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Road trip planner: Spain
15 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
Andalusia's White Villages: Málaga to Cádiz (4 Days)
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Barcelona to Costa Brava Road Trip (3 Days)
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Fuerteventura Road Trip from North to South: Corralejo Dunes, Betancuria and Jandía in 3 Days
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Galicia Road Trip: Santiago de Compostela to Baiona, 431 km in 5 Days
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Gran Canaria Road Trip: 255 km Round the Island from Las Palmas in 3 Days
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La Gomera Road Trip: 169 km Round the Island from San Sebastián in 3 Days
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La Palma Road Trip: 285 km Round the Island from Santa Cruz in 3 Days
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Lanzarote Volcanic Loop: 230 km from Arrecife, 3 Days
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Madrid to Seville Road Trip via Córdoba (3 Days)
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Málaga to Granada Road Trip via the White Villages (3 Days)
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Mallorca Road Trip: the Serra de Tramuntana on the Ma-10 in 4 Days
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Picos de Europa: Cangas de Onís to Potes, 160 km in 3 Days
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Seville to Gibraltar Road Trip Along the Costa de la Luz (4 Days)
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Teide Loop Tenerife: 200 km from Santa Cruz, 3 Days
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Valencia to Alicante Road Trip: the Costa Blanca in 4 Days
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Driving rules: Spain
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 (2+ lanes each way; one lane each way 30, single-surface streets 20)
- Outside built-up areas: 90 km/h
- Expressways: 120 km/h
- Motorways: 120 km/h
- Most town streets with one lane in each direction are limited to 30 km/h. Professional drivers (vehicles over 3,500 kg, buses, school and dangerous-goods transport, emergency services, taxis) have a 0.3 g/l limit.
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- Alcohol limit
- 0.5 g/l · Novice drivers: 0.3 g/l
- Novice drivers: Drivers in the first 2 years after obtaining their licence.
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- Winter tyres
- Regional
- There is no general winter-tyre requirement in Spain; it applies only where signs or winter restrictions say so: past sign R-412 you may not continue without snow chains (or other authorised anti-skid devices) or winter tyres with the Alpine symbol (3PMSF) on all axles, and past the new sign R-412b (added in 2025) you may not continue without such winter tyres. Since 30 May 2026, tyres marked only M+S no longer count.
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- Motorway vignette
- No vignette for cars.
- Tolls for motorways, bridges and tunnels on your own trip: the calculator →
- Fuel price
- €1.73 petrol 95 · €1.898 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.