France
French motorway tolls (peage), Crit'Air emissions stickers, and mandatory Angles Morts blind-spot stickers for vehicles over 3.5t.
Motorhome Advice
Country guides and practical advice written for UK motorhomers. Covers Schengen rules, travelling with dogs, payload limits, tolls, low emission zones, hookup electrics, gas, mobile data, breakdown cover, and security. These are the things that catch people out on a first trip and can cost serious money if you get them wrong.
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European Destinations
One guide per country, written for UK motorhome and caravan owners. Read it on the page, or grab the free PDF to keep on your phone for offline reference on the road.
Spain
Spain runs a mixed toll system and requires a Distintivo Ambiental sticker in Madrid and Barcelona. Sunday trading restrictions catch a lot of people off-guard too.
Italy
Autostrada tolls, ZTL restricted city zones, and the pharmacy rules you need to know. Plus a honest look at which supermarket chains are worth your time.
Switzerland
Switzerland requires an annual motorway vignette and has strict rules on vehicle dimensions. Costs are high, but the facilities and alpine routes make it worth planning properly.
Austria
A digital vignette covers most motorways, but the Brenner, Tauern, Pyhrn and Karawanken sections are tolled separately. Winter tyre rules bite hard from November.
Belgium
Motorways are free, but Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent run low-emission zones that every foreign vehicle must register for online before entering, regardless of age.
Croatia
Distance-based HAC tolls on the A1 down to the coast, the euro in your pocket since 2023, and ferries to book well before the summer crunch on the islands.
Czech Republic
An e-vignette is compulsory on the motorways and the drink-drive limit is zero. Handy hub for central Europe with good LPG coverage and well-priced campsites.
Denmark
The Great Belt and Oresund bridges each cost a small fortune, and five city LEZs require foreign diesels over 3.5t to register online before crossing the city limits.
Germany
The autobahn has no general speed limit, but 50 cities enforce Umweltzone restrictions that demand a green Umweltplakette sticker on your windscreen.
Greece
Motorways are tolled at booths by distance and a fire extinguisher is strongly recommended. Island ferries charge by vehicle length so book motorhome space early.
Hungary
An e-matrica vignette via HU-GO is mandatory on the motorways, drink-driving is zero tolerance, and most transactions still need forints rather than euros.
Ireland
Ireland drives on the left like the UK but is outside Schengen and outside EES. The Dublin M50 is barrier-free by ANPR, so remember to pay the eFlow toll by 20:00 next day.
Luxembourg
Free motorways, no vignette, and the cheapest fuel in western Europe make Luxembourg a natural top-up stop between France, Belgium and Germany.
Montenegro
Outside the EU and Schengen but uses the euro. Check your UK insurance covers Montenegro before you travel, and expect a toll through the Sozina tunnel to the coast.
Netherlands
Motorways are free but capped at 100 km/h until 19:00, city milieuzones restrict older diesels, and cyclists have absolute priority at nearly every junction.
Norway
AutoPASS ANPR tolls with no booths anywhere, the right to roam one night under allemannsretten, and a fuel bill that pays to plan around ferry discounts.
Poland
Most motorways are free, LPG coverage is among Europe's densest, and a Sunday trading ban closes the big supermarkets except on a handful of weekends each year.
Portugal
The Algarve A22 and other electronic-only tolls take no cash. Set up Easy Toll or a Via Verde transponder at the border to avoid a pile of penalties on the way home.
Slovenia
An e-vignette covers motorhomes under 3.5t, but over that threshold you are forced onto distance-based DarsGo which catches out a lot of heavier motorhomes.
Sweden
Motorways are free but Stockholm and Gothenburg bill visitors by ANPR through Epass24. Anything stronger than 3.5 percent lager needs a trip to the state-owned Systembolaget.
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