From Frankfurt to the Ardèche and Provence
Across the border at Basel, then down the Rhone valley until the Ardèche opens its gorges: Lyon breaks the approach, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc is the base for canoeing and the Pont d'Arc, Avignon the finale with the Papal Palace and Provençal markets.
One-way route · calculated on 27 October 2026 with the Camperada planner
- Distance
- 941 km
- Pure driving time
- 10 hrs 21 mins
- Travel days
- 10
- Nights, 1 of them on the way
- 9
Stages and overnight stops
Frankfurt am Main
Starting point of the route
Day 1
Lyon
Drive 667 km, 7 hrs 3 mins, spread over 2 driving days · 1 night
Day 2
Vallon-Pont-d’Arc
Drive 196 km, 2 hrs 12 mins · 4 nights
Day 3
Avignon
Drive 78 km, 1 hr 5 mins · 3 nights
Day 7
Divided with at most 5 hours of driving per day. In the planner you set your own pace, and the stages rearrange themselves.
What the route costs
Fuel
around €250
- 108 litres of diesel at 11.5 l/100 km
- Blended price €2.31/l, weighted by the kilometres per country
- national averages of 12 October 2026 (European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (prices incl. taxes))
Tolls and vignettes
For this route the planner lists no vignettes or special toll sections.
Plus distance-based tolls, estimated as a range:
- France, class 2, around 314 km tolled€44 to €53
A range instead of a single figure, because tariffs vary by entry and exit.
Tariffs as of 2026, up to 3.5 t maximum permitted weight.
Overnight stays
€266 to €414
- France, 9 nights€266 to €414
Average prices for 2 adults and 1 child per night, mid to high season (PiNCAMP price analysis 2026 (ADAC)). Your site may be below or above that.
How vignettes, distance tolls and special tolls interact across Europe is explained in the toll guide. What else to budget for on a motorhome trip is collected in the trip costs.
Make it your trip
All figures here apply to the one-way route with default assumptions. In the planner, exactly this route opens with all its stops: set your own starting point, and the return leg, your vehicle and your nights recalculate live. Free and without an account.
Open the route in the plannerWhat was calculated with
- Vehicle assumption: 3.00 m tall, 2.30 m wide, 7.00 m long, 3.5 t. These are reference values, not a specific vehicle.
- Routed via GraphHopper on an OpenStreetMap basis. The vehicle dimensions fed into the routing.
- One-way route without the return: it depends on your starting point and is added in the planner.
- Calculated on 27 October 2026; in the planner the same route recalculates live with current prices.
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