Europe

Italy

Dolomite passes, lake corniches and cypress-lined Tuscan ridges.

France

Grandes Alpes cols, Provençal sweepers and the three corniches.

Switzerland

The world's best-maintained mountain roads, without exception.

Austria

Glacier toll roads and quiet Tyrolean valleys.

United Kingdom

Moorland hairpins, single-track glens and empty Sunday mornings.

Spain

Picos de Europa, Andalusian sierras and empty inland plateaux.

Portugal

Atlantic corniches, Douro terraces and Serra da Estrela.

Germany

Black Forest B-roads, Eifel loops and the odd derestricted mile.

Norway

Fjord ferries, Trollstigen and the Atlantic Road.

Romania

Transfăgărășan, Transalpina and the wild Carpathians.

Croatia

Adriatic coast road, island hops and Velebit ridges.

Americas

United States

Big Sur, Blue Ridge, Tail of the Dragon and desert straights.

Canada

Icefields Parkway and the Cabot Trail.

Argentina

Ruta 40, Andean passes and Patagonian emptiness.

Chile

Carretera Austral and the Atacama.

Asia

Japan

Toll-road perfection, mountain skylines and dawn Fuji runs.

Turkey

Black Sea passes, Cappadocian plateaux and Aegean coast roads.

UAE

Jebel Jais and desert dawn runs.

Africa

South Africa

Chapman's Peak, Franschhoek and the Garden Route.

Morocco

Tizi n'Tichka, Atlas kasbahs and desert horizons.

Oceania

Australia

Great Ocean Road, Snowy Mountains and Tasmanian back roads.

New Zealand

Crown Range, Milford Road and empty South Island tarmac.