Germany, Baden Wurttemberg
The Black Forest and the Swabian Alb start on the doorstep, and both Porsche and Mercedes museums are in town.
First instinct from Stuttgart: head south west into the Black Forest.
Scored roads in range
12
Nearest great road
45 mi
Best rated nearby
9.4 / 10
Shortest full loop
4 hr 8 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 15 March 2026
60 to 150 km from the centre
Far enough to feel like a proper trip, close enough to be home for dinner.
Roughly 5 hr 13 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
45 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
80 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
71 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
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 18 hr 2 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
166 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
204 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
197 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
158 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
179 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
196 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
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