Two weeks driving in Italy

Day 1

Passo dello Stelvio and Amalfi Coast Road

• Passo dello Stelvio · 30.4 mi · 9.9 / 10. Eighty four hairpins stacked above the treeline make this Europe's most theatrical mountain pass.
• Amalfi Coast Road · 31.1 mi · 9.7 / 10. A cliffside ribbon of hairpins clinging above turquoise water and pastel towns.

About 186.4 mi and 5 hr 58 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 2

Sella Ronda Loop and Passo di Gavia

• Sella Ronda Loop · 34.2 mi · 9.7 / 10. Four Dolomite passes in a single circuit of the Sella massif, the finest loop in Europe.
• Passo di Gavia · 19.3 mi · 9.6 / 10. A narrow, unguarded ribbon past Lago Nero that feels wilder than its famous neighbour.

About 186.4 mi and 5 hr 44 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 3

Passo Sella and Passo Giau

• Passo Sella · 6.8 mi · 9.6 / 10. Sheer Dolomite towers on both sides make this short link one of the world's great scenic drives.
• Passo Giau · 10.6 mi · 9.6 / 10. Twenty nine hairpins climb to a wide open saddle ringed by the jagged Cinque Torri.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 46 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 4

Colle del Nivolet and Passo Pordoi

• Colle del Nivolet · 12.4 mi · 9.6 / 10. The road from the Italian Job, hairpins to a lake plateau at 2600 metres.
• Passo Pordoi · 8.1 mi · 9.5 / 10. Twenty eight numbered hairpins climb to the highest paved point of the Dolomites road network.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 51 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 5

Passo Valparola and Passo Gardena

• Passo Valparola · 20.5 mi · 9.4 / 10. War tunnels, a small lake and the Lagazuoi towers, quieter than its famous neighbours.
• Passo Gardena · 7.5 mi · 9.3 / 10. Limestone spires of the Sella group frame every one of this pass's flowing bends.

About 186.4 mi and 5 hr 4 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 6

Passo Fedaia and Strada della Forra

• Passo Fedaia · 18.6 mi · 9.3 / 10. A brutal ramp to a dam under the Marmolada glacier, the roof of the Dolomites.
• Strada della Forra · 4.3 mi · 9.2 / 10. A tunnel like gorge road carved into rock above Lake Garda, once called the world's best road.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 54 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 7

Colle delle Finestre and Passo Rolle

• Colle delle Finestre · 11.8 mi · 9.1 / 10. A gravel topped final stretch of tight hairpins made famous by the Giro d'Italia.
• Passo Rolle · 18.6 mi · 9.1 / 10. Open meadows under the Pale di San Martino, one of the great Dolomite views.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 56 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 8

Passo Manghen and Passo dell'Umbrail

• Passo Manghen · 24.9 mi · 9.1 / 10. Narrow, savage and empty, a proper hill climb road with no barriers to speak of.
• Passo dell'Umbrail · 9.3 mi · 9 / 10. Switzerland's link into the Stelvio is a quieter alternative with the same drama.

About 186.4 mi and 5 hr 8 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 9

Colle dell'Agnello and Passo Crocedomini

• Colle dell'Agnello · 12.4 mi · 9 / 10. One of the Alps' highest paved passes, remote and narrow near the French border.
• Passo Crocedomini · 28 mi · 9 / 10. A wild single track crossing between Val Camonica and the Val Sabbia.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 59 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 10

Passo Campolongo and Chianti Classico Road

• Passo Campolongo · 3.7 mi · 8.9 / 10. The gentlest of the Sella Ronda passes but with knockout views of the Sella massif.
• Chianti Classico Road · 28 mi · 8.9 / 10. Rolling cypress lined curves through vineyards link two of Tuscany's finest cities.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 51 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 11

Passo del Mortirolo and Passo del Bracco

• Passo del Mortirolo · 7.8 mi · 8.7 / 10. Cycling's cruellest climb doubles as a brutally steep, tightly hairpinned driving test.
• Passo del Bracco · 23.6 mi · 8.4 / 10. A ridge top Ligurian road with sweeping sea glimpses above the Cinque Terre coastline.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 54 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 12

Passo del Turchino

• Passo del Turchino · 18.6 mi · 7.8 / 10. A historic road linking Genoa to the Piedmont plains through wooded Apennine ridgelines.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 24 min behind the wheel including transit.

Base yourself

Bolzano, Florence or Amalfi

Nights to book

13 nights. On anything longer than five days, book two nights in the best base rather than moving hotel every evening.

Fuel and tolls

Budget for roughly 2609.8 miles of driving plus any vignettes or tunnel fees for the countries you cross.