As the title says, travelling from Calais to Prague and back in October. Can anyone offer advice or tips on routes or stops along the way?

Driving my 66-reg Superb. It made the trip to Porto and back a year ago without a hitch, so I don't expect any problems. New battery, good tyres, only 33K miles.

Thanks.

On 22/08/2026 at 22:27, freelunch said:

As the title says, travelling from Calais to Prague and back in October. Can anyone offer advice or tips on routes or stops along the way?

Driving my 66-reg Superb. It made the trip to Porto and back a year ago without a hitch, so I don't expect any problems. New battery, good tyres, only 33K miles.

Thanks.

Belated reply here (I haven't been on Briskoda for a while) so maybe too late now but here's my 2p worth. I haven't been to Prague but I drive to Germany regularly, closest I have been to Prague is Regensburg.

Overall I would recommend driving through Belgium and Germany as opposed to France (apart from obviously the A16 from Calais to the Belgian border) as you will avoid any tolls. Fuel is also cheaper in Belgium than France & Germany though Germany has recently implemented something like a 17 cent duty/VAT cut so the gap would be less now.

If you do go through France I've always found the A26 from Calais to be a superb road with very little traffic, enjoy it!

Obviously I'm not sure how much continental driving you have done but avoid German motorway services for fuel as much as possible as the prices are pretty wild. Look out for an 'Autohof' instead which are service areas just off the motorway where fuel is priced at more normal levels. There are normally plenty of them. Motorway services in Belgium don't tend to have the same premium as the fuel price is capped.

In terms of places to stop off, obviously it depends on your interests but a few places I have been to that wouldn't be too far off route are:

Bruges

Ghent

Monschau

Koblenz

Regensburg