The road
Zurich to Nice by car
590 km, about 5 h 36 on the fastest road, through Switzerland, Italy and France. Fuel from about €83 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €61 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
590 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h 36
without stops
Countries
3
Switzerland, Italy and France
The road, country by country
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 297 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 239 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 54 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 605 km, about 6 h.
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 | €83 | €61 | €144 | 41 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €81 | €61 | €142 | 38 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €155 | €76 | €231 | 73 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.14 · diesel €2.28 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €14 for a car over 239 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €4 for a car over 54 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.51 (Vehicle or trailer up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🌉 Gotthard road tunnel — price not held · unverified
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
250 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Stellplatz Autobahnraststätte Gotthard, Schattdorf · camper site · km 80, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz an der Reuss · camper site · km 96, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camp & Rail Göschenen · camper site · km 103, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Palazzina · campsite · km 193, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Parcheggio camper Via Natta · camper site · km 434, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Aloha area camper · camper site · km 469, 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.
- ◆ Zytturm · attraction · km 27, 5.6 km off the road
- ◆ Teufelsbrücke · attraction · km 106, 0.5 km off the road
- ◆ Museo della radio · museum · km 187, 0.5 km off the road
Il Museo della Radio si trova a Rivera, nel Canton Ticino in Svizzera ed è dedicato alla storia della radiocomunicazione e a tutti gli apparati audio e video ad essa legati. Wikipedia (it)
- ◆ Museo Civico Guido Sutermeister · museum · km 257, 7.7 km off the road
The Guido Sutermeister Civic Museum is an archaeological museum in Legnano, in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy, named after the archaeologist Guido Sutermeister, who desired its foundation. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Certosa di Pavia · attraction · km 300, 7.4 km off the road
- ◆ Castello di Cremolino · castle · km 386, 5.8 km off the road
- ◆ Grotte di Toirano · attraction · km 475, 2.3 km off the road
- ◆ Museo Fondazione Terruzzi - Villa Regina Margherita · museum · km 547, 1.6 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.
- 2132 swim spots — Spiaggia di Malpasso (km 449), Sogni d'Estate (km 501), Beach / swim spot (km 524), Il Cubo (km 526)
- 1353 castles — Ruine Lunkhofen (km 15), Castelgrande (km 173), Castello di Bereguardo (km 300), Forte San Giacomo (km 443)
- 1202 climbing — Gioia (km 426), Castillon Secteur La Traduction (km 556)
- 1148 viewpoints — Aussichtsturm Hochwacht Albis (km 21), Cima dell'Uomo (km 166), Spiaggia nudisti (km 423), Spiaggia libera (km 449)
- 231 wineries — Winery (km 211)
- 177 farm shops — Bio Hofladen (km 39), Käsespezialitäten 24/7 (km 63), Azienda Agricola Capiaghi Ferdinando (km 482)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.