Italy road trip cost breakdown

If you always wondered how much can it cost to go on a road trip somewhere in Europe, you are on the right page. We decided to go on a road trip through Italy in July 2020 and mark all the expenses to show you. And to be completely honest, we were kind of interested to find out too 🙂

We would like to say a few words in the beginning.

With the situation going on in 2020, we knew that we have to be more careful, therefore we decided not to try to save on the accommodation. We wanted to make sure we are in a clean environment even if we had to pay a bit more. Another thing we wanted to make sure is to have parking available so all the hotels we chose were offering parking spots.

Now let’s finally have a look on the entire cost breakdown 🙂

Our route: Berlin – Dolomites – Venice – Verona – Lago di Garda – Florence – Pisa – Cinque Terre – Berlin

FUEL: 292 EUR / 3200km (from Berlin)

HIGHWAY TICKETS ITALY: 110,60 EUR

HIGHWAY TICKETS AUSTRIA: 38,8 EUR

TOTAL : 441,40 EUR

DOLOMITES

Accommodation:

Hotel Panoramik (in Rio di Pusteria) – 78,80 EUR/night (breakfast included)

Food:

Breakfast – included in the hotel price

Lunch – 26 EUR

Dinner – skipped, we were too tired and full from the late lunch

Souvenirs:

1 magnet + 2 postcards – 6 EUR

Parking:

Lago di Braies – 6 EUR/day

Val di Funes: somewhere for free or 2 EUR/hour

TOTAL : 116,80 EUR

VENICE

Accommodation:

Hotel San Gallo – 130,98 EUR /2 nights (65,49 EUR/night)

Parking:

in Mestre train station – 3 days (72H) – 44 EUR

Transport:

Train from Mestre to Venice – 1,35 EUR/person/one way

Sea bus from Venice train station to Piazza San Marco – 7,50 EUR/person/one way

Food:

Breakfast 8 EUR / 10 EUR / 10 EUR (1.day/2.day/3.day)

Lunch: 35EUR / 50 EUR /20 EUR (1.day/2.day/3.day)

Dinner: 37 EUR / 37 EUR (1.day/2.day)

Souvenirs:

5 magnets + 1 bracelet + 2 carnival masks – 21,50 EUR

Attractions:

Boat trip to Murano, Burano and Torcello – 20 EUR/person

TOTAL: 478,88 EUR / 3 days

VERONA

Accommodation:

CRYS Apartments – 79,69 EUR/night

Food:

Breakfast – 10eur

Lunch – 40 eur

Dinner – 50 eur

Souvenirs:

We forgot to buy magnets

Attractions:

Juliet’s house – 7 eur/person

TOTAL: 193,69 EUR

LAGO DI GARDA

Accommodation:

1. night

Bright apartments Sirmione – 104 EUR/night/3 people (Dominika’s father came to visit us)

2. night

Acqua resort – 68,79 eur/night (2 people)

Food:

Breakfast – 10 EUR/3 people 

Lunch – from the supermarket, eating on the boat 30 EUR/ 3 people

Dinner –

1. day – 100 EUR/3 people

2 . day – 34 EUR/2 people

Attractions:

Boat rental – 126 EUR /4h/up to 5 people

TOTAL: 391,70 EUR (calculated for 2 people excluding Dominika’s father)

FLORENCE

Accommodation:

Hotel Villa Liana – 86 EUR/night (breakfast included)

Food:

Breakfast – included in the hotel price

Lunch – 30 EUR

Dinner – 45 EUR

Souvenirs:

2 magnets – 5 eur

Attractions:

Gucci museum – 8 EUR/person

TOTAL: 182 EUR

PISA

We stopped in Pisa only for a few hours

Souvenirs:

2 magnets – 2 EUR

Parking:

2 EUR/h

TOTAL : 4 EUR

CINQUE TERRE

Accommodation:

Le stelle di Martina (in La Spezia) – 135 EUR/3 nights

Food:

Breakfast – 5 EUR / 10 EUR / 5 EUR (1.day/2.day/3.day)

Lunch – 21 EUR / 30 EUR / 15 EUR (1.day/2.day/3.day)

Dinner – 33 EUR / 20 EUR (1.day/2.day)

We did not eat much those days and we ate a lot of street food so it was cheaper

Transportation:

16 eur/day unlimited train card

Souvenirs:

2 magnets + 1 book – 11 EUR

TOTAL: 345 EUR/3 days

Check our Cinque Terre travel guide: http://borntotraveldiaries.com/cinque-terre-travel-guide/

TOTAL OF THE ENTIRE ROAD TRIP

2153,47 EUR / 13 days / 2 people

We hope this blog post was helpful to you and now you have an idea of how much you probably gonna need for a road trip. For pictures and videos of our road trip check our instagram feed from July 2020 and our story highlights. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to comment bellow or contact us via email or even better via Instagram @borntotraveldiaries Thank you for your time and stay tuned for our next diary page 🙂