Germany, Bavaria
The Alpine Road, the Austrian Tyrol and the Dolomites are all comfortably in reach.
First instinct from Munich: head south on the Deutsche Alpenstrasse.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
59 mi
Best rated nearby
9.9 / 10
Shortest full loop
6 hr
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 16 May 2026
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 14 hr 50 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
91 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
88 mi away · Tyrol and South Tyrol
A high toll road crossing into Italy with a dramatic glass museum perched at the summit.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.5 / 10
59 mi away · Bavarian Alps, Germany
Sweeping alpine curves link lake resorts on the way to the Austrian border.
150 km · 93.2 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
65 mi away · Bavarian Alps, Germany
The western German Alpine Road weaves past castles beneath jagged limestone peaks.
90 km · 55.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.4 / 10
76 mi away · Bavarian Alps, Germany
Germany's highest through road climbs to the border with views over the Watzmann massif.
16 km · 9.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 14 hr 57 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
123 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
110 mi away · Dolomites
Four Dolomite passes in a single circuit of the Sella massif, the finest loop in Europe.
55 km · 34.2 mi · Atlas rating 9.7 / 10
111 mi away · Trentino and South Tyrol, Italy
Sheer Dolomite towers on both sides make this short link one of the world's great scenic drives.
11 km · 6.8 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
116 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
134 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
186 mi away · Bernese Oberland
Three of the best passes in the Alps stitched into one loop back to the same valley.
120 km · 74.6 mi · Atlas rating 9.6 / 10
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