche du Rhône, dominant le village de Mornas, établi à son pied, et les environs. Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Oppidum d'Ambrussum · ruins · km 273, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ Musée Noilly Prat · museum · km 337, 6.7 km off the road
- ◆ Oppidum de Pech Maho · attraction · km 404, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ Castell de Cabrera · castle · km 482, 7.8 km off the road
- ◆ Castell de Montsoriu · attraction · km 579, 7.3 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.
- 1424 castles — Château de Foudras (km 16), Château de Donzère (km 162), Basilique gallo-romaine de Balaruc-les-Bains (km 320), Castell de Canadal (km 481)
- 658 viewpoints — Panorama du Rocher des Doms (km 211), Viewpoint (km 211), Mour (km 396), Torrassa del Moro (km 596)
- 641 wineries — Château de Beaucastel (km 200), Les Vignerons de Tavel et de Lirac (km 213), Cave Coopérative Les Vignerons Libres (km 364)
- 320 swim spots — Plage Sérignan (km 359), Aquajet (km 379), Plage de Leucate-Plage (km 419), Platja de la Barca Maria (km 626)
- 166 climbing — Carrières de Castries (km 284), Banyadores (km 601), escalada Cellecs (km 604)
- 161 farm shops — Ferme la Reboule (km 211), Ferme du Bourgas (km 215)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.