Two weeks driving in Switzerland

Day 1

Tremola, the old Gotthard road and Furka Pass

• Tremola, the old Gotthard road · 8.1 mi · 9.5 / 10. A cobbled historic switchback climb that predates the modern Gotthard highway entirely.
• Furka Pass · 9.9 mi · 9.4 / 10. Bond film hairpins skirt the Rhone Glacier on this high, exposed Alpine crossing.

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

Day 2

Susten Pass and Bernina Pass

• Susten Pass · 29.2 mi · 9.4 / 10. A flowing, beautifully engineered road beneath the Steingletscher ice cliffs.
• Bernina Pass · 20.5 mi · 9.3 / 10. Glaciers hang over the road as it threads past turquoise Lago Bianco to the Poschiavo valley.

About 186.4 mi and 5 hr 27 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 3

Grimsel Pass and Maloja Pass

• Grimsel Pass · 16.2 mi · 9.2 / 10. Granite reservoirs and stark rock walls line this dramatic climb from the Bernese Oberland.
• Maloja Pass · 18.6 mi · 9.1 / 10. Tight zigzags drop dramatically off the Engadine plateau toward the Italian border.

About 186.4 mi and 5 hr 3 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 4

Splugen Pass and Julier Pass

• Splugen Pass · 11.8 mi · 9.1 / 10. Wild, narrow hairpins on the Italian side rank among the Alps' most intense single lane drives.
• Julier Pass · 22.4 mi · 8.9 / 10. A fast, sweeping Roman era route across a bare, boulder strewn Engadine watershed.

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

Day 5

Klausen Pass and Fluela Pass

• Klausen Pass · 29.8 mi · 8.9 / 10. A historic race road with narrow forested switchbacks opening onto high pastureland.
• Fluela Pass · 16.2 mi · 8.8 / 10. A remote, boulder strewn crossing linking Davos to the wild Lower Engadine.

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

Day 6

Albula Pass and San Bernardino Pass

• Albula Pass · 22.4 mi · 8.7 / 10. Tight forested hairpins give way to a bare summit above the Albula rail viaducts.
• San Bernardino Pass · 8.1 mi · 8.6 / 10. A smooth historic alternative to the motorway tunnel with long views into the Misox valley.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 49 min behind the wheel including transit.

Day 7

Oberalp Pass

• Oberalp Pass · 13.7 mi · 8.5 / 10. A high, wide open pass paralleling the scenic Glacier Express rail line.

About 186.4 mi and 4 hr 31 min behind the wheel including transit.

Base yourself

Andermatt or Lucerne

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.