Belgium, Brussels
The Ardennes are ninety minutes away and Spa Francorchamps sits in the middle of them.
First instinct from Brussels: head south east to the Ardennes.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
65 mi
Best rated nearby
9.3 / 10
Shortest full loop
4 hr 10 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 14 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 11 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
76 mi away · Spa area, Belgium
Following the Spa Francorchamps ridge line, the road mimics the famous Raidillon esses.
15 km · 9.3 mi · Atlas rating 8.6 / 10
85 mi away · Ardennes, Belgium
The road tracks the looping Semois river through steep wooded meanders and riverside villages.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 8.4 / 10
80 mi away · Ardennes, Belgium
An open moorland ridge road crosses Belgium's highest plateau through the Hautes Fagnes.
25 km · 15.5 mi · Atlas rating 8.3 / 10
78 mi away · Ardennes, Belgium
Rolling forested curves link the river town of La Roche to the historic Bastogne plateau.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 8.2 / 10
69 mi away · Limburg, Netherlands
The highest Dutch hills produce genuine curves near the three country border point.
15 km · 9.3 mi · Atlas rating 7.8 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 17 hr 13 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
119 mi away · Eifel, Germany
The Green Hell loops through Eifel forest with 73 legendary corners open to the public.
21 km · 13 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
232 mi away · Black Forest, Germany
Germany's original scenic highway rolls along a forested ridge with panoramic Alpine views.
60 km · 37.3 mi · Atlas rating 9.2 / 10
134 mi away · Mosel, Germany
The river road twists beneath vineyard slopes past the hairpin loop at Bremm's Calmont.
95 km · 59 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
136 mi away · Mosel, Germany
Riverside curves trace the Mosel's serpentine loops beneath castle ruins and steep vineyards.
50 km · 31.1 mi · Atlas rating 8.8 / 10
228 mi away · Vosges, France
A ridge road built for wartime supply lines, tracing rounded Vosges summits above the Rhine.
83 km · 51.6 mi · Atlas rating 8.7 / 10
233 mi away · Alsace, France
A meandering vineyard route strung between half timbered villages beneath the Vosges foothills.
170 km · 105.6 mi · Atlas rating 8.4 / 10
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