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16 routesRavello
ItalyscenicAmalfi Coast Drive
30 miles of stomach-churning sea-cliff hairpins, lemon groves, and pastel villages
- Distance
- 42 mi
- Driving
- 1 hr 24 min
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 5
Bedruthan Steps
UKscenicAtlantic Highway A39: North Cornwall
Cornish surf beaches, smuggler's coves, and the Westcountry pasty trail
- Distance
- 86 mi
- Driving
- 2 hr 30 min
- Days
- 4
- Stops
- 7
Eagle Road Viewpoint
Photo: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons
NorwayscenicAtlantic Road + Trollstigen
Norway's most photogenic bridges plus the bend-counting horror of Trollstigen
- Distance
- 511 mi
- Driving
- 15 hr 54 min
- Days
- 5
- Stops
- 6
Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (Black Forest High Road)
GermanyscenicBlack Forest High Road (B500)
Cuckoo clocks, dark-wood villages, cake, and a high road that floats above the canopy
- Distance
- 98 mi
- Driving
- 3 hr 12 min
- Days
- 2
- Stops
- 4
The Gobbins
UKscenicCauseway Coastal Route
Belfast to Derry along Northern Ireland's cliff-edge coast, via Game of Thrones country
- Distance
- 124 mi
- Driving
- 3 hr 18 min
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 7
Furka Pass Viewpoint
SwitzerlandadventureFurka Pass + Three-Pass Loop
Goldfinger filmed here, and so should you, with two more passes thrown in
- Distance
- 79 mi
- Driving
- 2 hr 18 min
- Days
- 2
- Stops
- 6
Grossglockner High Alpine Road Viewpoint
AustriaadventureGroßglockner High Alpine Road
Austria's most spectacular pass: 36 hairpins to 2,504m and the country's highest peak
- Distance
- 45 mi
- Driving
- 1 hr 54 min
- Days
- 1
- Stops
- 5
Dyrhólaey
IcelandadventureIceland Ring Road (Route 1)
Loop the whole island in 7-10 days: glaciers, waterfalls, geysers, black beaches, midnight sun
- Distance
- 971 mi
- Driving
- 23 hr 12 min
- Days
- 9
- Stops
- 10
Duncansby Stacks
UKscenicNC500: North Coast 500
Scotland's answer to Route 66: 516 miles of mountains, single-track roads, and empty beaches
- Distance
- 469 mi
- Driving
- 11 hr 24 min
- Days
- 7
- Stops
- 9
Marienbrucke Viewpoint (Neuschwanstein)
GermanyhistoryRomantic Road
Half-timbered villages, walled medieval towns, and Bavarian beer all the way to Neuschwanstein
- Distance
- 207 mi
- Driving
- 4 hr 36 min
- Days
- 5
- Stops
- 6
Gorges du Verdon Viewpoint
FrancehistoryRoute Napoléon: Cannes to Grenoble
The road Napoleon took from exile back to Paris, now a 325 km drive through pre-Alps
- Distance
- 202 mi
- Driving
- 5 hr 42 min
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 7
Mam Tor
UKscenicSnake Pass + Peak District
Cobblestone villages, Bronte-novel moors, and the moodiest 14 miles of road in England
- Distance
- 65 mi
- Driving
- 2 hr
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 7
Seceda (Secëda)
ItalyadventureStelvio Pass + Dolomites Loop
48 hairpins to 2,757m then a tour of UNESCO-listed Dolomite peaks
- Distance
- 206 mi
- Driving
- 6 hr 12 min
- Days
- 4
- Stops
- 8
Bâlea Lake
RomaniaadventureTransfăgărășan
Ceaușescu's military road through the Făgăraș Mountains, and Top Gear's runner-up to Stelvio
- Distance
- 98 mi
- Driving
- 3 hr 30 min
- Days
- 2
- Stops
- 5
Gorges du Verdon Viewpoint
FrancescenicVerdon Gorge: Route des Crêtes
Europe's deepest canyon, turquoise water 700m below, and a clifftop road with no barriers
- Distance
- 65 mi
- Driving
- 3 hr
- Days
- 2
- Stops
- 5
Slieve League Cliffs
IrelandscenicWild Atlantic Way
1,600 miles of Ireland's western coast: cliffs, castles, traditional music, and rain
- Distance
- 736 mi
- Driving
- 20 hr 12 min
- Days
- 9
- Stops
- 10
Further afield
10 routesWaterrock Knob Overlook (Blue Ridge Parkway)
USAscenicBlue Ridge Parkway
469 miles of Appalachian ridgeline, no billboards, no trucks
- Distance
- 416 mi
- Driving
- 9 hr
- Days
- 4
- Stops
- 5
- Canadascenic
Cabot Trail
Cape Breton's highland loop: ocean cliffs, ceilidhs and autumn colour
- Distance
- 180 mi
- Driving
- 4 hr 42 min
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 5
Bloukrans Bridge Viewpoint (Garden Route)
South AfricascenicGarden Route
Forests, lagoons and the Outeniqua mountains between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth
- Distance
- 512 mi
- Driving
- 10 hr 48 min
- Days
- 6
- Stops
- 7
Bay of Martyrs
AustraliascenicGreat Ocean Road
Twelve Apostles, surf breaks and koalas along Victoria's southern edge
- Distance
- 155 mi
- Driving
- 4 hr
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 5
Peyto Lake Viewpoint (Icefields Parkway)
CanadamountainIcefields Parkway
Glaciers, turquoise lakes and grizzlies between Banff and Jasper
- Distance
- 180 mi
- Driving
- 4 hr 30 min
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 4
Jigokudani Monkey Park
JapanculturalJapan Romantic Road: Nagano to Nikko
Alpine Japan: castle towns, onsen villages and cedar avenues
- Distance
- 168 mi
- Driving
- 4 hr 12 min
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 4
Sutherland Falls
New ZealandmountainMilford Road: Te Anau to Milford Sound
Fiordland at its most theatrical: mirror lakes, the Homer Tunnel, sheer walls
- Distance
- 75 mi
- Driving
- 1 hr 54 min
- Days
- 2
- Stops
- 4
Key West
USAcoastalOverseas Highway: Florida Keys
113 miles of bridges hopping island to island out to Key West
- Distance
- 98 mi
- Driving
- 2 hr 36 min
- Days
- 3
- Stops
- 5
McWay Falls Viewpoint (Big Sur)
USAscenicPacific Coast Highway (SR-1)
Big Sur cliffs, sea otters and fog, the definitive California coast drive
- Distance
- 441 mi
- Driving
- 9 hr 36 min
- Days
- 5
- Stops
- 7
Sandia Peak Tramway
USAroadtripRoute 66: Chicago to Santa Monica
The Mother Road. 2,400 miles of diners, motels and neon across eight states
- Distance
- 2151 mi
- Driving
- 38 hr 36 min
- Days
- 9
- Stops
- 10
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