Sanremo is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Ospedaletti, 32km from Grande Corniche (D2564).
Sanremo is in Liguria, Italy, with about 47,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ospedaletti, about 5 km away.
Sanremo, also spelled San Remo in English and formerly in Italian, is a comune (municipality) on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of about 53,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, suchRead more as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan–San Remo cycling classic. Italo Calvino, the most significant figure of 20th century Italian literature, spent his formative years here.
Ligurian hill village wrecked by the 1887 earthquake and left empty for decades until international artists squatted the ruins in the 1960s. Today ateliers, gardens and a roofless baroque church share lanes still half-collapsed.
5 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Monaco & Monte Carlo
The glamorous sovereign city-state on the Riviera, home to the famous Casino de Monte-Carlo and the Grand Prix circuit.
30 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Circuit de Monaco
The most glamorous F1 street circuit through the streets of Monte Carlo
30 km · about 35 min drive
coastal drive
Grande Corniche
The highest of three dramatic cliff roads above the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco with Mediterranean panoramas.
32 km · about 35 min drive
famous road
Grande Corniche (D2564)
Napoleon's high road above Monaco past La Turbie, the highest of the three Riviera corniches and the best for views.
32 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Eze Village
A medieval eagle's-nest village perched 427 meters above the Mediterranean with breathtaking coastal panoramas.
35 km · about 40 min drive
mountain pass
Col de Turini
Famous rally stage in the French Alps, star of Monte Carlo Rally
36 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Col de Turini Viewpoint
A legendary rally stage in the Maritime Alps with sweeping views down to the Cote d'Azur from 1,607 metres.
36 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Sanremo
32 kmGrande CornicheThe highest of three dramatic cliff roads above the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco with Mediterranean panoramas.
32 kmGrande Corniche (D2564)Napoleon's high road above Monaco past La Turbie, the highest of the three Riviera corniches and the best for views.
35 kmEze VillageA medieval eagle's-nest village perched 427 meters above the Mediterranean with breathtaking coastal panoramas.
36 kmCol de TuriniFamous rally stage in the French Alps, star of Monte Carlo Rally
36 kmCol de Turini ViewpointA legendary rally stage in the Maritime Alps with sweeping views down to the Cote d'Azur from 1,607 metres.
40 kmCol de Tende Road TunnelOpened in 1882 under the Col de Tende on the France–Italy border, this 3.2 km bore is among the world's oldest long road tunnels; above it snakes a famous ladder of 48 old hairpins.