France, Ile de France
Not a driving city, but Normandy, Burgundy and the Loire are all within a comfortable morning.
First instinct from Paris: head south east towards Burgundy.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
103 mi
Best rated nearby
8.1 / 10
Shortest full loop
12 hr 2 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 18 March 2026
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 19 hr 8 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
230 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
227 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
242 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
222 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
196 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
242 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
Longer
325 km · 5h 40m
Lavender, limestone gorges and the finest sustained GT road in France.
684 km · 13h 30m
Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean across seventeen alpine cols.
62 km · 1h 50m
The Monte Carlo Rally's night stage, and still the best test of a small quick car in Europe.
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