Austria, Salzburg
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is ninety minutes away and the lakes start immediately.
First instinct from Salzburg: head south towards the Grossglockner.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
4 mi
Best rated nearby
9.8 / 10
Shortest full loop
5 hr 53 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 7 June 2026
Under 60 km from the centre
Close enough for an evening run or a Sunday morning before the traffic wakes up.
Roughly 6 hr 34 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
24 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
13 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
4 mi away · Salzburg, Austria
A historic hillclimb road with sweeping bends and views over Salzburg and its lakes.
11 km · 6.8 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 53 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
48 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
58 mi away · Carinthia
Six tunnels and a wall of hairpins to Austria's highest dam.
15 km · 9.3 mi · Atlas rating 9.1 / 10
70 mi away · Tyrol
A balcony road along the valley wall with the Zillertal spread out beneath it.
48 km · 29.8 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
70 mi away · Carinthia, Austria
A rounded, grassy high plateau road with dozens of curves and long views over the Nockberge.
34 km · 21.1 mi · Atlas rating 8.7 / 10
55 mi away · Tyrol and Salzburg, Austria
A tunnel linked high road threading the Hohe Tauern range with fine glacier views.
30 km · 18.6 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 14 hr 3 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
151 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
105 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
103 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
107 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
157 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
101 mi away · Julian Alps
Fifty numbered hairpins, twenty four of them cobbled, over the highest pass in Slovenia.
47 km · 29.2 mi · Atlas rating 9.5 / 10
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