France, Grand Est
The Route des Cretes and the Vosges passes are twenty minutes away, and the Black Forest is over the bridge.
First instinct from Strasbourg: head west into the Vosges.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
22 mi
Best rated nearby
9.2 / 10
Shortest full loop
2 hr 58 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 3 hr 18 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
22 mi away · Black Forest, Germany
Germany's original scenic highway rolls along a forested ridge with panoramic Alpine views.
60 km · 37.3 mi · Atlas rating 9.2 / 10
35 mi away · Black Forest, Germany
Tight forested hairpins climb to a summit famed among motorcyclists for its sweeping bends.
13 km · 8.1 mi · Atlas rating 8.7 / 10
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 8 hr 39 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
47 mi away · Black Forest, Germany
The Hoellental route squeezes through granite walls beside a rushing mountain stream.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 8.8 / 10
48 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
40 mi away · Alsace, France
A meandering vineyard route strung between half timbered villages beneath the Vosges foothills.
170 km · 105.6 mi · Atlas rating 8.4 / 10
49 mi away · Vosges, France
A forested pass over the main Vosges ridge, popular with cyclists and motorbikes alike.
22 km · 13.7 mi · Atlas rating 8.3 / 10
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 13 hr 40 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
190 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
200 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
221 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
234 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
247 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
145 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
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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