Italy, Tuscany
The Chianti ridge roads and the Futa and Raticosa passes are the local classics.
First instinct from Florence: head north over the Futa Pass.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
14 mi
Best rated nearby
8.9 / 10
Shortest full loop
1 hr 49 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 6 April 2026
Under 60 km from the centre
Close enough for an evening run or a Sunday morning before the traffic wakes up.
Roughly 1 hr 49 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 5 hr 32 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 15 hr 18 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
194 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
244 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
168 mi away · Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France
Impossibly narrow ledge road through blood red granite pinnacles above the Gulf of Porto.
12 km · 7.5 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
182 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
191 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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