Tolls in France

icehockey44

Hi All,

I am going to France tonight, driving down to the alps for a week and a half.

Just wondering if anyoe can adise me as to how much the tolls are for the motorways in France, as I need to know how much money (Euros) to have to hand.

Are they charged per miles, as looking at the directions pulled off of the net, some of the toll/ partial tolls roads we will be travelling on we will only cover something like 0.2 miles, I think the longest is about 111 miles in one go.

would be very interested on your experiences of French tolls.

Cheers :beer:

Donna

Mrs7ones

Hi,
we've driven on holidays in France for a few years now, and so far have only paid tolls on the m'ways near Paris....
BUT if you use the Viamichelin route planner to do a route plan of your intended journey, it will tell you how much the tolls would be 'if' you were charged them all

littleowl

Tolls are payable on most autoroutes in France and you will find that they can be quite expensive for a long journey. However, you can always take to the 'green routes' for part of the distance. The upside is that French motorways (except around Paris) are a joy to drive on as there is so much less traffic and the airs and cafes along the route have excellent food which makes stopping a pleasure

benjus

I recently drove the from South France to Calais (about 1150km), mostly on toll roads, but not completely (about 90% I think). It cost me about €60 in tolls.

This page: http://www.autoroutes.fr/en/homepage.html can work out exactly what the toll will be given a starting point and destination.

There are sometimes queues for paying in cash. The quickest way to pay (except for a Telepeage badge, which is only worthwhile for frequent users) is to use a credit/debit card. If you have a Nationwide card this works a treat as you just get charged the exact toll amount at the wholesale exchange rate (no fees). However, if your card has a minimum per-transaction charge it's probably best to pay cash.

icehockey44

Tahnks for this Mrs7ones.

The best wbsite I have found for directions.

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Cheers

Donna

Mrs7ones

littleowl wrote: »

Tolls are payable on most autoroutes in France and you will find that they can be quite expensive for a long journey. However, you can always take to the 'green routes' for part of the distance. The upside is that French motorways (except around Paris) are a joy to drive on as there is so much less traffic and the airs and cafes along the route have excellent food which makes stopping a pleasure

We must just be lucky then, cos like I say, it was only travelling around Paris that has ever cost us
(Calais to Brittany didn't cost a cent!!)