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The Great Dolomites Drive, Italy

Italy, Dolomites

The Great Dolomites Drive

Distance

187 km

Time

4h 15m

Driving

9.6

Four legendary passes strung between limestone cathedrals, the definitive alpine day.

Sports CarGTClassicConvertible
4.9 / 5 · May to OctoberExplore drive
Stelvio Pass, Italy

Italy, Italian Alps

Stelvio Pass

Distance

49 km

Time

1h 30m

Driving

9.4

Forty-eight numbered hairpins stacked like a staircase into the sky.

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4.8 / 5 · June to SeptemberExplore drive
Lake Garda Mountain Loop, Italy

Italy, Lake Garda

Lake Garda Mountain Loop

Distance

142 km

Time

3h 20m

Driving

9

Gardesana corniche tunnels, then a climb into olive terraces above the water.

GTConvertibleClassicEV
4.7 / 5 · April to OctoberExplore drive
Route Napoléon, France

France, Provence & Alpes

Route Napoléon

Distance

325 km

Time

5h 40m

Driving

9.2

Lavender, limestone gorges and the finest sustained GT road in France.

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4.8 / 5 · March to NovemberExplore drive
Route des Grandes Alpes, France

France, French Alps

Route des Grandes Alpes

Distance

684 km

Time

13h 30m

Driving

9.7

Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean across seventeen alpine cols.

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4.9 / 5 · June to SeptemberExplore drive
Furka Pass, Switzerland

Switzerland, Swiss Alps

Furka Pass

Distance

32 km

Time

55m

Driving

9.5

Goldfinger's road, glass-smooth tarmac against a glacier.

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4.9 / 5 · June to OctoberExplore drive
Grimsel Pass, Switzerland

Switzerland, Bernese Oberland

Grimsel Pass

Distance

38 km

Time

1h 05m

Driving

9.3

Granite, reservoirs and a surface that flatters every car.

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4.8 / 5 · June to OctoberExplore drive
Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Austria

Austria, Hohe Tauern

Grossglockner High Alpine Road

Distance

48 km

Time

1h 40m

Driving

9.2

Austria's cathedral road, thirty-six corners to a glacier.

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4.8 / 5 · May to OctoberExplore drive
Black Mountain Pass, United Kingdom

United Kingdom, Wales

Black Mountain Pass

Distance

31 km

Time

40m

Driving

9

The A4069, Britain's most photogenic set of hairpins.

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4.7 / 5 · April to OctoberExplore drive
North West Highlands, United Kingdom

United Kingdom, Scotland

North West Highlands

Distance

402 km

Time

8h 20m

Driving

9.1

Empty single-track, sea lochs and the Bealach na Bà.

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4.9 / 5 · May to SeptemberExplore drive
Transfăgărășan, Romania

Romania, Carpathians

Transfăgărășan

Distance

151 km

Time

3h 10m

Driving

9.3

Ceaușescu's folly: a road built for no reason but drama.

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4.7 / 5 · July to OctoberExplore drive
Pacific Coast Highway, United States

United States, California

Pacific Coast Highway

Distance

196 km

Time

3h 45m

Driving

8.8

Big Sur: cliff, bridge, ocean, repeat, southbound only.

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4.8 / 5 · April to OctoberExplore drive
Great Ocean Road, Australia

Australia, Victoria

Great Ocean Road

Distance

243 km

Time

4h 30m

Driving

8.6

Surf coast sweepers, rainforest and the Twelve Apostles.

ConvertibleGTSUV
4.6 / 5 · November to AprilExplore drive
Hakone Turnpike & Skyline, Japan

Japan, Kanagawa

Hakone Turnpike & Skyline

Distance

62 km

Time

1h 50m

Driving

9.1

Japan's most famous driver's toll road, with Fuji as backdrop.

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4.8 / 5 · Year-round; autumn bestExplore drive
The Amalfi Coast Road, Italy

Italy, Amalfi

The Amalfi Coast Road

Distance

78 km

Time

2h 40m

Driving

8.4

The most photographed coast road in the world, and still worth it if you drive it at dawn.

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4.6 / 5 · April to June, then late SeptemberExplore drive
Chianti Ridge Road, Italy

Italy, Tuscany

Chianti Ridge Road

Distance

142 km

Time

3h 05m

Driving

8.8

Vineyard ridges, cypress avenues and a rhythm that suits a classic more than a supercar.

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4.7 / 5 · May, then September into OctoberExplore drive
Col de Turini, France

France, Côte d'Azur

Col de Turini

Distance

62 km

Time

1h 50m

Driving

9.7

The Monte Carlo Rally's night stage, and still the best test of a small quick car in Europe.

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4.9 / 5 · April to OctoberExplore drive
Gorges du Verdon Rim, France

France, Provence

Gorges du Verdon Rim

Distance

118 km

Time

3h 20m

Driving

9.2

Europe's deepest canyon, driven twice, once along each rim.

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4.8 / 5 · May to OctoberExplore drive
Susten Pass, Switzerland

Switzerland, Bernese Alps

Susten Pass

Distance

46 km

Time

1h 15m

Driving

9.5

Built for the view rather than the shortest line, and the finest surface in Europe.

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4.9 / 5 · June to OctoberExplore drive
Trollstigen and the Golden Route, Norway

Norway, Western Fjords

Trollstigen and the Golden Route

Distance

106 km

Time

3h 00m

Driving

9

Eleven hairpins under a waterfall, a ferry across the fjord, then the climb to Dalsnibba.

Sports CarGTConvertibleEV
4.8 / 5 · Late June to SeptemberExplore drive
The Atlantic Road, Norway

Norway, Western Fjords

The Atlantic Road

Distance

36 km

Time

50m

Driving

8.2

Eight bridges hopping across the open Atlantic, and one of them appears to end in the sky.

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4.7 / 5 · All year, best in September galesExplore drive
Ronda Mountain Road, Spain

Spain, Andalusia

Ronda Mountain Road

Distance

96 km

Time

2h 20m

Driving

9.4

The A397 climbs out of the Costa del Sol into empty limestone country, and never lets up.

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4.7 / 5 · March to June, then OctoberExplore drive
Schwarzwaldhochstrasse B500, Germany

Germany, Black Forest

Schwarzwaldhochstrasse B500

Distance

92 km

Time

2h 10m

Driving

9.1

A ridge road through spruce forest, engineered in the 1930s and still beautifully surfaced.

GTSports CarClassicConvertible
4.6 / 5 · May to OctoberExplore drive
Bealach na Bà and Applecross, United Kingdom

United Kingdom, Scottish Highlands

Bealach na Bà and Applecross

Distance

88 km

Time

2h 30m

Driving

9.3

Britain's most alpine road, then a coast road that most people never bother to finish.

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4.8 / 5 · May to September, avoid snow and iceExplore drive
Big Sur, Highway One, United States

United States, California

Big Sur, Highway One

Distance

145 km

Time

3h 10m

Driving

8.6

A hundred and forty five kilometres of cliff, redwood and Pacific, best driven southbound.

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4.8 / 5 · September and OctoberExplore drive
The Milford Road, New Zealand

New Zealand, Fiordland

The Milford Road

Distance

119 km

Time

2h 40m

Driving

8.8

Beech forest, a glacial valley, a rough hewn tunnel and then a fjord at the end of it.

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4.9 / 5 · November to AprilExplore drive