The road
Lyon to Interlaken by car
365 km, about 3 h 24 on the fastest road, through France and Switzerland. Fuel from about €50 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €51 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
365 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
3 h 24
without stops
Countries
2
France and Switzerland
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 121 km
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 244 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 372 km, about 3 h 36.
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 | €50 | €51 | €101 | 26 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €50 | €51 | €101 | 24 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €94 | €57 | €151 | 45 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €8 for a car over 121 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.51 (Vehicle or trailer up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🚫 Lyon: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; order the sticker before you go.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Sunday trading is restricted almost everywhere — station and petrol-station shops are the reliable exceptions.
Where to sleep beside the road
130 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ TCS Camping Morges · campsite · km 198, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Les Joncs · camper site · km 270, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Insula dulcamara · camper site · km 310, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 320, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Stellplatz Gwatt · camper site · km 342, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Genossenschaft Camping Faulenseebad · campsite · km 349, 0.5 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Stèle du génocide arménien · memorial · km 17, 0.9 km off the road
- ◆ Mirage III RD · attraction · km 50, 2.5 km off the road
- ◆ Château de Novéry · castle · km 126, 4.5 km off the road
- ◆ The Globe of Science and Innovation · museum · km 148, 3.2 km off the road
- ◆ Château d’Allaman · castle · km 190, 0.7 km off the road
- ◆ Chateau de Chenaux · castle · km 253, 2.3 km off the road
- ◆ Zentrum Paul Klee · museum · km 310, 0.1 km off the road
The Zentrum Paul Klee is a museum dedicated to the artist Paul Klee, located in Bern, Switzerland, and designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Abegg Stiftung · museum · km 325, 5.6 km off the road
Die Abegg-Stiftung ist ein Textilmuseum und textilwissenschaftliches Institut in Riggisberg, Kanton Bern, Schweiz. Wikipedia (de)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: not cheap (0.16)
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.
- 683 castles — Tour du château de Miribel (km 13), Château de Châtillon-en-Michaille (km 103), Château d’Allaman (km 188), Schloss Murten (km 275)
- 558 viewpoints — Croix de Bramafan (km 45), Au dessus de l'eau (km 148), Tour de Sauvabelin (km 204), Möösliturm (km 275)
- 537 swim spots — Plage ONU (km 152), Plage de la petite Amérique (km 242)
- 360 farm shops — La ferme de Budé (km 151)
- 202 climbing — Rochers de Faverges (km 137), Bloc du Carrousel (km 137), Bloc du Golf (km 140), Bloc de la Lame (km 140)
- 163 wineries — Domaine de Maison Blanche (km 184)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.