19 scenic roads
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Start in Riva del Garda with the lake still asleep and swing onto the Gardesana Occidentale: gallery after gallery tunnelled straight through the cliff, each one spitting you back out into another ...
Start in Riva del Garda with the lake still asleep and climb north past Torbole — then swing south and watch the Gardesana Orientale work its magic: gallery after gallery tunnelled straight through...
Fifty-eight hairpins. Two countries. One of the oldest passes in the Alps — the Romans dragged their roads over this very notch, and the stone villages on both sides still look like they belong to ...
If the Dolomites have a living room, this is it. The Passo di Giau is only 2,236 metres, but the mountains around it behave like they're three thousand — and they lean in close, as if they want to ...
Some roads go somewhere. The Nivolet road goes nowhere at all — and that is precisely its genius. Colle del Nivolet is a dead end at 2,641 metres, one of the highest paved points in Italy, and ever...
Let's be honest about two things up front: yes, the Amalfi Coast is famous, and yes, in summer it can be a traffic jam with a view. And still — still — the moment Positano spills down its cliff in ...
They called it the Salt Road because salt from Ventimiglia crossed these ridges on mule-back — and because the salt paid for the forts that still guard it. One hundred years ago this was a military...
Start in Riva del Garda with the lake still asleep and climb north past Torbole — then swing south and watch the Gardesana Orientale work its magic: gallery after gallery tunnelled straight through...
There is a sign at the bottom that tells you everything: strada pericolosa, pendenze estreme, divieto di transito ai tre assi. The Mortirolo doesn't welcome you. It dares you. From Mazzo di Valtel...
Great St Bernard Pass – Colle del Gran San Bernardo (2,469 m) One of the most legendary crossings of the Alps — a road walked by Romans, crossed by Napoleon's armies, and ridden by countless tou...
Some passes you drive; the Gavia you survive — and you step out at the other end feeling more alive than you have in months. At 2,621 metres, the Gavia is the second-highest paved pass in Italy, a...
There are loops, and then there is the Sella Ronda — a perfect ring of asphalt strung around one of the most spectacular rock fortresses in the Alps. Four passes. Four valleys. Four different moods...