The road
Paris to Bordeaux by car
585 km, about 4 h 54 on the fastest road, through France. Fuel from about €91 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €55 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
585 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
4 h 54
without stops
Countries
1
France
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 585 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 | €91 | €55 | €146 | 41 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €91 | €55 | €146 | 38 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €167 | €93 | €260 | 70 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €55 for a car over 585 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Paris: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; older diesel restricted, weekday limits.
Where to sleep beside the road
166 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Aire camping-car de Saint Avertin · campsite · km 240, 0.7 km off the road
- ⛺ La poitevinière · campsite · km 251, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Aire de Grand Passage des Gens du Voyage · camper site · km 334, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping · campsite · km 531, 0.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Plage du Moulin Blanc · camper site · km 541, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Le Maine Blanc · campsite · km 542, 0.4 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 crash Varig 820 le 11/07/1973 · memorial · km 26, 2.8 km off the road
- ◆ Musée de la guerre 1870 · museum · km 105, 8.8 km off the road
Le musée de la Guerre de 1870 est situé à Loigny-la-Bataille, au sud du département français d'Eure-et-Loir en région Centre-Val de Loire. Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Château Dunois · attraction · km 152, 2.6 km off the road
- ◆ Éolienne Bollée · attraction · km 249, 7.9 km off the road
The Éolienne Bollée is an unusual wind turbine, unique for having a stator and a rotor, as a water turbine has. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Château du Fou · castle · km 313, 5.9 km off the road
- ◆ Donjon de Niort · castle · km 404, 7 km off the road
- ◆ Logis du gouverneur de Saintes · castle · km 472, 2.5 km off the road
- ◆ Grotte de Pair-Non-Pair · museum · km 553, 4.1 km off the road
The Pair-non-Pair Cave is located near the village of Prignac-et-Marcamps, Aquitaine:Gironde (33) department in France. Wikipedia (en)
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.
- 1010 castles — Château de Sceaux (km 15), Tour du Diable (km 153), Château de Valençay (km 298), Château de Bernere (km 454)
- 201 wineries
- 161 viewpoints — Lanterne des morts (km 451)
- 86 swim spots — Aquascope (km 327)
- 84 farm shops
- 46 golf — Golf de Verrières-le-Buisson (km 23), Les Bordes Golf Club (km 153), Golf du Haut Poitou (km 314), Golf Louis-Rouyer-Guillet (km 467)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.