Frankfurt

Major cities near Frankfurt, Germany

• 31 km to Wiesbaden, Germany.
• 71 km to Mannheim, Germany.
• 124 km to Karlsruhe, Germany.
• 132 km to Bonn, Germany.
• 154 km to Cologne, Germany.
• 154 km to Stuttgart, Germany.
• 167 km to Wuppertal, Germany.
• 179 km to Dortmund, Germany.

12 Top-Rated Day Trips from Frankfurt

• Baden-Baden. Baden-Baden and the Black Forest.
• Romantic Heidelberg. Romantic Heidelberg.
• Medieval Rothenburg. Summers day in Rothenburg.
• The Black Forest. Monastery in the Black Forest town of Münstertal.
• Strasbourg, France.
• Historic Hanau: Not so Grimm.
• Mainz Cathedral.
• The Rhine Valley.

The journey takes in 45 stop-offs in total, taking in countries such as the UK, Portugal, Bulgaria, Estonia and Finland. Covering 16,287 miles and 14 days of driving, Mr Olsen advises putting three months aside to explore the cities.

The best road trips in Europe

• Gotthard and Oberalp passes, Switzerland. Approximately two hours from Biasca to Tomasee.
• Salento, Italy.
• Atlantic Drive, Ireland.
• Transfagarasan, Romania.
• Arctic Coast Way, Iceland.
• Barcelona to Montpellier.
• Bordeaux to Bilbao.
• The Lofoten archipelago, Norway.

Within Europe, the general answer is yes, you can drive your hire car into a different European country from where you picked it up. However, you may find some restrictions depending on the: Country you rent the car from. Country/countries you want to take the car to.

European highways are in better shape and allow for much faster and more relaxed driving because drivers tend to strictly follow the keep to the right system and are (in most countries) more disciplined. Statistics show that European roads are safer than American roads.

Sleeping in your car is less illegal — restrictions around what circumstances allow you to do this are so nebulous and ill-defined that you’re not likely to get more than a warning even if you do attract attention.

Since it is legal in Germany to sleep in your car / van, you can sleep anywhere you want. If you do not mind the noise, you can just use a “Parkplatz” (parking area) right next to the Autobahn. A lot of them are equipped with toilets.

Is it legal to live out of car in Europe? – Quora. After a thought or two: Yes! There are a few interesting points to this: 1) Living ‘out of your car’ just implies that you store your stuff there (clothes, food etc.), and of course that is not illegal.