🇪🇸 Same-country drive · Spain
Driving from Sevilla to Palma
Essential driving tips for the 947km route from Seville to Palma, covering main motorways, ferry connections, and regional travel advice.
- Drive time
- 13h 51m
- Distance
- 947 km
- Same day?
- Split it
- 12 h+, plan a stop
- Fuel cost
- ≈ €109
- petrol · diesel ≈ €99
- Tolls
- ≈ €85
- per-km
- EV charging
- Unknown
- not yet surveyed
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
+3h 43m- Distance:
- 990 km (+44 km)
- Duration:
- 17h 35m
Via: Gandia - Eivissa · N-322 · Palma - Eivissa · A-431
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.
13h 51m
947 km · €109 fuel
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Not realistic
947 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.
What the drive is like
Drafted from the route's computed data on April 25, 2026 and reviewed against the route summary card. Read our methodology.
You start the drive by picking up the A-4 motorway heading northeast out of Seville, leaving the humid heat of the Guadalquivir valley behind as you transition toward the higher plains of interior Spain. The initial stretch toward the A-32 is largely agricultural, marked by vast olive groves that dominate the landscape until you reach the transition onto the N-322. Expect the character of the road to shift here; the wide, multi-lane motorway feel briefly gives way to more direct, smaller-gauge national roads that require closer attention to local traffic and slower heavy transport. Once you merge onto the A-31 and eventually the A-7, the route becomes a high-speed corridor following the spine of the Mediterranean coast, where the sea air begins to replace the dry inland breeze. Navigating the coastal stretch near Valencia brings the necessity of planning for the final leg to Palma. This route requires a critical logistical transition: the ferry crossing from the mainland to Mallorca. Make sure you check the port terminal details well in advance, as Valencia and Dénia serve as the primary gateways for the crossing. The A-7 acts as your main artery for reaching these departure points, but keep in mind that coastal traffic can be dense, particularly during summer months or weekend peaks. Always budget extra time for port check-in procedures, which are significantly more rigid than the open motorway driving you will have experienced across the Spanish mainland. Driving rules remain consistent throughout the journey, as you stay within Spanish borders the entire time. The standard motorway limit is 120 km/h, but the A-7 can be subject to localized speed restrictions and heavy congestion as you bypass major urban hubs. While there are no vignettes required, certain motorway sections utilize distance-based tolls, so keep a payment card or cash ready for the booths. If you are traveling between late autumn and early spring, be aware that while the coast remains mild, the interior stretches you crossed earlier can experience sudden temperature drops and occasional fog, especially during the climb toward the plateaus of the interior. Once you arrive in Palma, remember that the city center often enforces restricted traffic zones, so prioritize parking outside the immediate historic core to avoid unnecessary fines.
Route highlights
- The transition from the arid olive groves of Andalusia to the Mediterranean coastline via the A-31
- The efficiency of the A-7 coastal corridor for reaching major ferry departure ports
- The departure from the historic, Moorish-influenced streets of Seville
- The navigational shift from high-speed motorways to regional national roads near the A-32
Trip plan
How to think about the drive: one day, split, or overnight.
Overnight recommended
Too long for a single-driver day. Plan on 1 overnight stop(s) to do this trip right.
A natural overnight stop near the halfway point: Infantes (es).
- Distance:
- 947 km
- Duration:
- 13h 51m (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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Córdoba 🇪🇸 es
≈135 km≈ 3.4 km detour from the main route
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Baeza 🇪🇸 es
≈271 km≈ 3.9 km detour from the main route
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Almansa 🇪🇸 es
≈541 km≈ 14.9 km detour from the main route
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Oliva 🇪🇸 es
≈676 km≈ 15.6 km detour from the main route
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Ibiza 🇪🇸 es
≈812 km≈ 1.9 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 ES
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 Gandia - Eivissa
Plan for about 149 km of two-lane country roads. Slower than motorway, but often the pretty part — fewer overtakes after dark.
Long rural stretch on Palma - Eivissa
Plan for about 130 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
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.
Sevilla ZBE — old town one-way labyrinth + camera enforcement
Must knowSevilla
Sevilla's ZBE Casco Antiguo (since 2024) covers the medieval centre between the river and the Alcázar. Hours 07:00–22:00 every day. Combined with the existing one-way traffic system, GPS routes change daily — many old streets are pedestrianised this year that weren't last year. Park outside (Avenida de Roma, Plaza de Armas underground) and walk in.
Tolls, vignettes & road payment
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.
Driving rules & habits
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
Off-motorway stations close late evening
TipSpanish provincial fuel stations often close 22:00–07:00, especially in the south. Motorway services (Cepsa, Repsol on the autovía) run 24/7. If you're routing through an Andalusian backroad, fuel before sunset and don't bank on a small-town pump.
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.
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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A-4 Autovía del Sur234 km
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N-322 Carretera de Jaén157 km
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A-31 Autovía de Alicante81 km
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A-32 Autovía Andrés de Vandelvira79 km
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A-35 Autovía Almansa-Xàtiva43 km
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CV-60 Carretera l'Olleria - Gandia - Oliva34 km
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A-7 Autovia de la Mediterrània10 km
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Ma-1 Avinguda de Gabriel Roca2 km
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A-44 —2 km
Route character
How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.
Mixed motorway + secondary — varied pace, some scenic stretches.
- Motorway
- 48%
- Secondary
- 17%
- Other / rural
- 35%
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: 13h 51m behind the wheel at free-flow speeds.
- About 471 km on non-motorway roads where speeds and conditions vary.
Fuel & tolls
Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.
Petrol (RON 95)
≈ €109
71 L × €1.53 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €99
56.8 L × €1.74 / L · 6 L/100 km
Electric (DC fast)
≈ €106
166 kWh × €0.64 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Public DC fast charging — slower AC charging at home or hotels typically costs about half.
Motorway tolls & vignettes
≈ €85
- ES — €0.09/km on the motorway network (≈ 947 km in-country ≈ €85) Toll-free on the A-network; charged only on AP roads.
Prices last refreshed 2026-05-04.
Weather by month
Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.
🇪🇸 Sevilla
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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16°
8°
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18°
8°
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20°
10°
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25°
13°
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28°
16°
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33°
20°
|
37°
22°
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38°
23°
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31°
19°
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27°
17°
|
20°
11°
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16°
7°
|
| 76mm | 46mm | 152mm | 31mm | 23mm | 23mm | 0mm | 0mm | 23mm | 159mm | 70mm | 54mm |
hot mild cold
🇪🇸 Palma
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16°
9°
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16°
8°
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18°
11°
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21°
12°
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24°
15°
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29°
20°
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32°
23°
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32°
23°
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28°
20°
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25°
18°
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20°
13°
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16°
9°
|
| 35mm | 68mm | 76mm | 42mm | 53mm | 37mm | 16mm | 34mm | 62mm | 42mm | 51mm | 34mm |
hot mild cold
Next 5 days at Palma
Live forecast — refreshes every few hours.
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Tue 12
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19° / 16°
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Wed 13
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21° / 15°
0.8mm
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Thu 14
☀️
21° / 15°
3.5mm
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Fri 15
🌧️
20° / 14°
4.8mm
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Sat 16
☀️
19° / 15°
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Forecast: MET Norway
Directions
Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.
Show all 44 manoeuvres
- Glorieta Edward Johnston
- Avenida Kansas City
- Avenida Kansas City
- Avenida Kansas City
- — 0.5 km
- Autovía del Sur (A-4) 234 km
- — 0.5 km
- (A-44) 2 km
- Autovía Andrés de Vandelvira (A-32) 0.3 km
- Autovía Andrés de Vandelvira (A-32) 79 km
- (N-322) 45 km
- (N-322) 45 km
- Carretera de Jaén (N-322) 58 km
- (N-322) 9 km
- Autovía de Alicante (A-31) 6 km
- Autovía de Alicante (A-31) 76 km
- Autovía Almansa-Xàtiva (A-35) 15 km
- Autovia Almansa-Xàtiva (A-35) 5 km
- Autovía Almansa-Xàtiva (A-35) 4 km
- Autovia Almansa-Xàtiva (A-35) 20 km
- Autovia de la Mediterrània (A-7) 10 km
- Carretera l'Olleria - Gandia - Oliva (CV-60) 0.2 km
- Carretera l'Olleria - Gandia - Oliva (CV-60) 34 km
- Carretera Palma de Gandia - Gandia (CV-686) 0.1 km
- Carretera Palma de Gandia - Gandia (CV-686)
- Carretera Palma de Gandia - Gandia (CV-686)
- Carrer Travessera d'Albaida (CV-686)
- Carrer Travessera d'Albaida (CV-686)
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- Carretera de Cartagena a Valencia (N-332) 0.2 km
- Carretera de Cartagena a Valencia (N-332) 0.2 km
- Accés sud al port de Gandia (N-337) 0.2 km
- Accés sud al port de Gandia (N-337) 0.1 km
- Accés sud al port de Gandia 0.1 km
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- —
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- Gandia - Eivissa 149 km
- Palma - Eivissa 130 km
- —
- —
- Avinguda de Gabriel Roca (Ma-1) 2 km
- Plaça de la Reina
- Carrer de la Cadena
Frequently asked
Do I need a vignette to drive in Spain?
No, Spain does not use a vignette system. However, some motorways are toll roads that charge based on the distance you travel.
Is the ferry included in the driving time?
No, the estimated 13 hours and 51 minutes only account for the driving portion on the mainland. You must account for ferry transit time and early arrival requirements for vehicle loading separately.
Are there specific road hazards on this route?
The transition from the A-4 to the N-322 involves a shift from major motorway to narrower roads where you should be vigilant for agricultural vehicles and local traffic that may not adhere to motorway-level speeds.
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, and Google Gemini drafts the narrative and FAQ from the computed route data. See our methodology for refresh cadence and limitations.