The road
Paris to Prague by car
1037 km, about 9 h 12 on the fastest road, through France, Germany and Czechia. Fuel from about €160 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €43 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
1037 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
9 h 12
without stops
Countries
3
France, Germany and Czechia
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇷 France · 334 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 489 km
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 214 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 | €160 | €43 | €203 | 73 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €159 | €43 | €202 | 67 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €293 | €65 | €358 | 124 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.07 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €31 for a car over 334 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) — €12 (Vehicle ≤ 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🚫 Paris: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; older diesel restricted, weekday limits.
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
333 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping Paris-Est · campsite · km 13, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz „Am Spicherer Berg“ · campsite · km 389, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Hockenheimring Campingplatz C2 · campsite · km 539, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Hockenheimring Campingplatz C3 · campsite · km 540, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Freizeitwelt Nagel Stellplatz · camper site · km 701, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Vohenstrauß · camper site · km 851, 0.3 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Musée de l'Histoire Vivante · museum · km 13, 4.1 km off the road
The Musée de l'Histoire vivante (Museum of Living History) is a history museum located in Montreuil-sous-bois, adjacent to the eastern part of Paris, France. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Borne Vauthier Demarcation Stone · memorial · km 134, 1.2 km off the road
- ◆ Fort de Vaux · attraction · km 265, 8.8 km off the road
- ◆ Fischbachbad · ruins · km 392, 7.2 km off the road
- ◆ Dom zu Speyer · attraction · km 533, 3.4 km off the road
Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae (German: Domkirche St. Maria und St. Stephan zu Speyer) is a historical religious building in Speyer, Germany. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Burg Wahrberg · castle · km 686, 1.3 km off the road
- ◆ Industrie- und Bergbaumuseum · museum · km 806, 1 km off the road
- ◆ Věžka · ruins · km 949, 7.6 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.
- 2988 climbing — DAV Kletterzentrum Pfalz Rock (km 497), Kuhfels (km 779), FreeSolo (km 1025)
- 1344 castles — Fort de Nogent (km 13), Fort de Tavannes (km 262), Synagoge Speyer (km 527), Schweppermannsburg (km 780)
- 1319 viewpoints — Viewpoint (km 388), Windrose (km 390), Eulenberg (km 555), Sylván (km 918)
- 539 swim spots — Altmühlbad Leutershausen (km 681), Stadionbad (km 741), Hostivařská přehrada (km 1025)
- 479 wineries — Champagne Charles Cazanove (km 137), Weingut Kreutzenberger (km 484), Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier (km 489), Víno Hruška (km 1024)
- 316 farm shops — Wintringer Hofladen (km 391)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.