The road
Tampere to Torrevieja by car and ferry
4210 km, about 40 h 12 on the fastest road, the Tallinn–Helsinki ferry included, through Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, France and Spain. Fuel from about €587 in a petrol car at this week's prices, tolls about €139, the ferry for a car about €20.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-10. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
4210 km fastest road, one way · 40 h 12 driving without stops · 8 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 Torrevieja, and what it costs.
| Pace | Days | Nights | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relaxed ≈ 4 h a day | 20 days | 19 nights | ≈ €2,850 fuel €1,228 · tolls & ferry €455 · 19 nights €362 · food €805 |
| Comfortable ≈ 5 h a day | 17 days | 16 nights | ≈ €2,535 fuel €1,100 · tolls & ferry €457 · 16 nights €294 · food €684 |
Places on the way
485 km
Photo: Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0 Drottningholm Palace
Day 2 · 100 km into the day · a morning stop
Drottningholm Palace is a royal palace in Drottningholm, on the island of Lovön in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Wikipedia
3,121 km
Photo: Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 3.0 Pont du Gard
Day 7 · 356 km into the day · an afternoon 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
3,554 km
Photo: Canaan · CC BY-SA 4.0 Sagrada Família
Day 8 · 114 km before tonight's stop
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
32 km
Photo: José Carlos Díez · CC BY 3.0 Palmeral of Elche
Day 10 · 32 km from Torrevieja
The Palmeral or Palm Grove of Elche is the generic name for a system of date palm orchards in the city of Elche, Spain. Wikipedia
The road, country by country
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 193 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 220 km
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 234 km
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 270 km
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 833 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 824 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 896 km
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 740 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 3952 km, about 44 h 48.
🦌 Finland: wildlife warning signs along 11 km of this road (moose, deer) — most collisions happen at dusk and dawn, September to November. Väylävirasto (CC BY 4.0)
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.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €587 | €159 | €746 | 295 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €584 | €159 | €743 | 274 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €1052 | — | — | 474 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.37 · diesel €2.55 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.95 · diesel €2.10 /l
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.96 · diesel €2.12 /l
- 🇱🇹 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.24 /l
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.52 · diesel €1.76 /l
- 🇩🇪 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 €98 for a car over 1044 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €41 for a car over 800 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car up to 5 m) · unverified
The same trip another way
Where a sea gives a choice, the road through each gateway, priced the same way for a petrol car. Which one is yours depends on the ferry's fare and your nights, and that is the planner's job.
Through Stockholm
3931 km, about 41 h 30 — Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, France and Spain.
Petrol car: fuel about €561, tolls and crossings about €269.
🌉 Storebælt (Great Belt) bridge (€27.43, unverified) · 🌉 Øresund bridge (€69.58, unverified) · 🌉 Lillebælt (Little Belt) bridge (free) · ⛴ Stockholm–Turku ferry (€23, unverified) · 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.68, unverified)
Through Travemünde
2658 km, about 53 h 24 — Finland, Germany, France and Spain.
Petrol car: fuel about €394, tolls and crossings about €472.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified)
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇵🇱 Poland — Most Sundays are non-trading by law, with a few exempt Sundays a year. Small owner-run shops and station shops stay open.
- 🇩🇪 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
1502 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Kempings „Dzirnezers K” · campsite · km 591, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 594, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ La Clusa · camper site · km 3469, 0.1 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from OpenStreetMap's notes on it: motorhomes can come
- ⛺ La Jonquera · camper site · km 3478, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ RV Penedès · Subirats · camper site · km 3659, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 3680, 0.1 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Tablica upamiętniająca Józefa Piłsudskiego (km 1057).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Päivääniemen kalmisto · ruins · km 27, 6 km off the road
Päivääniemen kalmisto sijaitsee Lempäälässä Vesilahteen menevän tien (seututie 301) varrella. Wikipedia (fi)
- ◆ Rundāle Palace · attraction · km 684, 9.3 km off the road
Rundāle Palace (Latvian: Rundāles pils; German: Schloss Ruhental, formerly Ruhenthal or Ruhendahl) is one of the two major baroque palaces built for the Dukes of Courland in what is now Latvia, the other being Jelgava Palace. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Święty Jan Nepomucen · attraction · km 1623, 5.9 km off the road
Pomnik św. Jana Nepomucena – XVIII wieczna rzeźba (nepomuk) autorstwa Jana Jerzego Urbańskiego przedstawiająca Jana Nepomucena, znajduje się na Ostrowie Tumskim we Wrocławiu. Wikipedia (pl)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: likely step-free
- ◆ Pegnitzquelle · attraction · km 2146, 2 km off the road
- ◆ La fontaine de Galilée · attraction · km 2672, 1.6 km off the road
La fontaine de Galilée ou boule de Galilée est une structure installée dans le parc du Près-La-Rose à Montbéliard. Wikipedia (fr)
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from its Wikipedia article: fine with small children
- ◆ Forteresse de Mornas · attraction · km 3184, 0.4 km off the road
La forteresse de Mornas, dans le département de Vaucluse, se dresse sur un éperon rocheux de la rive gauche du Rhône, dominant le village de Mornas, établi à son pied, et les environs. Wikipedia (fr)
- ◆ Castell de Cunit · attraction · km 3690, 9.6 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.
- 3071 castles — Viaporin maarintaman rauniot: Mäkkylä (km 167), Twierdza Łomża (km 1081), Wasserschloß Sommersdorf (km 2149), Lycée général et technologique Joffre (km 3161)
- 1471 viewpoints — Malminkartanonhuippu (km 160), Baszta Tkaczy (km 1647), Burgbergturm (km 2198), Le Lez (km 3161)
- 1202 swim spots — Munkkiniemen uimaranta (km 169), Hietaranta (km 172), Aquapark Wrocław (km 1565), Plage Sérignan (km 3216)
- 539 wineries — Les Vignerons de Tavel et de Lirac (km 3079), Castellblanch (km 3504), Maset del Lleó (km 3507), bodegas torres (km 3517)
- 306 climbing — Fattigsmühle (km 1977)
- 297 farm shops — Pasieka Łapiński (km 1081), Ferme la Reboule (km 3072), Ferme du Bourgas (km 3079)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.