The road
Milan to Barcelona by car
979 km, about 8 h 30 on the fastest road, through Italy, France and Spain. Fuel from about €147 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €81 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
979 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
8 h 30
without stops
Countries
3
Italy, France and Spain
The road, country by country
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 299 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 494 km
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 186 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 | €147 | €81 | €228 | 69 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €144 | €81 | €225 | 64 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €266 | €133 | €399 | 117 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.14 · diesel €2.28 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇪🇸 petrol €1.93 · diesel €1.92 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €46 for a car over 494 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €18 for a car over 299 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €9 for a car over 186 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🌉 Milan Area C — €7.5 (Car (non-resident)) · unverified
- 🚫 Milan: Area B (older vehicle ban) + Area C (centre charge) — Older diesel/petrol; the central Area C is a paid ZTL.
- 🚫 Barcelona: ZBE Rondes — By DGT environmental label; register foreign plates.
Where to sleep beside the road
587 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Parcheggio camper Via Natta · camper site · km 159, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Aloha area camper · camper site · km 193, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Aloha · camper site · km 193, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Provençale · campsite · km 353, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Clusa · camper site · km 813, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Jonquera · camper site · km 822, 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.
- ◆ Certosa di Pavia · attraction · km 25, 7.4 km off the road
- ◆ Palazzo Beato Jacopo · attraction · km 158, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ Musée Jean Cocteau - Collection Severin Wunderman · museum · km 286, 1.9 km off the road
- ◆ Khatchkar · memorial · km 376, 5.6 km off the road
A khachkar (also spelled as khatchkar) or Armenian cross-stone (Armenian: խաչքար, pronounced , խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, interlaces, and botanical motifs. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Pont Flavien · ruins · km 524, 9.7 km off the road
- ◆ Oppidum d'Ambrussum · ruins · km 612, 0.8 km off the road
- ◆ Abbaye de Fontfroide · attraction · km 737, 4.7 km off the road
- ◆ Castell de Sant Miquel · attraction · km 872, 3.7 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.
- 2419 swim spots — Spiaggia di Malpasso (km 177), Beach / swim spot (km 251), Aquajet (km 705), Plage de Leucate-Plage (km 747)
- 1827 castles — Cascina Piccola (km 18), La Fortezza (km 249), Château de la Reine Jeanne (km 491), Chapelle Saint-Aubin (km 747)
- 1283 viewpoints — Spiaggia nudisti (km 151), Mont Bastide (km 298), Pont Van-Gogh (km 550), Torrassa del Moro (km 922)
- 662 climbing — Gioia (km 154), Castillon Secteur La Traduction (km 283), Carrières de Castries (km 612), escalada Cellecs (km 930)
- 660 wineries — Jas d'Esclans (km 380), Cave Coopérative Les Vignerons Libres (km 692), Gran Bodega Del Maestrazgo (km 960)
- 155 farm shops — Azienda Agricola Capiaghi Ferdinando (km 209)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.