The road
Zurich to Venice by car
542 km, about 4 h 54 on the fastest road, through Switzerland and Italy. Fuel from about €73 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €52 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
542 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
4 h 54
without stops
Countries
2
Switzerland and Italy
The road, country by country
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 390 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 152 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 556 km, about 5 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 | €73 | €52 | €125 | 38 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €72 | €52 | €124 | 35 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €137 | €60 | €197 | 67 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.14 · diesel €2.28 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €9 for a car over 152 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
242 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
- ⛺ Area Camper Frassino · camper site · km 401, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ hu Venezia camping in town · campsite · km 530, 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 di Leventina · museum · km 148, 0.5 km off the road
Das Museo di Leventina steht in Giornico in der Valle Leventina im Schweizer Kanton Tessin. Wikipedia (de)
- ◆ Cathedral of Saint Lawrence · attraction · km 205, 2.3 km off the road
Lugano Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di San Lorenzo) is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Lawrence in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Musei Civici di Monza · museum · km 284, 2.8 km off the road
- ◆ Museum · museum · km 363, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Obelisco · memorial · km 416, 6.1 km off the road
- ◆ Villa Capra "La Rotonda" · attraction · km 476, 1.8 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.
- 1268 castles — Ruine Schnabelburg (km 21), Castello di Santa Maria (km 146), Palazzo Omodei (km 274), Forte Poggio Croce (km 407)
- 890 viewpoints — Aussichtsturm Hochwacht Albis (km 21), Gaggio (km 167), Viewpoint (km 315), Monte Bastia (km 441)
- 789 climbing
- 454 wineries — Winery (km 212)
- 377 swim spots — Acquaworld (km 288), Legoland Water Park (km 401), Caneva Aquapark (km 404)
- 223 farm shops — Bio Hofladen (km 39), Käsespezialitäten 24/7 (km 63)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.