20 famous European road trips, each coloured by whether a car towing a caravan may drive it: 10 the whole road, 7 with a bypass, 3 not at all (Stelvio, the Amalfi coast road, the Lake District’s Hardknott/Wrynose loop).

A few things that surprised me while reading the rules:

  • Amalfi coast road (SS163): campers and caravans are banned 06:30–24:00, while motorbikes are exempt from the odd/even number-plate days cars get in summer.
  • Grossglockner: a motorcycle’s day ticket is €36.50 against €46.50 for a car — and a car with a caravan pays the car rate.
  • Geiranger–Hellesylt ferry: about €76 for a car with its driver, €187 for a car + caravan (10–14 m), €61 for a motorbike.

Rules read on 5 Nov from the road authorities and operators (where only a secondary source says it, the page says so). Each road is priced for car, car + caravan, motorhome and motorcycle: https://copilot.travel/maps/famous-road-trips Corrections welcome.

  • Heikki@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    Agreed, and it seems to be spreading. In the Picos de Europa the road up to the Covadonga lakes is closed to private cars on set dates (most of June to mid-October) and a shuttle bus takes you up instead, and South Tyrol has been testing access limits on the Passo Gardena with possible measures from summer 2027.

    The Amalfi rule is a bit odd in one way though: the plate days apply only 10:00–18:00, so the early birds still get the road to themselves.