Italy, Liguria
Ligurian coast roads one way, Apennine passes the other, both tight and technical.
First instinct from Genoa: head north over the Passo del Turchino.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
13 mi
Best rated nearby
9.7 / 10
Shortest full loop
2 hr 26 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 14 April 2026
Under 60 km from the centre
Close enough for an evening run or a Sunday morning before the traffic wakes up.
Roughly 2 hr 59 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
30 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
13 mi away · Liguria and Piedmont, Italy
A historic road linking Genoa to the Piedmont plains through wooded Apennine ridgelines.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 7.8 / 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 10 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
89 mi away · Alpes-Maritimes, France, above Monaco
Napoleon's high road above Monaco, immortalised on film, staring down onto the principality.
16 km · 9.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
81 mi away · Alpes-Maritimes, France
Legendary Monte Carlo Rally stage stitching together forested hairpins above the Roya valley.
17 km · 10.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
91 mi away · Alpes-Maritimes, France, above Monaco
The middle ribbon of the three Riviera corniches, threading Eze's clifftop village.
16 km · 9.9 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
88 mi away · Alpes-Maritimes, France
A sea level corniche skimming every harbour and cove between Nice and the Italian border.
22 km · 13.7 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 36 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
164 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
106 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
117 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
132 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
137 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
150 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
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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