🇵🇹 Cross-border drive · Portugal → Italy 🇮🇹
Driving from Lisbon to Bologna
- Drive time
- 24h 11m
- Distance
- 2,285 km
- Same day?
- Split it
- 12 h+, plan a stop
- Fuel cost
- ≈ €347
- petrol · diesel ≈ €294
- Tolls
- ≈ €204
- per-km
- EV charging
- Plenty fast
- 14 of 93 ≥50 kW
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Route map
Route options
Other paths OSRM found between the two cities — handy when traffic, tolls, or scenery matter more than raw speed.
Avoids motorways
+14h 6m- Distance:
- 2,405 km (+120 km)
- Duration:
- 38h 18m
Via: N-430 · N-420 · N-211 · N-310
How else can you make this trip?
Driving is the focus of this guide; here's how cycling, coach, and (soon) train and plane stack up for the same pair.
24h 11m
2.285 km · €347 fuel
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Not realistic
2.285 km is far beyond a typical multi-day cycle tour. Try a shorter pair like a day or weekend stage.
No direct service
Our coach data (FlixBus + BlaBlaCar) doesn't list a direct service for this pair. National operators (e.g., National Express in the UK, Eurolines feeders) may still cover it — check their site directly.
3h 38m
from €40
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31h 15m
SNCF VOYAGEURS · TRENITALIA
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Trip plan
How to think about the drive: one day, split, or overnight.
Overnight recommended
Too long for a single-driver day. Plan on 2 overnight stop(s) to do this trip right.
A natural overnight stop near the halfway point: Aureilhan (fr).
- Distance:
- 2,285 km
- Duration:
- 24h 11m (free-flow, no traffic)
Where to stop
Places along the route that make natural breaks for coffee, lunch, or a night.
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Covilhã 🇵🇹 pt
≈286 km≈ 16.5 km detour from the main route
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Arroyo de la Encomienda 🇪🇸 es
≈571 km≈ 6.6 km detour from the main route
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Bergara 🇪🇸 es
≈857 km≈ 2.4 km detour from the main route
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Lannemezan 🇫🇷 fr
≈1,143 km≈ 2.7 km detour from the main route
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Béziers 🇫🇷 fr
≈1,428 km≈ 4.5 km detour from the main route
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Le Luc 🇫🇷 fr
≈1,714 km≈ 3.5 km detour from the main route
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Arenzano 🇮🇹 it
≈2,000 km≈ 9.6 km detour from the main route
Key moves
Things to know before you set off — borders, sides of the road, tolls.
Multi-country chain · PT → ES → FR → IT
You'll cross 4 countries on this drive — each with its own toll system, fuel pricing, and motorway rules. Skim the must-know section below before you set off, and have your registration plus insurance card in the door pocket for any roadside check.
Tolls on motorways in PT / ES / FR / IT
Budget for motorway tolls — France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal charge per-km, Croatia and Greece by section. Contactless cards work almost everywhere; have one loaded.
Must-know before you go
The things a driver from another country wouldn't think to ask about — fines, stickers, payment cards, opening hours.
City access & emission zones
Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla now run ZBE low-emission zones
Must knowSpain's Zonas de Bajas Emisiones (ZBE) cover central Madrid (24/7), Barcelona inside the Rondes (weekdays 7:00–20:00), Sevilla, Valencia and a growing list. Foreign plates need to register at the city portal in advance — your Euro emission class determines whether you get in. Without registration, cameras log entry and the fine reaches your home address.
Order your Crit'Air sticker before the trip
Must knowParis, Lyon, Strasbourg, Marseille, Toulouse and a growing list of cities require a Crit'Air air-quality sticker visible on your windscreen — even for a single drive-through. It's €4.51 from the official site and ships by post (allow 2–6 weeks abroad). Without it, expect on-the-spot fines from €68. Your registration document tells the issuer your emission class.
ZTL cameras read your plate from any country
Must knowItalian historic centres (Florence, Rome, Milan, Bologna, Pisa, Siena, Verona, Naples, Turin, Palermo and dozens more) are ringed by automatic Zona Traffico Limitato cameras. Driving in without a permit triggers €80–120 per crossing, and the fine reaches your home address up to a year later via cross-border collection. Treat any city centre as off-limits unless you've confirmed your hotel offers a permit, and ask the hotel to register your plate the day you arrive.
Italian historic-centre ZTL — confirm your hotel registers your plate
Must knowBologna
This city's old town is encircled by automatic ZTL cameras. Crossing without a permit triggers €80–120 per pass. Ask your hotel the day you arrive: "Can you register my plate for ZTL access?" Some only register the entry, not parking — clarify both. Cameras read plates from any country and Italian fines reach foreign addresses up to a year later.
ZER Avenida-Baixa-Chiado — pre-2000 petrol, pre-2005 diesel banned
Must knowLisbon
Lisbon's Zona de Emissões Reduzidas covers the central historic axis (Avenida da Liberdade, Baixa, Chiado). Hours 07:00–21:00 weekdays. Pre-2000 petrol cars and pre-2005 diesels are banned 24/7. Foreign plates: register at the Câmara Municipal portal. Park at one of the EMEL underground garages and walk.
Tolls, vignettes & road payment
A22 Algarve and ex-SCUT roads — electronic only
Must knowPortugal has two toll systems. Most autoestradas use a normal ticket-and-pay barrier. But the A22 (Algarve), A23, A24, A25 and A28 are "ex-SCUT" routes with no booths — only overhead gantries that read your plate. Without a Via Verde transponder or pre-registration, you have 5 days to pay at a CTT post office, or the fine reaches your home address. Easiest fix: rent a Via Verde Visitors transponder (€6/week) at the airport or border.
Contactless works at every autoroute booth
UsefulFrench autoroutes use a ticket system: take a card on entry, pay on exit. Every barrier accepts contactless tap-to-pay — pull into the "CB / bank card" lane (orange "t" logo means Liber-T transponder only, avoid those). For frequent EU travellers a Bip&Go transponder pays itself off in two trips by skipping the queue.
Telepass saves you the toll-booth queue
UsefulItalian autostrade work like France: ticket on entry, pay on exit. Contactless cards work at most modern lanes (look for "Carte" — avoid yellow "Telepass" lanes without the device). For long routes, a Telepass EU transponder works in IT/FR/ES/PT and pays for itself across two days; at minimum, keep your insurance card and registration in the door pocket — booth attendants occasionally ask.
Most Spanish tolls were abolished in 2024
TipThe AP-1, AP-7 (Bilbao stretch) and most of the Mediterranean coast highways are now toll-free. A handful remain: AP-9 (Galicia), AP-66 (León–Asturias), Catalonia's C-32/C-16 tunnel approach. Spain is no longer a high-toll country for cars — your fuel + a few specific bridge fees is the realistic budget.
What your car must carry
Hi-vis vest in the cabin, triangle in the boot
Must knowA reflective vest must be reachable without leaving the vehicle (in the door pocket or under your seat — boot is too late). One warning triangle is also mandatory. The 2012 breathalyzer rule was scrapped in 2020 but is still nice to keep. No spare-bulb requirement.
Hi-vis vest mandatory before stepping out
Must knowItalian law requires you to wear a reflective vest before exiting the vehicle on a motorway shoulder, day or night. One warning triangle in the boot is also required. Both items are typically €15 at any Autogrill or fuel station — don't arrive without them.
Driving rules & habits
Priorité à droite still applies in towns
UsefulOn urban streets without signs, traffic from your right has priority — even from a side street that looks subordinate. Outside cities the rule is mostly retired, but in residential French villages it survives. Slow at every right-hand junction unless a yellow diamond on your road tells you you're on the priority road.
Plan your stops, not just your finish time
UsefulOSRM gives you free-flow drive time. Realistic add: 10% on motorway-heavy routes, 25% if you're crossing two cities. Eat at off-peak hours (11:30 lunch, 18:00 dinner) — service-area queues at noon kill 20 minutes. EU fatigue research is consistent: 15-minute break every 2 hours, full 45-minute break before 6 hours. The drive between hours 7 and 9 is where avoidable accidents cluster.
Fuel stations
"Servito" pumps cost about €0.20/L more
UsefulItalian fuel stations split between fai-da-te (self-service) and servito (attended). The same station typically offers both, with attended pumps charging a 10–15% premium. Off-hours, attended turns into self-service automatically. If a pump is out of paper or won't take your card, try the next station — Italian banking sometimes refuses foreign chip cards on first attempt.
Rules, fees, and thresholds change. Always verify against the official source the day before you drive — this page is a checklist, not a legal reference.
Main roads
The highways this route spends the most kilometres on.
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A-62 Autovía de Castilla348 km
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A 64 La Pyrénéenne286 km
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A 8 La Provençale223 km
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A 23; IP 6 Autoestrada da Beira Interior213 km
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A 9 La Languedocienne137 km
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A 61 Autoroute des Deux Mers137 km
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A1 Autostrada del Sole137 km
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A10 Autostrada dei Fiori134 km
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AP-1 Autopista del Norte126 km
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A 1 Autoestrada do Norte94 km
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A21 Autostrada dei Vini76 km
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A 54 —72 km
Route character
How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.
Motorway drive — fast, predictable, uneventful.
- Motorway
- 98%
- Secondary
- 0%
- Other / rural
- 2%
Drive difficulty
At-a-glance feel: how demanding is this drive for one driver?
Overall
Demanding
Tough drive — multiple complicating factors compound fatigue. Strongly recommend splitting across days.
- Long drive: 24h 11m behind the wheel at free-flow speeds.
- Cross-border: pt → it. Keep documents accessible and check border rules.
Elevation profile
Highs, lows, and the total climb / descent along the route.
- Lowest point
- 7 m
- Highest point
- 942 m
- Total ascent
- ↑ 1,849 m
- Total descent
- ↓ 1,836 m
Fuel & tolls
Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.
Petrol (RON 95)
≈ €347
171.4 L × €2.03 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €294
137.1 L × €2.15 / L · 6 L/100 km
Electric (DC fast)
≈ €232
400 kWh × €0.58 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Public DC fast charging — slower AC charging at home or hotels typically costs about half.
Motorway tolls & vignettes
≈ €204
- PT — €0.09/km on the motorway network (≈ 405 km in-country ≈ €36)
- ES — €0.09/km on the motorway network (≈ 665 km in-country ≈ €60) Toll-free on the A-network; charged only on AP roads.
- FR — €0.10/km on the motorway network (≈ 665 km in-country ≈ €67)
- IT — €0.08/km on the motorway network (≈ 550 km in-country ≈ €41)
Prices last refreshed 2026-10-12.
Fuel and EV charging along the route
Stations within a few kilometres of the road, sampled at evenly-spaced waypoints.
EV charging
14 at 50 kW or above (fast / ultra-fast).
Fastest first
- E.S. Torquemada (Zunder) — Torquemada 360 kW
- Carrefour Energies - Aix-en-Provence Les Milles — Aix-en-Provence 300 kW
- Allego - Auchan Aix-en-Provence — Aix-en-Provence 300 kW
- Free To X Casello di Savona — Savona 300 kW
- Tesla Supercharger Castelnaudary — Castelnaudary 250 kW
- Tesla Supercharge aperto a veicoli non Tesla — Vado Ligure 250 kW
- Hotel Altis Grand Hotel — Lisboa 120 kW
- PowerDot - Gamm Vert & Mr. Bricolage - Hasparren — Hasparren 100 kW
- Technopole Arbois 75 kW
- Restaurante La Vasca — Quintana del Puente 50 kW
- Repsol Torquemada 50 kW
- CASTELNAUDARY - Place De La République 50 kW
Weather by month
Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.
🇵🇹 Lisbon
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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16°
10°
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17°
10°
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17°
11°
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22°
13°
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23°
14°
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27°
17°
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29°
18°
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30°
19°
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26°
17°
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24°
17°
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19°
13°
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15°
10°
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| 113mm | 68mm | 98mm | 52mm | 20mm | 25mm | 6mm | 0mm | 29mm | 96mm | 110mm | 61mm |
hot mild cold
🇮🇹 Bologna
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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9°
2°
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12°
3°
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16°
6°
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18°
8°
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22°
13°
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29°
18°
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32°
20°
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31°
20°
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26°
16°
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21°
12°
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13°
5°
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10°
3°
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| 64mm | 72mm | 88mm | 63mm | 167mm | 76mm | 57mm | 53mm | 74mm | 103mm | 40mm | 68mm |
hot mild cold
Next 5 days at Bologna
Live forecast — refreshes every few hours.
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Mon 26
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17° / 7°
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Tue 27
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Wed 28
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16° / 9°
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Thu 29
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19° / 8°
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Fri 30
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17° / 9°
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Forecast: MET Norway
Directions
Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.
Show all 62 manoeuvres
- Praça Marquês de Pombal (Rotunda)
- Avenida Marechal Craveiro Lopes/2ª Circular 2 km
- Avenida Marechal Craveiro Lopes/2ª Circular 3 km
- Autoestrada do Norte (A 1) 94 km
- Autoestrada da Beira Interior (A 23; IP 6) 213 km
- Autoestrada da Beira Interior (A 23) 1 km
- Autoestrada das Beiras Litoral e Alta (A 25; IP 5) 35 km
- (A-62) 116 km
- Autovía de Castilla (A-62) 86 km
- Autovía del Noroeste (A-6) 2 km
- Autovía de Castilla (A-62) 64 km
- Autovía de Castilla (A-62) 75 km
- Autovía de Castilla (A-62) 7 km
- Circunvalación de Burgos (BU-30) 4 km
- Autovía del Norte (A-1) 7 km
- Autopista del Norte (AP-1) 83 km
- (A-1) 14 km
- (A-1) 9 km
- — 0.3 km
- — 0.4 km
- — 0.3 km
- (N-622) 0.9 km
- — 1 km
- — 0.4 km
- (AP-1) 43 km
- Iparraldeko autobidea (AP-1) 1.0 km
- Kantauriko autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 42 km
- Kantauriko autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 8 km
- AP-1 / AP-8 (AP-1; AP-8) 2 km
- Bizkaiko Golkoko Autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 3 km
- Bizkaiko Golkoko Autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 3 km
- Bizkaiko Golkoko Autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 0.2 km
- AP-1 / AP-8 (AP-1; AP-8) 7 km
- Autoroute de la Côte Basque (A 63) 31 km
- La Pyrénéenne (A 64) 286 km
- — 0.4 km
- Périphérique Extérieur (A 620) 9 km
- Autoroute des Deux Mers (A 61) 137 km
- (A 61) 0.4 km
- La Languedocienne (A 9) 84 km
- La Languedocienne (A 9) 53 km
- (A 54) 72 km
- — 0.6 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (A 7) 11 km
- La Provençale (A 8) 206 km
- La Provençale (A 8) 17 km
- Autostrada dei Fiori (A10) 134 km
- Autostrada dei Fiori 9 km
- Autostrada dei Trafori (A26) 44 km
- Diramazione Predosa-Bettole (A26/A7) 16 km
- — 1 km
- Autostrada dei Giovi - Serravalle (A7) 8 km
- Autostrada dei Vini (A21) 76 km
- — 0.8 km
- Raccordo di Piacenza (R49) 0.3 km
- Raccordo di Piacenza (R49) 0.3 km
- Autostrada del Sole (A1) 130 km
- Autostrada del Sole (A1) 7 km
- — 0.3 km
- Asse Attrezzato Sud-Ovest 0.9 km
- Viale M. K. Gandhi
- Via Cesare Battisti
By plane from Lisbon to Bologna
Indicative travel time on a non-stop flight, based on great-circle distance, average commercial cruise speed (850 km/h), and a 90-minute allowance for taxi, security, and boarding.
- Total time
- 3h 38m
- Door-to-door from :from airport.
- In the air
- 128 min
- At ~850 km/h cruise speed.
- On the ground
- 90 min
- Taxi + security + boarding (typical short-haul).
- Route
- LIS → BLQ
- 1.814 km great-circle.
Indicative fare: from €40 — fares vary by season, day of week, and how far ahead you book. Always check the airline or a meta-search before planning around this number.
Show flight path on map
Estimate-only. We don't pull live schedules or fares for flights — see the methodology page for how this number is computed.
Air travel emits roughly 5–10× the CO₂ per passenger-km of rail for the same distance.
By train from Lisbon to Bologna
Fastest cross-border rail itinerary from the public Transitous planner. Times reflect a typical Monday-morning departure on the next available service-day.
- Fastest journey
- 31h 15m
- 7 changes
- Lead operator
- SNCF VOYAGEURS
- + 3 more
- Alternatives
- 7
- Itineraries returned by the planner.
Trains on the fastest itinerary
- TGV INOUI 8422
- TGV Lyria 9211
- EC 37
- FR 9559
All operators across alternatives
- SNCF VOYAGEURS
- TRENITALIA
- Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB
- Trenord
Includes a high-speed rail leg (TGV, ICE, AVE, Frecciarossa-class).
Show route on map
Routing via the public Transitous OTP planner (community-run MOTIS instance). Cached 24 hours; verify on the operator's site before booking.
How this page is built
Compiled by COD Solutions Oy from open European data — OSRM over OpenStreetMap for the route geometry, Open-Meteo for monthly climate normals, OpenTopoData SRTM 30m for elevation, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin for cross-border fuel-price bands, and Open Charge Map for EV charging stations. See our methodology for refresh cadence and limitations.