🇪🇸 Viaje transfronterizo · Spain → Switzerland 🇨🇭
En coche de Valencia a Basel
Drive from Valencia, Spain to Basel, Switzerland. Discover key roads like AP-7, A9, A7, and cross-border essentials for a smooth journey.
- Tiempo de conducción
- 14h 29m
- Distancia
- 1.394 km
- ¿Mismo día?
- Divídelo
- 12 h+, planifica una parada
- Coste de combustible
- ≈ €194
- gasolina · diésel ≈ €167
- Peajes
- ≈ €164
- 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
+1h 10m- Distancia:
- 1.494 km (+100 km)
- Duración:
- 15h 40m
Vía: AP-7 · A 75 · A 36 · A 9
¿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.
14h 29m
1.394 km · €194 de combustible
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No es realista
1.394 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 journey kicks off picking up the V-21 heading out of Valencia, quickly merging onto the coastal A-7 which soon becomes the AP-7 toll motorway.
This section of the AP-7 will carry you north along Spain's Mediterranean coast for many kilometers. Keep an eye out for signs for France; you'll want to join the A9 motorway as you approach the border. Once in France, the A9 will lead you towards Montpellier and then Lyon. In Lyon, navigate towards the A46, which will then connect you to the A6 heading northeast. This major French autoroute will take you towards Dijon and eventually to the German border.
As you cross into Germany, the road designation changes to Autobahn. You'll primarily be on the A6, then switch to the A7 near Ulm. The German Autobahn is famous for its sections with no general speed limit, but always be aware of your surroundings and posted limits. Watch for speed cameras in built-up areas and construction zones. Fuel prices in Germany can fluctuate, so it's wise to top up when you see reasonable prices, as they can be higher further north.
Continuing on the A7, you will eventually reach the Swiss border. Switzerland requires a motorway vignette for all vehicles using their highways; these are annual stickers and must be purchased *before* entering the motorway system or immediately at the border crossing to avoid fines. The A7 continues into Switzerland, leading you directly towards Basel. Be prepared for potentially stricter enforcement of speed limits and regulations in Switzerland. Additionally, Switzerland uses Swiss Francs (CHF) for its currency, so ensure you have a way to pay for any immediate needs upon arrival.
Puntos destacados de la ruta
- Spanish AP-7 coastal drive
- French A9 autoroute through Languedoc
- Lyon's A46 bypass
- German Autobahn sections
- Swiss A7 motorway
- Vignette requirement for Swiss motorways
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: Orange (fr).
- Distancia:
- 1.394 km
- Duración:
- 14h 29m (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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Amposta 🇪🇸 es
≈174 kmdesvío de ≈ 5.8 km de la ruta principal
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Rubí 🇪🇸 es
≈349 kmdesvío de ≈ 2.9 km de la ruta principal
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Toulouges 🇫🇷 fr
≈523 kmdesvío de ≈ 6.9 km de la ruta principal
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Baillargues 🇫🇷 fr
≈697 kmdesvío de ≈ 2.1 km de la ruta principal
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Portes-lès-Valence 🇫🇷 fr
≈871 kmdesvío de ≈ 2.1 km de la ruta principal
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Ambérieu-en-Bugey 🇫🇷 fr
≈1.045 kmdesvío de ≈ 13.6 km de la ruta principal
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Besançon 🇫🇷 fr
≈1.220 kmdesvío de ≈ 15.2 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 V-21 Avinguda de Catalunya
Planifica unos 20 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 346 Rocade Est
Planifica unos 14 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
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.
Smaller stations close on Sundays
ConsejoMotorway service areas (aires) run 24/7 with a fuel-price premium of about €0.15/L. Off-motorway stations in towns under 20k people often close Sunday afternoons and overnight Mon–Sat. If you're fuelling on a Sunday route, plan around motorway stops — supermarket pumps (Carrefour, E.Leclerc) are your cheapest option but typically 9:00–12:30 / 14:30–19:00 on a Sunday, where open at all.
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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AP-7 Autopista de la Mediterrània / Autopista del Mediterráneo471 km
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A 9 La Catalane281 km
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A 36 La Comtoise185 km
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A 7 Autoroute du Soleil176 km
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A 39 Autoroute Verte111 km
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A 42 Autoroute de la Saône et du Rhône48 km
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A 35 Autoroute des Cigognes25 km
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A 40 Autoroute des Titans24 km
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A 46 —21 km
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V-21 Avinguda de Catalunya20 km
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N 346 Rocade Est14 km
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A-7 Autovia de la Mediterrània8 km
Carácter de la ruta
Cuánto del viaje es autopista frente a secundaria frente a rural.
Viaje por autopista — rápido, predecible, sin incidentes.
- Autopista
- 97%
- Secundaria
- 1%
- Otro / rural
- 2%
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: 14h 29m 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)
≈ €194
104.5 L × €1.86 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diésel
≈ €167
83.6 L × €2.00 / L · 6 L/100 km
Eléctrico (carga rápida DC)
≈ €144
244 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
≈ €164
- ES — €0.09/km en la red de autopistas (≈ 482 km en el país ≈ €43) Sin peajes en la red A; se cobra solo en las carreteras AP.
- FR — €0.10/km en la red de autopistas (≈ 786 km en el país ≈ €79)
- 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.
🇪🇸 Valencia
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| 14mm | 23mm | 62mm | 10mm | 35mm | 15mm | 17mm | 19mm | 105mm | 114mm | 44mm | 45mm |
caliente templado frío
🇨🇭 Basel
| Ene | Feb | Mar | Abr | May | Jun | Jul | Ago | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dic |
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| 101mm | 47mm | 97mm | 98mm | 114mm | 80mm | 133mm | 91mm | 117mm | 125mm | 145mm | 85mm |
caliente templado frío
Próximos 5 días en Basel
Pronóstico en vivo — se actualiza cada pocas horas.
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Mar 12
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6° / 5°
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Mié 13
⛅
15° / 4°
21mm
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Jue 14
🌧️
12° / 6°
25.6mm
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Vie 15
🌧️
11° / 4°
31.8mm
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Sáb 16
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13° / 7°
1.7mm
Pronóstico: MET Norway
Direcciones
Resumen de las maniobras principales, giro a giro, generado por OSRM.
Mostrar todas las 25 maniobras
- Plaça de la Ciutat de Bruges 0.1 km
- Avinguda d'Aragó 0.2 km
- Avinguda de Catalunya (V-21)
- Avinguda de Catalunya (V-21) 20 km
- Autovia de la Mediterrània (A-7) 8 km
- Autopista de la Mediterrània / Autopista del Mediterráneo (AP-7) 308 km
- Autopista de la Mediterrània (AP-7) 163 km
- La Catalane (A 9) 52 km
- La Languedocienne (A 9) 120 km
- La Languedocienne (A 9) 109 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (A 7) 176 km
- (A 46) 21 km
- Rocade Est (N 346) 14 km
- Autoroute de la Saône et du Rhône (A 42) 0.6 km
- Autoroute de la Saône et du Rhône (A 42) 48 km
- Autoroute des Titans (A 40) 24 km
- Autoroute Verte (A 39) 111 km
- — 1 km
- La Comtoise (A 36) 121 km
- La Comtoise (A 36) 63 km
- Autoroute des Cigognes (A 35) 25 km
- Autoroute des Cigognes (A 35) 0.2 km
- Flughafenstrasse (12; 18)
- Kannenfeldstrasse (12; 18) 0.4 km
- Schlettstadterstrasse
Preguntas frecuentes
Where can I buy the Swiss motorway vignette?
The Swiss motorway vignette (Autobahnvignette) can be purchased at border crossings, petrol stations near the border, or online in advance. It's crucial to have it affixed to your windscreen before entering Swiss motorways to avoid penalties.
Are there tolls on this route?
Yes, significant portions of this route are on toll roads. The AP-7 in Spain and the A9 in France are toll motorways (autoroutes à péage). Germany's Autobahns are generally toll-free for passenger cars, but Switzerland requires the vignette.
What are the speed limits like?
Speed limits vary by country and road type. In Spain and France, they are typically 120 km/h on motorways. In Germany, many Autobahn sections have no general speed limit, but advisory limits (Richtgeschwindigkeit) of 130 km/h apply, and lower limits are posted in certain areas. Switzerland has strict speed limits, usually 120 km/h on motorways.
Do I need winter tires?
While not universally mandated for this specific route in all conditions, winter tires are highly recommended, especially if travelling between October and April, as weather can change unexpectedly, particularly in mountainous regions near the Alps.
What currency do I need for tolls and fuel?
In Spain and France, you can typically pay tolls with Euros (cash or card). Fuel can also be purchased with Euros. In Switzerland, the currency is the Swiss Franc (CHF), though some larger service stations might accept Euros. Cards are widely accepted.
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.