The road
Paris to Milan by car
867 km, about 7 h 48 on the fastest road, through France, Switzerland and Italy. Fuel from about €134 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €137 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
867 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
7 h 48
without stops
Countries
3
France, Switzerland and Italy
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 717 km
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 7 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 143 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 927 km, about 8 h 12.
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 | €134 | €137 | €271 | 61 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €133 | €137 | €270 | 56 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €263 | €214 | €477 | 111 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.14 · diesel €2.28 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €67 for a car over 717 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €6 for a car over 143 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🌉 Mont Blanc tunnel — €56.4 (Car / ≤ class 2) · unverified
- 🌉 Milan Area C — €7.5 (Car (non-resident)) · unverified
- 🚫 Paris: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; older diesel restricted, weekday limits.
- 🚫 Milan: Area B (older vehicle ban) + Area C (centre charge) — Older diesel/petrol; the central Area C is a paid ZTL.
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
246 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Le relais de la Vallée Blanche · campsite · km 590, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Mont Blanc Plage · campsite · km 592, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 607, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Les Cimes · campsite · km 611, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Perolle · camper site · km 692, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Area parcheggio Novara Ovest · camper site · km 800, 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.
- ◆ Obélisque · attraction · km 33, 8.4 km off the road
- ◆ Menhirs de la Pierre-Fitte · ruins · km 146, 5.2 km off the road
- ◆ Château du Roussay · castle · km 270, 7.8 km off the road
- ◆ Château de Balleure · castle · km 358, 6.6 km off the road
The Château de Balleure is a castle in the commune of Étrigny in the Saône-et-Loire département of France. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Château de Pont-d'Ain · castle · km 452, 2.2 km off the road
- ◆ Pierre des morts;Pierre aux fées · attraction · km 550, 2.2 km off the road
- ◆ Torre dei Signori di Porta S. Orso · attraction · km 667, 0.9 km off the road
- ◆ Abbazia dei Santi Nazario e Celso · attraction · km 787, 2.9 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.
- 1203 castles — Château de Sceaux (km 14), Château de Monthelon (km 223), Château de Rignat (km 435), Castello Di Brissogne (km 665)
- 1043 climbing — La Dame du lac (km 34), Rocher du Duc - Nainville (km 47), Rochers de Faverges (km 532), Palestra di Roccia (km 706)
- 914 viewpoints — Au dessus de l'eau (km 531), Les Quatre Têtes (km 582), Col de Tricot (km 602), Highline Galleria (km 854)
- 425 wineries — Caves de l'Abbaye (km 307), Bouchard Père et Fils (km 307), Domaine Matrot (km 316), Château Feuillet - Azienda Agricola di Fiorano Maurizio (km 650)
- 218 swim spots — Plage ONU (km 536)
- 117 farm shops — La ferme de Budé (km 531), Chèvrerie Pierre à Laya (km 573)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.