City to city
Straight down the A6, or through Burgundy and the Jura with a night in Beaune.
Direct route
357.3 mi
Scenic route
689.7 mi
Days to enjoy it
4 days
Great roads on route
7
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Distances are planning estimates. The road list is drawn from the scored Atlas library inside this corridor. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 4 May 2026
The detour
The fast way
Motorway and trunk road for most of it, one fuel stop, nothing you will remember. Useful when the drive is a means to an end.
The good way
About 8 hr 36 min of that is spent on the great roads themselves, which is where the whole difference lies.
On the way
01 · Italy
The road from the Italian Job, hairpins to a lake plateau at 2600 metres.
12.4 mi · Rating 9.6 / 10
02 · France
The roof of the Route des Grandes Alpes, a stark granite amphitheatre above 2700 metres.
9.9 mi · Rating 9.6 / 10
03 · France
The spine of the Route des Grandes Alpes, a relentless climb to one of driving's holiest summits.
11.2 mi · Rating 9.6 / 10
04 · Switzerland
Three of the best passes in the Alps stitched into one loop back to the same valley.
74.6 mi · Rating 9.6 / 10
05 · Switzerland
Bond film hairpins skirt the Rhone Glacier on this high, exposed Alpine crossing.
9.9 mi · Rating 9.4 / 10
06 · Switzerland
A flowing, beautifully engineered road beneath the Steingletscher ice cliffs.
29.2 mi · Rating 9.4 / 10
07 · Switzerland
Switzerland's second highest paved pass, wide, smooth and gloriously empty.
23.6 mi · Rating 9.3 / 10
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