The road
München to Barcelona by car
1425 km, about 12 h 30 on the fastest road, through Germany, France and Spain. Fuel from about €216 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €85 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.
1425 km fastest road, one way · 12 h 30 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 Barcelona, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 15 days | 14 nights | ≈ €1,791 fuel €213 · tolls €84 · 14 nights €896 · food €598 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 14 days | 13 nights | ≈ €1,661 fuel €209 · tolls €78 · 13 nights €816 · food €558 |
| Long days ≈ 7 h a day | 14 days | 13 nights | ≈ €1,661 fuel €209 · tolls €78 · 13 nights €816 · food €558 |
Places on the way
312 km
Photo: Martin Steiger · CC BY-SA 4.0 Reichenau Island
Day 1 · 312 km into the day · a lunch stop
Reichenau Island is an island in Lake Constance in Southern Germany. Wikipedia
1,129 km
Photo: Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 3.0 Pont du Gard
Day 3 · 35 km into the day · a morning stop
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km to the Roman colony of Nemausus. Wikipedia
2 km
Photo: Canaan · CC BY-SA 4.0 Sagrada Família
Day 4 · 2 km from Barcelona
Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, or simply Sagrada Família, is a Catholic church in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Wikipedia
4 km
Photo: Canaan · CC BY-SA 4.0 Park Güell
Day 4 · 4 km from Barcelona
Park Güell is a complex of parks and gardens in Barcelona with architectural elements, located in the La Salut neighborhood of the Gràcia district in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Wikipedia
2 km
Photo: Thomas Ledl · CC BY-SA 4.0 La Pedrera, Barcelona
Day 4 · 2 km from Barcelona
Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera in reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a Modernista building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Wikipedia
39 km
Photo: MARIA ROSA FERRE ✿ · CC BY-SA 2.0 Montserrat (mountain)
Day 4 · 39 km from Barcelona
Montserrat is a multi-peaked mountain range near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 391 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 880 km
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 154 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 1370 km, about 12 h 54.
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 €26 each, self-catering for two about €29 a day — with the fuel and tolls below about €571.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €216 | €85 | €301 | 100 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €211 | €85 | €296 | 93 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €350 | €137 | €487 | 164 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.20 · diesel €2.25 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.21 · diesel €2.35 /l
- 🇪🇸 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.92 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €77 for a car over 824 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €8 for a car over 165 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Munich: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
- 🚫 Barcelona: ZBE Rondes — By DGT environmental label; register foreign plates.
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
1004 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campingplatz Alpenblick · campsite · km 211, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come · showers and toilets · not open all year · wifi · tents welcome
- ⛺ Allmend 2 · camper site · km 216, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: motorhomes can come · parking for visitors · open all year · water within walking distance · a pitch under €25
- ⛺ Allmend 1 · camper site · km 216, 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 · no showers · parking for visitors · open all year · water within walking distance · a pitch under €25
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz P2 Parkplatz · camper site · km 221, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ La Clusa · camper site · km 1259, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from OpenStreetMap's notes on it: motorhomes can come
- ⛺ La Jonquera · camper site · km 1268, 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.
- ◆ Missionsmuseum · museum · km 43, 2.3 km off the road
Das Missionsmuseum in Sankt Ottilien ist ein 1887 in den Räumen der Erzabtei Sankt Ottilien eingerichtetes Museum, das aus einer völker- und naturkundlichen Sammlung aus den ehemaligen Missionsgebieten des Klosters besteht und die Geschichte der Benediktinerkongregation von St. Ottilien dokumentiert. Wikipedia (de)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: likely step-free · cheap or free
- ◆ Museum im Schloss · museum · km 196, 6 km off the road
- ◆ Vestiges du château de Butenheim · ruins · km 391, 3.3 km off the road
Château de Butenheim is a 13th-century castle ruin in the commune of Petit-Landau, in the department of Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Grotte d’Osselle · attraction · km 553, 6.8 km off the road
La grotte d'Osselle est une grotte d'une longueur de 8 kilomètres, située près d'Osselle, à 25 km de Besançon, avec une partie dans le Doubs et une autre dans le Jura en Franche-Comté. Wikipedia (fr)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: nature and landscape
- ◆ Château de Pont-d'Ain · castle · km 723, 1.3 km off the road
Le château de Pont-d'Ain est un château, du XVe siècle, reconstruit au XVIe siècle et modifié au XIXe siècle, centre de la seigneurie de Pont-d'Ain, qui se dresse sur la commune française de Pont-d'Ain dans le département de l'Ain, en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Fontaine Giroud · attraction · km 906, 3.4 km off the road
La fontaine de La Voulte-sur-Rhône, dite fontaine Giroud, est une fontaine située à La Voulte-sur-Rhône, en France. Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Château de Montlaur · castle · km 1070, 9.7 km off the road
- ◆ Chapelle de Saint-Martin-de-Fenollar · attraction · km 1257, 0.3 km off the road
La chapelle Saint-Martin-de-Fenollar (Sant Martí de Fenollar en catalan) est une chapelle préromane située à Maureillas-las-Illas dans le département français des Pyrénées-Orientales en région Occitanie. Wikipedia (fr)
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.
- 2207 castles — Schloss Planegg (km 15), Vestiges du château de Butenheim (km 381), Château de Richemont (km 713), Château du Comte de Turenne (km 1070)
- 1832 viewpoints — Bismarckturm Memmingen (km 111), Wachbühl (km 129), Croix de Bramafan (km 720), Mour (km 1158)
- 1078 swim spots — Beach / swim spot (km 33), Naturkneippanlage (km 65), Strandbad Bad Schachen (km 173), Plage de la Fontaine (km 1089)
- 776 wineries — Winzerverein Hagnau (km 206), Spitalkellerei (km 213), Château de Beaucastel (km 964), Gran Bodega Del Maestrazgo (km 1392)
- 565 farm shops — La Ferme de Lyon (km 755)
- 326 climbing — Carrières de Castries (km 1047), Banyadores (km 1359), escalada Cellecs (km 1362), Bloc District (km 1390)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.