Italy, Emilia Romagna
Motor Valley headquarters, with Ferrari, Lamborghini and Ducati all within an hour's drive.
First instinct from Bologna: head south into the Apennines.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
64 mi
Best rated nearby
9.2 / 10
Shortest full loop
4 hr 44 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Every road in the library carries a driving and scenery score set by the same method. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 29 March 2026
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 6 hr 49 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
91 mi away · Lombardy, Italy
A tunnel like gorge road carved into rock above Lake Garda, once called the world's best road.
7 km · 4.3 mi · Atlas rating 9.2 / 10
64 mi away · Tuscany, Italy
Rolling cypress lined curves through vineyards link two of Tuscany's finest cities.
45 km · 28 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
91 mi away · Liguria, Italy
A ridge top Ligurian road with sweeping sea glimpses above the Cinque Terre coastline.
38 km · 23.6 mi · Atlas rating 8.4 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 12 hr 54 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
147 mi away · Lombardy and South Tyrol, Italy
Eighty four hairpins stacked above the treeline make this Europe's most theatrical mountain pass.
49 km · 30.4 mi · Atlas rating 9.9 / 10
195 mi away · Salzburg and Carinthia, Austria
Austria's grandest high alpine road climbs to Franz Josefs Hohe beneath the country's tallest peak.
48 km · 29.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.8 / 10
224 mi away · Alpes-Maritimes, France
A looping summit road above 2800 metres that circles the peak itself for maximum theatre.
24 km · 14.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.7 / 10
134 mi away · Lombardy, Italy
A narrow, unguarded ribbon past Lago Nero that feels wilder than its famous neighbour.
31 km · 19.3 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
142 mi away · Trentino and South Tyrol, Italy
Sheer Dolomite towers on both sides make this short link one of the world's great scenic drives.
11 km · 6.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
142 mi away · Veneto, Italy
Twenty nine hairpins climb to a wide open saddle ringed by the jagged Cinque Torri.
17 km · 10.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
Longer
187 km · 4h 15m
Four legendary passes strung between limestone cathedrals, the definitive alpine day.
49 km · 1h 30m
Forty-eight numbered hairpins stacked like a staircase into the sky.
142 km · 3h 20m
Gardesana corniche tunnels, then a climb into olive terraces above the water.
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