France, Nouvelle Aquitaine
Vineyard lanes and long pine forest straights, with the Pyrenees reachable in a long day.
First instinct from Bordeaux: head east into the Dordogne.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
67 mi
Best rated nearby
8.2 / 10
Shortest full loop
3 hr 34 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 2 April 2026
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 4 hr 1 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
67 mi away · Dordogne, France
A looping riverside lane tracing the Dordogne's dramatic horseshoe meander below limestone cliffs.
14 km · 8.7 mi · Atlas rating 8.2 / 10
80 mi away · Dordogne, France
A limestone valley drive past troglodyte cliffs and prehistoric caves along the storied Vezere.
25 km · 15.5 mi · Atlas rating 8.2 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 11 hr 39 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
138 mi away · Hautes-Pyrenees, France
The highest paved pass in the Pyrenees and the Tour de France's most storied climb.
19 km · 11.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.5 / 10
129 mi away · Pyrenees-Atlantiques, France
Cliff cut hairpins and cirque views link two valleys via the dramatic Litor shelf.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
244 mi away · Asturias, Spain
Hairpins climb from the Covadonga basilica into limestone peaks above two glacial lakes.
24 km · 14.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
190 mi away · Lozere, France
A river hugging road beneath towering limestone cliffs, one of the Massif Central's great drives.
52 km · 32.3 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
244 mi away · Castilla y Leon, Spain
A ribbon of tarmac threading beech forests beneath the jagged western Picos de Europa.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
130 mi away · Hautes-Pyrenees, France
A dramatic balcony road along the Litor cliff face connecting straight into the Aubisque.
19 km · 11.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.0 / 10
Longer
325 km · 5h 40m
Lavender, limestone gorges and the finest sustained GT road in France.
684 km · 13h 30m
Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean across seventeen alpine cols.
62 km · 1h 50m
The Monte Carlo Rally's night stage, and still the best test of a small quick car in Europe.
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