Pay-as-you-go tolls are charged on most motorways in France, Spain and Italy. You can pay with cash, a credit card, or pay for a unit that sits in your car and opens the toll gate automatically while charging your bank account.

Examples of toll costs in France:
Paris to Calais £17.03 (21.70 Euros)
Lyon to Montpellier £19.46 (24.80 Euros)
Tours to Bordeaux £25.10 (32.00 Euros)

Keep in mind all prices shown here are provided as a guide only and may be subject to changes.

In Austria motorway passes are 8.50 Euros (£6.67) for 10 days or 24.80 Euros (£19.37) for two months. Passes can be bought from service stations near the border. You need a similar permit for the Swiss motorway system. These cost £29 for the year and can be bought online from travel-swiss.co.uk/vignette.

These costs make driving abroad appear more expensive than the UK but the cost of fuel tends to be lower. Here’s how the cost of a litre of fuel varies across Europe.

Country	Unleaded (£)	Unleaded (€)	Diesel (£)	Diesel (€)
UK	1.06	1.32	1.06	1.33
Spain	0.87	1.09	0.78	0.97
Ireland	0.94	1.18	0.83	1.04
Austria	0.78	0.97	0.71	0.89
France	0.99	1.24	0.86	1.08
Germany	0.95	1.19	0.82	1.02

*Exchange rate at the time of writing = 1.25 Euros to the pound.

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