Journeys
The drives people ask about most, with the numbers that actually matter. How far it is direct, how far the scenic version runs, how many days it really takes and what you will spend on tolls before you have booked a single hotel.
Every journey lists the great roads worth threading in, sensible overnight stops and a way into the planner if you want to change the shape of it.
The list
United Kingdom to Italy
The classic run south from England to the Italian lakes, taken the long way through the Alps rather than straight down the autoroute.
1680 km · 1043.9 mi · 4 days
United Kingdom to Italy
The best pass driving in Europe sits at the end of this one, reached through Germany and Austria rather than Switzerland.
1720 km · 1068.8 mi · 4 days
United Kingdom to Monaco
Straight down France and into the Alpes Maritimes, with the Route Napoléon and Col de Turini as the finale.
1520 km · 944.5 mi · 3 days
United Kingdom to United Kingdom
No ferries, no vignettes, and some of the best single track driving in Europe waiting at the end of the A9.
1050 km · 652.4 mi · 2 days
Germany to Italy
A short journey with an outrageous amount of great road packed into it, including the Stelvio if the season allows.
690 km · 428.7 mi · 2 days
Italy to Italy
The length of Italy, from the industrial north to the tightest coast road in the country.
980 km · 608.9 mi · 3 days
Switzerland to France
The Route des Grandes Alpes, sea to lake, and arguably the finest continuous stretch of pass driving anywhere.
700 km · 435 mi · 3 days
United Kingdom to United Kingdom
Two and a half hours to the start line at Inverness, then the full 830 km loop around the top of Scotland.
1080 km · 671.1 mi · 6 days
Netherlands to Germany
Down the Rhine and into the Schwarzwald, with the Nürburgring an easy detour on the way.
780 km · 484.7 mi · 2 days
Spain to Spain
Across northern Spain to the mountains most drivers overlook, via the Pyrenees if you have the time.
1010 km · 627.6 mi · 3 days
Norway to Norway
Fjords, ferries and the Trollstigen hairpins, finishing on the causeway that hops between islands into the Atlantic.
780 km · 484.7 mi · 3 days
United States to United States
Highway 1 through Big Sur, the coast drive every other coast drive gets compared with.
750 km · 466 mi · 2 days