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Road trip planner: Italy
16 checked road trips, day by day, with kilometres and where to sleep. Open one in the free planner to change the days, move the stops or start from home.
Our road trips
Bari to Salento Road Trip: 360 km, 5 Days to Lecce
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Bernina Pass Road Trip: St Moritz to Tirano (2 Days)
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Florence to Montepulciano: 4-Day Val d'Orcia Road Trip
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Lake Como Circuit: The Perfect 3-Day Drive (Italy)
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Lake Garda Circuit: 210 km Around Italy's Largest Lake in 3 Days
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Lake Maggiore Road Trip from Milan: Islands, Lake Orta and the Verzasca Valley in 4 Days
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Langhe and Barolo Road Trip from Turin: Alba, Barbaresco and the Wine Castles in 3 Days
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Munich to Venice Road Trip Through the Alps (4 Days)
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Nice to Cinque Terre: 340 km Riviera Drive in 4 Days
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Olbia to Alghero: 228 km of Sardinia's North Coast in 3 Days
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Palermo to Taormina Road Trip (4 Days)
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Rome to the Amalfi Coast Road Trip (5 Days)
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Sicily Road Trip: Palermo to Syracuse along the West and South Coast (7 Days)
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Stelvio Pass: Bormio to Prato allo Stelvio by Motorbike
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The Great Dolomite Road: Bolzano to Cortina (3 Days)
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Tre Cime di Lavaredo: Toblach to Cortina via Misurina (2 Days)
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Driving rules: Italy
The general rules for cars, from the tables we keep with their official sources. Road signs always take precedence.
- Speed limits
- Built-up areas: 50 km/h
- Outside built-up areas: 90 km/h
- Expressways: 110 km/h
- Motorways: 130 km/h
- In rain or other precipitation the limits drop to 110 km/h on motorways and 90 km/h on main extra-urban roads, and novices may not exceed 100 and 90 km/h in their first 3 years. Professional passenger and goods drivers have a 0.0 limit; above 0.8 g/l drink-driving is a criminal offence.
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- Alcohol limit
- 0.5 g/l · Novice drivers: No alcohol allowed
- Novice drivers: Drivers under 21 and drivers in the first 3 years after obtaining a category B licence.
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- Winter tyres
- Regional · November 15 – April 15
- There is no nationwide rule: road owners (ANAS, motorway operators, regions, provinces, municipalities) can require, by ordinance and road signs, that vehicles have winter tyres fitted or snow chains on board; the standard window is 15 November to 15 April, but local ordinances may start earlier, end later or not apply at all, and on signed sections the duty applies even without snow.
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- Motorway vignette
- No vignette for cars.
- Tolls for motorways, bridges and tunnels on your own trip: the calculator →
- Fuel price
- €1.995 petrol 95 · €2.218 diesel, per litre
- Price of November 9, 2026
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- Wild camping
- Tent: depends on the region · In the vehicle: only as parking
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These are the general limits: road signs always take precedence, and laws change. Before you travel, check the source linked in the row for your country.