🇪🇸 Viaje transfronterizo · Spain → Switzerland 🇨🇭
En coche de Barcelona a Zürich
Drive from Barcelona to Zürich via AP-7, A9 & A7. Discover toll roads, speed limits, and border specifics for your cross-Europe journey.
- Tiempo de conducción
- 11h 20m
- Distancia
- 1.063 km
- ¿Mismo día?
- Día largo
- menos de 12 h
- Coste de combustible
- ≈ €155
- gasolina · diésel ≈ €131
- Peajes
- ≈ €112
- mixto
- Carga de vehículo eléctrico
- Desconocido
- aún no encuestado
En esta página
Mapa de la ruta
Opciones de ruta
Otros caminos que OSRM encontró entre las dos ciudades — útil cuando el tráfico, los peajes o el paisaje importan más que la velocidad pura.
Alternativa
+37m- Distancia:
- 1.145 km (+82 km)
- Duración:
- 11h 58m
Vía: A 9 · A 36 · A 7 · AP-7
¿Cómo más puedes hacer este viaje?
Conducir es el enfoque de esta guía; aquí se explica cómo se comparan la bicicleta y (pronto) el tren, el autobús y el avión para el mismo trayecto.
11h 20m
1.063 km · €155 de combustible
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No es realista
1.063 km está muy lejos de ser una cicloturismo típico de varios días. Prueba un tramo más corto, como una etapa de un día o de fin de semana.
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.
Cómo es el viaje
Elaborado a partir de los datos calculados de la ruta el 24 de abril de 2026 y revisado en comparación con la tarjeta resumen de la ruta. Lee nuestra metodología.
Your drive from Barcelona begins on the C-33, quickly merging onto the AP-7 autoroute heading northeast towards the French border. This is your main artery for a significant portion of the Spanish leg, a toll road offering smooth passage along the Mediterranean coast. Keep an eye out for fuel prices, which tend to be higher on these main French and Spanish motorways compared to smaller roads.
Crossing into France, the AP-7 becomes the A9 autoroute, continuing its path north. The driving style remains similar, but be aware of the speed limit adjustments – typically 130 km/h in good conditions on French autoroutes, but subject to change and reduced in adverse weather. Tolls are collected via booths along the A9. After a stretch on the A9, you'll transition to the A7, still a French autoroute, taking you further inland and north.
The route then diverts from the immediate coastal path, shifting towards the mountains as you approach the French Alps. Here, the main roads might give way to national routes like the N7 and N532, offering a more scenic, though potentially slower, experience. You’ll be navigating through diverse landscapes as you get closer to Switzerland. Remember that driving through many French towns may involve navigating low-emission zones (Crit'Air sticker required in some areas), so check local regulations if you plan extensive stops within urban centres.
As you approach the Swiss border, especially if heading towards Zürich, you'll likely need to purchase a vignette for the Swiss motorway system. This is a mandatory annual sticker available at border crossings or petrol stations near the border. Switzerland has strict speed limits, typically 120 km/h on motorways, and enforcement is rigorous. Tolls are generally covered by the vignette, but certain tunnels or specific roads may have additional charges. The final leg into Zürich will likely involve navigating Swiss autobahns, which are well-maintained but can experience heavy traffic, particularly approaching the city.
Puntos destacados de la ruta
- AP-7 toll autoroute along the Spanish coast
- A9 autoroute transition into France
- Navigating French national roads (N-routes)
- Swiss motorway vignette purchase
- Alpine scenery approaching Switzerland
- Strict speed enforcement in Switzerland
Plan de viaje
Cómo plantear el viaje: un día, dividido o con noche.
Se recomienda pasar la noche
Demasiado largo para un día de un solo conductor. Planifica 1 parada(s) de una noche para hacer este viaje correctamente.
Una parada natural para pasar la noche cerca del punto medio: La Motte-Servolex (fr).
- Distancia:
- 1.063 km
- Duración:
- 11h 20m (flujo libre, sin tráfico)
Dónde parar
Lugares a lo largo de la ruta que sirven como paradas naturales para tomar un café, almorzar o pasar la noche.
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Figueres 🇪🇸 es
≈133 kmdesvío de ≈ 4.6 km de la ruta principal
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Coursan 🇫🇷 fr
≈266 kmdesvío de ≈ 10.4 km de la ruta principal
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Marguerittes 🇫🇷 fr
≈398 kmdesvío de ≈ 2.5 km de la ruta principal
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Portes-lès-Valence 🇫🇷 fr
≈531 kmdesvío de ≈ 1 km de la ruta principal
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La Tour-du-Pin 🇫🇷 fr
≈664 kmdesvío de ≈ 1.9 km de la ruta principal
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Versoix 🇨🇭 ch
≈797 kmdesvío de ≈ 3.4 km de la ruta principal
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Wohlen 🇨🇭 ch
≈930 kmdesvío de ≈ 4.6 km de la ruta principal
Movimientos clave
Cosas que debes saber antes de salir: fronteras, lado de la carretera, peajes.
Cadena de varios países · ES → FR → CH
Cruzarás 3 países en este viaje, cada uno con su propio sistema de peajes, precios de combustible y normas de autopista. Lee la sección de información esencial a continuación antes de salir, y ten la documentación del vehículo y la tarjeta de seguro en el bolsillo de la puerta para cualquier control en carretera.
Peajes en autopistas en ES / FR
Presupuesta los peajes de autopista: Francia, Italia, España y Portugal cobran por kilómetro, Croacia y Grecia por tramo. Las tarjetas contactless funcionan casi en todas partes; ten una cargada.
Se requiere viñeta en CH
Austria, Suiza, República Checa, Eslovaquia, Hungría, Eslovenia, Bulgaria y Rumanía requieren una pegatina o viñeta electrónica para usar las autopistas. Cómprala en la frontera; no tenerla supone una multa considerable en el acto.
Largo tramo rural en C-33
Planifica unos 13 km de carreteras secundarias de dos carriles. Más lentas que la autopista, pero a menudo son la parte bonita; menos adelantamientos al anochecer.
Largo tramo rural en N 532
Planifica unos 11 km de carreteras secundarias de dos carriles. Más lentas que la autopista, pero a menudo son la parte bonita; menos adelantamientos al anochecer.
Imprescindible antes de partir
Cosas que un conductor de otro país no se le ocurriría preguntar — multas, pegatinas, tarjetas de pago, horarios.
Acceso a ciudades & zonas de bajas emisiones
ZBE Rondes — register your foreign plate before driving in
ImprescindibleBarcelona
Barcelona's low-emission zone covers everything inside the Rondes (B-10 / B-20), Mon–Fri 7:00–20:00. Old diesels and pre-2000 petrol cars are banned. Foreign plates with compliant emission classes still need to register at the city portal — without registration, the camera flags you regardless. Fines start at €100.
Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla now run ZBE low-emission zones
ImprescindibleSpain'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
ImprescindibleParis, 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.
Fronteras & documentos
You're leaving the EU customs zone
ImprescindibleSwitzerland is in Schengen but NOT in the EU customs union. Random customs stops happen at every border. Personal allowance: €300 in goods (CHF cash equivalent), 5L wine, 1L spirits. Above that you declare and pay duty. If you've loaded the boot with cured meat or cheese in Italy, declare it — confiscation is routine.
Peajes, viñetas & pago de carretera
Mont Blanc, Grand St Bernard, San Bernardino tunnels charge extra
ImprescindibleThe vignette covers most motorways but NOT the major Alpine road tunnels. Mont Blanc tunnel (FR-IT) is roughly €54 one-way for a passenger car, Grand St Bernard about €33, San Bernardino is included in the vignette but Gotthard road tunnel is a vignette-only route in summer (the queue can be 2 hours; the rail-shuttle alternative through the Lötschberg is faster).
Vignette is annual only — CHF 40
ImprescindibleSwitzerland sells one vignette: an annual sticker (or e-vignette) for CHF 40 / about €42. There's no 10-day option. Buy at any border post or online before you leave. The sticker must be physically affixed to the windscreen — keeping it loose in the glovebox earns the same CHF 200 fine as not having one.
You'll hit three different toll systems on this trip
ImprescindibleThis route crosses countries with mismatched toll mechanics — France's ticket-and-pay, vignette stickers, electronic-only stretches. There's no single transponder that works everywhere, but a Telepass EU device covers FR/IT/ES/PT and a Bip&Go covers the same plus a few more. For a one-off trip, contactless cards plus a Swiss vignette and Austrian e-vignette is the simplest mix.
Contactless works at every autoroute booth
ÚtilFrench 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.
Most Spanish tolls were abolished in 2024
ConsejoThe 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.
Qué debe llevar tu coche
Hi-vis vest in the cabin, triangle in the boot
ImprescindibleA 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.
Normas & costumbres de conducción
Priorité à droite still applies in towns
ÚtilOn 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
ÚtilOSRM 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.
Gasolineras
Off-motorway stations close late evening
ConsejoSpanish 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
ConsejoMajor 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.
Reglas, tarifas y umbrales cambian. Verifica siempre la fuente oficial el día antes de conducir — esta página es una lista de control, no una referencia legal.
Carreteras principales
Las autopistas en las que esta ruta pasa la mayor parte de los kilómetros.
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A 9 La Catalane281 km
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A1 —261 km
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AP-7 Autopista de la Mediterrània136 km
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A 7 Autoroute du Soleil93 km
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A 41 —71 km
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A 49 —61 km
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A 43 —46 km
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A 48 Autoroute du Dauphiné41 km
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C-33 —13 km
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A1; A3 —13 km
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N 532 —11 km
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N 7 —10 km
Carácter de la ruta
Cuánto del viaje es autopista frente a secundaria frente a rural.
Viaje por autopista — rápido, predecible, sin incidentes.
- Autopista
- 95%
- Secundaria
- 2%
- Otro / rural
- 3%
Dificultad de conducción
Percepción rápida: ¿qué tan exigente es este viaje para un conductor?
General
Exigente
Viaje duro: múltiples factores complicantes se suman a la fatiga. Se recomienda encarecidamente dividirlo en varios días.
- Viaje largo: 11h 20m al volante a velocidades de flujo libre.
- Transfronterizo: ES → CH. Ten los documentos a mano y consulta las normativas fronterizas.
Combustible y peajes
Estimación aproximada del coste para un coche de pasajeros típico de la UE. Trátalo como una estimación: los precios en surtidor cambian semanalmente.
Gasolina (RON 95)
≈ €155
79.7 L × €1.95 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diésel
≈ €131
63.8 L × €2.05 / L · 6 L/100 km
Eléctrico (carga rápida DC)
≈ €110
186 kWh × €0.59 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Carga rápida DC pública — la carga AC en casa o en hotel suele costar la mitad.
Peajes de autopista y viñetas
≈ €112
- ES — €0.09/km en la red de autopistas (≈ 127 km en el país ≈ €11) Sin peajes en la red A; se cobra solo en las carreteras AP.
- FR — €0.10/km en la red de autopistas (≈ 582 km en el país ≈ €58)
- CH — Viñeta (pegatina de autopista / viñeta electrónica) — €42.00 por 365 días
Precios actualizados por última vez el 2026-05-04. Fuente: Boletín Semanal de Petróleo de la UE más operadores de autopistas nacionales.
Tiempo por mes
Máxima diurna promedio / mínima nocturna y precipitación mensual típica, en los últimos cinco años.
🇪🇸 Barcelona
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| 19mm | 38mm | 74mm | 66mm | 66mm | 41mm | 61mm | 42mm | 123mm | 86mm | 40mm | 66mm |
caliente templado frío
🇨🇭 Zürich
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| 91mm | 43mm | 98mm | 114mm | 153mm | 105mm | 174mm | 118mm | 126mm | 112mm | 148mm | 109mm |
caliente templado frío
Próximos 5 días en Zürich
Pronóstico en vivo — se actualiza cada pocas horas.
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Mar 12
⛅
7° / 5°
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Mié 13
⛅
14° / 3°
18.4mm
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Jue 14
🌧️
12° / 5°
58.9mm
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Vie 15
⛅
11° / 4°
13.9mm
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Sáb 16
🌧️
8° / 7°
13.7mm
Pronóstico: MET Norway
Direcciones
Resumen de las maniobras principales, giro a giro, generado por OSRM.
Mostrar todas las 31 maniobras
- Carrer d'Aribau
- Carrer de València 2 km
- Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes (C-31) 4 km
- Ronda Litoral (B-10) 3 km
- (C-33) 13 km
- Autopista de la Mediterrània (AP-7) 136 km
- La Catalane (A 9) 52 km
- La Languedocienne (A 9) 120 km
- La Languedocienne (A 9) 109 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (A 7) 93 km
- — 0.1 km
- (N 7) 10 km
- (N 532) 11 km
- (A 49) 61 km
- Autoroute du Dauphiné (A 48) 41 km
- — 0.4 km
- (A 43) 46 km
- (A 41) 51 km
- (A 41) 20 km
- — 0.3 km
- (A1) 40 km
- (A1) 26 km
- (A1) 25 km
- (A1) 125 km
- (A1) 9 km
- (A1) 35 km
- (A1; A3) 13 km
- (A1H) 4 km
- (A1H) 0.7 km
- Bahnhofquai 0.4 km
- Schanzengasse
Preguntas frecuentes
What is the required vignette for driving in Switzerland?
You will need to purchase an annual Swiss motorway vignette (Autobahnvignette) for your vehicle to use Swiss motorways. This is mandatory and can be bought at border crossings or petrol stations near the border.
Are there tolls on the AP-7 and A9 autoroutes?
Yes, both the AP-7 in Spain and the A9 in France are toll motorways. You will encounter toll booths where you pay for the sections you use.
What are the typical speed limits in France and Switzerland?
On French autoroutes, the limit is generally 130 km/h in dry conditions. In Switzerland, the limit on motorways is typically 120 km/h. Always watch for variable speed limit signs and reductions due to weather or roadworks.
Do I need a Crit'Air sticker for France?
A Crit'Air sticker is required for vehicles entering certain French cities and towns to restrict polluting vehicles. Check if your route passes through any controlled zones and obtain the sticker if necessary before you arrive.
How does fuel pricing compare between Spain, France, and Switzerland?
Fuel prices can vary significantly. Generally, prices on main motorways in Spain and France are higher than in towns or on national roads. Switzerland tends to have some of the highest fuel prices in Western Europe.
Cómo se construye esta página
Compilado por COD Solutions Oy a partir de datos europeos abiertos — OSRM over OpenStreetMap for the route geometry, Open-Meteo for monthly climate normals, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin for cross-border fuel-price bands, and Google Gemini drafts the narrative and FAQ from the computed route data. Consulta nuestra metodología para conocer la frecuencia de actualización y las limitaciones.