Vignettes and Road Tolls on the Way South – 2026 Prices

Vignettes in Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and Slovenia, Romania’s rovinieta and Balkan tolls: what they cost in 2026 and where to buy them.

As of: 28 September 2026

Vignettes or toll booths – two systems on one route

Driving from Poland to the Adriatic, Greece or Bulgaria, you’ll pass through countries that charge for road use in two different ways. Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria use vignettes – a fee for a period of access to the road network, regardless of how many kilometres you drive. Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece and Turkey charge for specific sections, at toll booths or electronically.

Almost all vignettes on this route are now electronic. You buy them online or at a point of sale, and proof of payment is your car’s registration number stored in the system. There’s nothing to stick on the windscreen, but a typo in the registration number means the fee is assigned to a different vehicle. Always check the confirmation after buying and keep it until the end of your trip.

For example, driving on motorways from southern Poland through Czechia or Slovakia and Hungary to Serbia, you’ll usually need two or three vignettes, and in Serbia you’ll also pay at toll booths. So before you set off, it’s worth mapping out your route country by country and working out what period to buy each charge for.

Prices are taken from the official operators’ websites, for cars up to 3.5 t, as of the end of September 2026.

Czechia

Czechia uses electronic vignettes only, required on toll motorways and expressways. You can buy them on the official eDálnice website, as well as at border crossings, petrol stations and post offices. Prices for 2026:

1 day – 230 CZK
10 days – 300 CZK
30 days – 480 CZK
1 year (365 days) – 2,570 CZK

Cars running on natural gas or biomethane pay half the rate, and plug-in hybrids with emissions of up to 50 g CO2/km pay a quarter. Electric and hydrogen cars are exempt, but cars registered abroad must apply for the exemption in the system – it isn’t automatic.

Slovakia

The Slovak vignette (diaľničná známka) is also electronic only and is bought on the eznamka.sk portal. Current prices:

1 day – €8.10
10 days – €10.80
30 days – €17.10
365 days – €90.00

A 10-day vignette is valid for 10 consecutive days, counting the start day chosen at purchase. In Slovakia, a category O1 or O2 trailer towed by a car also needs a vignette.

Hungary

Hungary uses the e-matrica, sold under the management of the state operator Nemzeti Útdíjfizetési Szolgáltató. For cars (category D1), from 1 January 2026:

daily – 5,550 Ft (HUF)
10-day – 6,900 Ft
monthly – 11,170 Ft
annual, national – 61,760 Ft
annual, single county (vármegye) – 7,190 Ft

A county vignette only pays off if you often drive within one region – transit through Hungary to Serbia or Romania usually requires a national vignette. Payment is enforced by cameras and mobile devices without stopping traffic, and the surcharge for not having a vignette is 27,790 Ft if paid within 60 days, and 95,730 Ft after that.

Austria and Slovenia

The Austrian vignette for vehicles up to 3.5 t costs, in 2026: €9.60 for 1 day, €12.80 for 10 days, €32.00 for 2 months and €106.80 for a year. 2026 is the last year in which ASFINAG sells the traditional sticker – from 2027 only the digital vignette will be available. Watch out for an important trap: a 2-month or annual digital vignette bought online by a consumer is valid only from the 18th day after purchase. The 1-day and 10-day vignettes can be used immediately. On top of the vignette, separate section tolls are charged on several routes, including the Brenner, the Tauern and the Karawanken Tunnel.

Slovenia sells e-vignettes through the operator DARS. For class 2A (vehicles up to 3.5 t and up to 1.3 m high above the front axle), prices are €16 for a week, €32 for a month and €117.50 for a year. The vignette is linked to the registration number, and the Karawanken Tunnel between Austria and Slovenia is paid for separately.

Romania and Bulgaria

In Romania, the road charge (rovinieta) applies to all vehicles and is required on all categories of national road, not just motorways – a common trap for drivers passing through for just a few dozen kilometres. You can buy the rovinieta online or at a border crossing. Some bridges and Danube crossings are charged separately, including Giurgiu – Ruse, Fetești – Cernavodă and Calafat – Vidin, as is the Bechet – Oryahovo ferry. Romania has announced a change in rates from 1 October 2026 that links the price to the vehicle’s emission standard, so check the price through the official sales channel just before you travel.

In Bulgaria, cars up to 3.5 t, as well as caravans, are subject to an electronic vignette sold by BG TOLL. The vignette is valid from the moment of purchase, or from midnight on the chosen day, until 23:59:59 on the last day of validity. The exception is the weekend vignette, valid from 12:00 on Friday to 23:59:59 on Sunday. Since 2026 Bulgaria has used the euro, so vignette prices are given in that currency.

Croatia, Serbia, Greece, Turkey – toll sections

Croatia has no vignettes: motorways are paid for at toll booths according to the section driven, in cash in euros, by card or via the electronic toll collection system. Toll motorways in Serbia, North Macedonia and Greece also work with toll booths. In North Macedonia, tolls are accepted in local currency or euros, although paying in euros can work out relatively more expensive.

In Montenegro, roads are generally free; you pay on selected sections, including the Sozina tunnel and the Bar – Boljare motorway between Podgorica and Mateševo, and for the Kamenari – Lepetane ferry. In Turkey, motorways and some tunnels and bridges are paid electronically through the HGS system – you need to set up and top up an account before entering a toll section and, if you receive a sticker with a code, put it on the windscreen.

How not to overpay

Buy vignettes only from the official operators or their authorised outlets. Online resellers often add a hefty service fee.
When passing through in transit, choose the shortest period that covers the journey in both directions – sometimes two 10-day vignettes are cheaper than a monthly one, sometimes the other way round.
Double-check the registration number and country of registration before paying.
In Austria, buy a 2-month or annual vignette at least 18 days in advance, or choose a 10-day one.
Save purchase confirmations on your phone and as a printout – if you’re checked, they make it easier to sort out any mistake.

A missing vignette is increasingly detected by number-plate recognition cameras, and the surcharge is many times the price of the vignette itself – in Hungary it’s 27,790 Ft against 5,550 Ft for a daily vignette. Saving on a vignette for a short stretch of motorway simply doesn’t pay.

We show waiting times at the borders along the way – from Hungary and Serbia to Bulgaria and Turkey – on the border pages, and describe ways to avoid the queues in our guide to the Balkan route.