Switzerland, Geneva
The Jura on one side, the French Alps on the other, with the Grandes Alpes route starting nearby.
First instinct from Geneva: head south east into Haute Savoie.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
13 mi
Best rated nearby
9.6 / 10
Shortest full loop
1 hr 42 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 10 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 56 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
14 mi away · Jura, France
A high plateau ridge road with sweeping Mont Blanc panoramas across the Leman basin.
40 km · 24.9 mi · Atlas rating 8.6 / 10
13 mi away · Ain, France
A historic Jura pass with a famous belvedere overlooking Lake Geneva and the Alps beyond.
13 km · 8.1 mi · Atlas rating 8.3 / 10
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 30 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
69 mi away · Savoie, France
The roof of the Route des Grandes Alpes, a stark granite amphitheatre above 2700 metres.
16 km · 9.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
80 mi away · Savoie and Hautes-Alpes, France
The spine of the Route des Grandes Alpes, a relentless climb to one of driving's holiest summits.
18.1 km · 11.2 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
68 mi away · Savoie and Isere, France
Turquoise lakes and jagged aiguilles frame this classic crossing of the Grandes Alpes.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.2 / 10
91 mi away · Piedmont, Italy
A gravel topped final stretch of tight hairpins made famous by the Giro d'Italia.
19 km · 11.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
55 mi away · Savoie, France
A punishing Tour de France staple threading pine forest to a panorama of the Vanoise peaks.
19.3 km · 12 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 15 hr 41 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
207 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
134 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
170 mi away · Var, France
Cliff hugging ledge road staring straight down into Europe's grandest limestone canyon.
24 km · 14.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
208 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
99 mi away · Hautes-Alpes, France
Hairpins through larch forest give way to the lunar Casse Deserte, a surreal high altitude finale.
33 km · 20.5 mi · Atlas rating 9.5 / 10
118 mi away · Ticino, Switzerland
A cobbled historic switchback climb that predates the modern Gotthard highway entirely.
13 km · 8.1 mi · Atlas rating 9.5 / 10
Longer
32 km · 55m
Furka takes about fifty five minutes end to end, longer if you stop at the Belvédère, and it is open from roughly June to October depending on snow clearance. It is not dangerous if driven with sense, the road is wide and immaculately surfaced, but the drop below the Belvédère hairpin is real and the weather can close in fast above 2,000 metres.
38 km · 1h 05m
Granite, reservoirs and a surface that flatters every car.
46 km · 1h 15m
Built for the view rather than the shortest line, and the finest surface in Europe.
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