The road
Prague to Venice by car
816 km, about 7 h 12 on the fastest road, through Czechia, Austria and Italy. Fuel from about €112 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €31 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
816 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
7 h 12
without stops
Countries
3
Czechia, Austria and Italy
The road, country by country
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 243 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 418 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 155 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 | €112 | €31 | €143 | 57 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €116 | €31 | €147 | 53 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €215 | €38 | €253 | 98 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.07 /l
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.93 · diesel €2.24 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.14 · diesel €2.28 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €9 for a car over 155 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🎫 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) — €12 (Vehicle ≤ 3.5 t) · unverified
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇦🇹 Austria — Shops are shut on Sundays by law, with station and petrol-station shops the usual exceptions. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
258 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ EKRV Donau Linz Camping Zeltplatz · campsite · km 239, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ See-Camping Eben · campsite · km 441, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Alter Jagdhof · camper site · km 446, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Nachtstellplatz Hinterrohrgut · camper site · km 450, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 739, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Area camper Fratta Nord · camper site · km 740, 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.
- ◆ sv. Donát z Arezza · memorial · km 18, 3.8 km off the road
- ◆ Locus Perennis - Věčné místo · memorial · km 144, 5 km off the road
- ◆ Burg Neuaist · castle · km 223, 4.7 km off the road
- ◆ Gustav Mahler Komponierhäuschen · attraction · km 337, 7.7 km off the road
- ◆ Werfen Ice Caves · attraction · km 417, 1.4 km off the road
- ◆ Burg Landskron · attraction · km 559, 0.6 km off the road
- ◆ Museo civico di Gemona · museum · km 661, 3.6 km off the road
- ◆ Cason di Piavon · attraction · km 766, 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.
- 855 viewpoints — Viewpoint (km 14), Rozhledna Skalka (km 27), Frankenberger Kircherl (km 225), Gamskogel (km 451)
- 842 castles — zámek Petrovice (km 13), Burgruine Dornach (km 208), Festung Hohenwerfen (km 414), Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (km 637)
- 656 climbing — Observation tower (km 13), Gitschenwand (km 400), Klettergarten Pass Lueg (km 405), Klettergarten Werfenerhütte (km 416)
- 469 swim spots — Zone A - Baden (km 257), Spa & Familien Resort RupertusTherme (km 376), Watzmanntherme (km 397)
- 203 farm shops — Nußböckgut (km 243), Mercato Coldiretti Villaggio del Sole (km 677), Mercato Coldiretti (km 677), Mercato Coldiretti Udine Centro (km 680)
- 147 wineries
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.