🇮🇹 Same-country drive · Italy
Driving from Pescara to Foggia
A straightforward guide for driving the A14 along Italy's Adriatic coast, covering motorway tolls, speed limits, and travel tips for your journey from Pescara to Foggia.
- Drive time
- 2h 2m
- Distance
- 185 km
- Same day?
- Yes, half day
- under 4 h
- Fuel cost
- ≈ €30
- petrol · diesel ≈ €26
- Tolls
- ≈ €14
- per-km
- EV charging
- Plenty fast
- 18 of 54 ≥50 kW
On this page
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
+1h 35m- Distance:
- 193 km (+8 km)
- Duration:
- 3h 37m
Via: SS16 · Strada Statale 16 Adriatica · SS709 · SS714
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.
What the drive is like
Drafted from the route's computed data on September 27, 2026 and reviewed against the route summary card. Read our methodology.
You leave Pescara by picking up the SS714 tangenziale, which serves as a necessary bypass before merging onto the A14 motorway that dominates this Adriatic corridor. The landscape is dominated by the narrowing gap between the Apennine foothills and the sea, creating a drive defined by a sequence of tunnels and viaducts that carve through the rugged Abruzzo and Molise coastline. Because the motorway relies heavily on elevated sections to traverse the uneven terrain, crosswinds can be significant here, especially when descending from the higher ridges toward the plains of Puglia.
Traffic intensity on the A14 varies wildly depending on the season and time of day, but the rule of thumb remains the same: keep to the right lanes unless you are actively overtaking. Italian motorway tolls operate on a distance-based system; collect your ticket upon entry and prepare to pay at the automated booths when exiting near Foggia. While the speed limit is 130 km/h under clear conditions, be prepared for the electronic signage to drop this to 110 km/h during the frequent rain showers that blow in from the Adriatic, a change the local traffic police enforce strictly with speed cameras.
As you approach the Tavoliere delle Puglie, the terrain flattens dramatically and the claustrophobic tunnel sections give way to expansive agricultural vistas. Foggia serves as the gateway to the Gargano Peninsula, and you will notice the shift in driving culture as you move deeper into the south, where tractor traffic on secondary roads becomes more common. If you are aiming for the city centre, remember that many historic Italian hubs have limited traffic zones which are monitored by cameras; check your destination address carefully to ensure you do not cross into a restricted area.
Route highlights
- The sequence of tunnels and viaducts near Vasto
- Transition from the mountainous Abruzzo coastline to the plains of the Tavoliere
- Coastal views of the Adriatic Sea along the A14
- The shift into the flat agricultural landscape of Northern Puglia
Trip plan
How to think about the drive: one day, split, or overnight.
Easy one-day drive
Comfortable as a single day for one driver. Leave after breakfast, arrive with time to settle in.
- Distance:
- 185 km
- Duration:
- 2h 2m (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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Casalbordino-Miracoli 🇮🇹 it
≈62 km≈ 5.5 km detour from the main route
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Lesina 🇮🇹 it
≈123 km≈ 12.9 km detour from the main route
Key moves
Things to know before you set off — borders, sides of the road, tolls.
Tolls on motorways in 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.
Long rural stretch on SS714 Strada Statale 714 Tangenziale di Pescara
Plan for about 11 km of two-lane country roads. Slower than motorway, but often the pretty part — fewer overtakes after dark.
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
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.
Tolls, vignettes & road payment
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.
What your car must carry
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.
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.
Contactless cards work at virtually every motorway pump
TipMajor brand stations (Shell, Total, BP, Repsol, Cepsa, OMV, Eni, Esso) take Visa and Mastercard contactless without an issue. American Express and Diners are spotty south of the Alps. A €100 pre-authorisation hold is normal — it releases within 5 days. Carry €50 cash for the rare independent station.
Off-motorway stations close at lunch and on Sundays
TipOutside motorways, expect 12:30–15:30 closures and most of Sunday off. Motorway service areas (autogrill) run 24/7. If you're cutting through a small town in the early afternoon, fuel before noon or push to the next motorway entrance.
Money & connectivity
EU roaming covers calls, texts and data at no extra cost
TipYour home EU SIM works at home rates across every EU member, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The "fair use" cap on data only applies if you're abroad more than four months. For a 2-week road trip, just use your phone normally — but switch off "data roaming" if you're leaving the EU into UK / CH for any segment.
Emergency & breakdown
112 works everywhere in the EU and continental neighbours
TipSingle number for police, ambulance, fire — works from any phone, any network, any country. On motorways, the orange SOS pillars every 2km connect direct to the regional traffic control centre and pinpoint your location. Use them over your phone if you can — it speeds the response.
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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A14 Autostrada Adriatica162 km
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SS714 Strada Statale 714 Tangenziale di Pescara11 km
Route character
How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.
Motorway drive — fast, predictable, uneventful.
- Motorway
- 88%
- Secondary
- 8%
- Other / rural
- 4%
Drive difficulty
At-a-glance feel: how demanding is this drive for one driver?
Overall
Easy
Straightforward drive. One driver, one day, little to worry about beyond fuel and a toilet stop.
- No major complicating factors — motorway-heavy, single country, comfortable length.
Elevation profile
Highs, lows, and the total climb / descent along the route.
- Lowest point
- 3 m
- Highest point
- 172 m
- Total ascent
- ↑ 566 m
- Total descent
- ↓ 499 m
Fuel & tolls
Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.
Petrol (RON 95)
≈ €30
13.9 L × €2.16 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €26
11.1 L × €2.35 / L · 6 L/100 km
Electric (DC fast)
≈ €21
32 kWh × €0.65 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Public DC fast charging — slower AC charging at home or hotels typically costs about half.
Motorway tolls & vignettes
≈ €14
- IT — €0.08/km on the motorway network (≈ 185 km in-country ≈ €14)
Prices last refreshed 2026-09-28.
Fuel and EV charging along the route
Stations within a few kilometres of the road, sampled at evenly-spaced waypoints.
EV charging
18 at 50 kW or above (fast / ultra-fast).
Fastest first
- Ionity Hotel Eden — San Salvo Marina 350 kW
- AdS Sangro Est A14 direzione Ancona — Torino di Sangro 300 kW
- AdS Sangro Est A14 direzione Ancona — Torino di Sangro 300 kW
- Ewiva Casalbordino — Casalbordino 300 kW
- Enel X Way Q8 — Termoli 300 kW
- Free To X AdS Gargano Ovest — Foggia 300 kW
- Tesla Supercharger Costaverde — Montenero di bisaccia 250 kW
- Be Charge Eni — Pescara 75 kW
- Enel X Tigre — Pescara 50 kW
- Concessionario Nissan ORIENTE SPA — Spoltore 50 kW
- Concessionario Nissan Pasquarelli Auto — San Salvo 50 kW
- Enel X Way Euronics — Termoli 50 kW
Weather by month
Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.
🇮🇹 Pescara
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13°
6°
|
13°
5°
|
16°
8°
|
18°
10°
|
22°
14°
|
28°
20°
|
31°
23°
|
30°
22°
|
26°
18°
|
23°
15°
|
17°
9°
|
13°
6°
|
| 68mm | 46mm | 85mm | 52mm | 79mm | 49mm | 27mm | 30mm | 73mm | 43mm | 104mm | 55mm |
hot mild cold
🇮🇹 Foggia
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14°
6°
|
15°
6°
|
18°
8°
|
20°
10°
|
25°
14°
|
33°
20°
|
36°
23°
|
34°
22°
|
30°
19°
|
24°
15°
|
18°
10°
|
14°
7°
|
| 84mm | 35mm | 79mm | 66mm | 88mm | 43mm | 10mm | 11mm | 42mm | 65mm | 73mm | 45mm |
hot mild cold
Next 5 days at Foggia
Live forecast — refreshes every few hours.
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Sun 11
⛅
14° / 14°
—
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Mon 12
🌧️
23° / 14°
31.5mm
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Tue 13
☀️
21° / 14°
1.8mm
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Wed 14
☀️
21° / 15°
—
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Thu 15
⛅
23° / 15°
—
Forecast: MET Norway
Directions
Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.
Show all 13 manoeuvres
- Via Aterno 0.4 km
- Ponte della Libertà
- Ponte della Libertà
- (SS16dirC) 1 km
- Strada Statale 714 Tangenziale di Pescara (SS714) 11 km
- Strada statale 714 diramazione B Tangenziale di Pescara (SS714dirB) 0.8 km
- (SP23)
- — 0.5 km
- Autostrada Adriatica (A14) 162 km
- — 0.8 km
- Strada Statale 673 Tangenziale di Foggia (SS673) 0.3 km
- Viale Alfonso Primo d'Aragona 0.1 km
- Via Pietro Scrocco
Cycling from Pescara to Foggia
Touring-pace bicycle route generated by BRouter, with elevation gain and matched against the EuroVelo cycle network.
- Distance
- 196 km
- vs 185 km driving
- Riding time
- 10h 24m
- Touring pace; experienced riders cut this 20–30%.
- Total climb
- ↑ 1.015 m
Routed on the BRouter trekking profile — balanced for paved leisure tourers; gravel and fast-bike profiles produce different lines.
This route doesn't follow any EuroVelo network sections — expect mixed local cycle paths and quiet roads.
Show route on map
By coach from Pescara to Foggia
Indicative duration of the fastest direct long-distance coach found in the FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus EU schedules.
- Travel time
- 1h 55m
- Direct
- Operator
- FlixBus-eu
- Departures / day
- ~1
- Approximate based on the published schedule.
Show coach corridor on map
Schedules sourced from the FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus GTFS feeds via transport.data.gouv.fr. Times are indicative; verify on the operator's site before booking.
Booking link coming soon.
Frequently asked
Is the A14 a toll road?
Yes, the A14 is a distance-based toll motorway. You will pick up a ticket at the start of your motorway segment and pay when you exit.
What is the speed limit on this route?
The standard speed limit on Italian motorways is 130 km/h, though this is reduced to 110 km/h during rain or adverse weather conditions.
Are there any specific driving hazards to look out for?
The route is characterized by numerous tunnels and viaducts along the coast. High winds and sudden changes in visibility due to rain are the primary concerns for drivers.
How this page is built
Compiled by COD Solutions Oy from open European data — OSRM over OpenStreetMap for the route geometry, BRouter for the bicycle route, Open-Meteo for monthly climate normals, OpenTopoData SRTM 30m for elevation, Open Charge Map for EV charging stations, and Google Gemini drafts the narrative and FAQ from the computed route data. See our methodology for refresh cadence and limitations.