Motorway hotel Germany

Looking for a motorway hotel in Germany? Here’s a clear overview of hotels located directly along the Autobahn on Google Maps:

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Driving through Germany is ideal for travellers heading to Austria, Czechia, or Croatia. No detours, no village hunting – just a quick stop off the motorway, a night’s sleep, and back on the road. It’s all about speed, convenience, and location.

Major motorway routes for UK motorists

The departure point is usually Calais in France, after arrival via the Eurotunnel or ferry.

Germany

Route:
Calais → A16 → E40 (Belgium) → A44 (Germany)

Major motorways in Germany:

  • A44: towards Aachen
  • A4: towards Cologne, Dresden
  • A3: towards Frankfurt, Würzburg, Nuremberg, Munich

Czech Republic (e.g. Prague, Brno)

Recommended route:

  • A44 → A4 → A3 towards Nuremberg
  • A6 towards Czech border (Waidhaus)
  • D5 (Czech Republic) to Prague

Austria (e.g. Salzburg, Tyrol, Vienna)

Option 1 (towards Tyrol):

  • A3 → A9 → A8 (Munich) → A93 → Kufstein → A12 (Innsbruck)

Option 2 (towards Salzburg/Vienna):

  • A3 → A8 → A1 (Austria) via Passau or via Linz to Vienna

Slovenia (e.g. Ljubljana, Bled)

Route via Brenner Pass:

  • A3 → A8 (Munich) → A93 → A12 (Innsbruck)
  • A13 → Brenner Pass → Italy (A22)
  • Towards Slovenia via Trieste or Villach

Croatia (e.g. Zagreb, Istria, Split)

Route via Slovenia:

  • From Ljubljana via A2 to Zagreb
  • From Trieste towards Istria
  • For southern Croatia: A1 (Croatian motorway) towards Split or Dubrovnik

Tips

  • Germany is popular as a transit route country due to good motorways and many motorway hotels
  • Switzerland is often avoided due to vignette requirements and restrictions
  • Overnight stays along the German Autobahn are recommended for those who do the journey in two stages

All German motorways

MotorwayRouteLengthDirectionStatus
A1Saarbrücken – Trier – Kelberg – Blankenheim – Cologne – Leverkusen – Remscheid – Wuppertal – Hagen – Dortmund – Hamm – Münster – Osnabrück – Bremen – Amsterdam – Lubec – Heiligenhafen748 kmnorth–southexisting
A2Oberhausen – Dortmund – Bielefeld – Hannover – Braunschweig – Magdeburg – Berlin473 kmwest–eastexisting
A3Passau – Regensburg – Nuremberg – Würzburg – Frankfurt – Cologne – Oberhausen – Emmerich769 kmnorth–southexisting
A4Aachen – Cologne – Bad Hersfeld – Erfurt – Gera – Dresden – Görlitz583 kmwest–eastexisting
A5Weil am Rhein – Freiburg – Offenburg – Karlsruhe – Darmstadt – Frankfurt – Giessen – Hattenbach Triangle445 kmnorth–southexisting
A6Saarbrücken – Kaiserslautern – Mannheim – Heilbronn – Nuremberg – Amberg – Waidhaus477 kmwest–eastexisting
A7Füssen – Kempten – Ulm – Würzburg – Kassel – Hannover – Amsterdam – Flensburg963 kmnorth–southexisting
A8Perl – Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich – Salzburg497 kmwest–eastexisting
A9Munich – Bavaria – Ingolstadt – Norderstedt – Leipzig – Berlin529 kmnorth–southexisting
A10Ring to Berlin (Oranienburg – Potsdam – Schönefeld – Erkner – Bernau)196 kmcircularexisting
A11Panketal – Bernau – Joachimsthal – Gramzow – Penkun – Border crossing110 kmnorth–southexisting
A12Berlin – Fürstenwalde – Frankfurt (Oder) – Border crossing58 kmwest–eastexisting
A13Berlin – Lübbenau – Cottbus – Dresden196 kmnorth–southexisting
A14Dresden – Döbeln – Grimma – Leipzig – Halle – Magdeburg310 kmnorth–southexisting
A15Lübbenau – Cottbus – Forst – Border crossing64 kmwest–eastexisting
A16Leipzig – Eilenburg – Weißwasser0 km—in planning
A17Czech border – Heidenau – Pirna – Dresden45 kmnorth–southexisting
A18Görlitz – White Water – Cottbus0 km—in planning
A19Rostock – Laage – Güstrow – Malchow – Wittstock/Dosse124 kmnorth–southexisting
A20Polish border – Neubrandenburg – Rostock – Wismar – Lübeck – Bad Segeberg279 kmwest–eastexisting
A21Kiel – Bad Segeberg – Bargteheide – Hammoor50 kmnorth–southexisting
A22Stade – Wilhelmshaven – Varel (merged into the A20)0 km—in planning
A23Heide – Itzehoe – Elmshorn – Hamburg96 kmnorth–southexisting
A24Berlin – Neuruppin – Schwerin – Hamburg237 kmwest–eastexisting
A25Geesthacht – Hamburg18 kmwest–eastexisting
A26Neu Wulmstorf – Buxtehude – Stade (under construction)50 kmwest–eastexisting
A27Cuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Bremen – Walsrode158 kmnorth–southexisting
A28Leer – Oldenburg – Delmenhorst91 kmwest–eastexisting
A29Wilhelmshaven-Oldenburg93 kmnorth–southexisting
A30Dutch border – Bad Bentheim – Rheine – Osnabrück – Bad Oeynhausen138 kmeast–westexisting
A31Emden – Leer – Meppen – Bottrop240 kmnorth–southexisting
A32Schwarmstedt-Celle-Wolfsburg0 km—in planning
A33Belma – Osnabrück – Bielefeld – Paderborn – Bad Wünnenberg106 kmnorth–southexisting
A34Emmen – Meppen – Haselünne – Löningen – Cloppenburg0 km—in planning
A35Nienburg – Hanover – Hamelin – Bielefeld0 km—in planning
A36Brunswick – Bad Harzburg – Blankenburg – Bernburg120 kmeast–westexisting
A37Burgdorf – Hannover – Laatzen35 kmnorth–southexisting
A38Göttingen – Leinefelde – Nordhausen – Sangerhausen – Halle (Saale) – Leipzig208 kmeast–westexisting
A39Lüneburg – Wolfsburg – Brunswick57 kmnorth–southexisting
A40Straelen – Duisburg – Essen – Bochum – Dortmund94 kmeast–westexisting
A41Sprockhövel – Essen – Gelsenkirchen – Dorsten0 km—in planning
A42Castrop-Rauxel – Herne – Gelsenkirchen – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Kamp-Lintfort58 kmeast–westexisting
A43Wuppertal – Recklinghausen – Dülmen – Münster95 kmnorth–southexisting
A44Eisenach – Kassel – Soest – Düsseldorf – Jülich – Aachen274 kmeast–westexisting
A45Seligenstadt – Hanau – Giessen – Siegen – Hagen – Dortmund257 kmnorth–southexisting
A46Arnsberg – Wuppertal – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach – Heinsberg133 kmeast–westexisting
A47Moers – Krefeld – Neuss0 km—in planning
A48Trier – Daun – Ulmen – Mayen – Koblenz105 kmwest–eastexisting
A49Neuental – Schwalmstadt – Baunatal – Kassel85 kmnorth–southexisting
A52Gladbeck – Essen – Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach – Dutch border85 kmwest–eastexisting
A57Cologne – Neuss – Krefeld – Goch – Dutch border128 kmnorth–southexisting
A59Bonn – Cologne – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Dinslaken74 kmnorth–southexisting
A60Belgian border – Prüm – Bitburg – Wittlich – Bingen – Mainz – Rüsselsheim83 kmwest–eastexisting
A61Hockenheim – Ludwigshafen – Koblenz – Mönchengladbach – Venlo (Dutch border)331 kmnorth–southexisting
A62Pirmasens – Landstuhl – Birkenfeld – Nonnweiler79 kmnorth–southexisting
A63Kaiserslautern – Alzey – Mainz73 kmnorth–southexisting
A64Trier – Luxembourg border14 kmwest–eastexisting
A65Kandel – Landau – Neustadt an der Weinstrasse – Ludwigshafen60 kmnorth–southexisting
A66Fulda – Frankfurt – Wiesbaden125 kmeast–westexisting
A67Mannheim – Darmstadt – Rüsselsheim58 kmnorth–southexisting
A68Landstuhl – Homburg – Neunkirchen – Saarbrücken0 kmnorth–southin planning
A69Kassel – Marburg – Giessen0 kmnorth–southin planning
A70Harsdorf – Bayreuth – Bamberg – Schweinfurt – Werneck120 kmwest–eastexisting
A71Sangerhausen – Erfurt – Suhl – Meiningen – Schweinfurt220 kmnorth–southexisting
A72Leipzig – Chemnitz – Zwickau – Hof170 kmnorth–southexisting
A73Suhl – Coburg – Lichtenfels – Bamberg – Nuremberg170 kmsouth–northexisting
A80Neu-Ulm – Memmingen0 km—in planning
A81Swiss border – Singen – Rottweil – Stuttgart – Heilbronn – Würzburg280 kmsouth–northexisting
A82Karlsruhe – Pforzheim – Ditzingen – Stuttgart0 km—in planning
A83Lauffen – Donaueschingen0 km—in planning
A85Schwäbisch Hall – Backnang – Stuttgart – Metzingen – Riedlingen – Ravensburg0 km—in planning
A86Breisach – Freiburg – Titisee – Donaueschingen – Tuttlingen – Riedlingen – Ulm – Langenau0 km—in planning
A87Stuttgart – Aalen0 km—in planning
A90Aichach – Pfaffenhofen – Holledau – Saalhaupt0 km—in planning
A91Feuchtwangen – Donauwörth – Augsburg – Landsberg am Lech – Füssen0 km—in planning
A92Munich – Freising – Landshut – Dingolfing – Deggendorf179 kmwest–eastexisting
A93Kiefersfelden – Rosenheim – Regensburg – Hof276 kmsouth–northexisting
A94Munich – Mühldorf – Simbach am Inn – Pocking148 kmwest–eastexisting
A95Munich – Starnberg – Garmisch-Partenkirchen67 kmsouth–northexisting
A96Munich – Landsberg am Lech – Memmingen – Lindau (Austrian border)147 kmeast–westexisting
A98Weil am Rhein – Lörrach – Rheinfelden – Waldshut-Tiengen – Singen47 km (in separate sections)west–eastpartially existing
A99Outer ring of Munich53.5 kmcircularexisting
A100Inner ring of Berlin (Berlin City Ring)21 kmcircularexisting
A102Berlin (Connection between A100 and B96)1.5 kmwest–eastexisting
A103Berlin: Sachsendamm – Kreuz Schöneberg – Wolfensteindamm/Schloßstraße5 kmsouth–northexisting
A104Berlin (Connection between A100 and B1)3 kmwest–eastexisting
A111Berlin (Charlottenburg) – Oranienburg17 kmsouth–northexisting
A113Berlin (Neukölln) – Schönefeld – A1019 kmnorth–southexisting
A114Berlin (Pankow) – Wandlitz – A107 kmsouth–northexisting
A115Berlin (Funkturm) – Michendorf – A1028 kmnorth–southexisting
A117Berlin (Altglienicke) – Waltersdorf – A1135 kmnorth–southexisting
A143Salzatal – Bad Lauchstädt – A389 km (out of 22 planned)north–southpartially existing
A535Velbert – Wuppertal (Sonnborner Kreuz)14 kmsouth–northexisting
A555Cologne – Bonn20 kmnorth–southexisting
A620Saarlouis – Saarbrücken31 kmwest–eastexisting
A661Oberursel – Egelsbach (via Frankfurt)37 kmnorth–southexisting