BEST DRIVING ROADS IN THE WORLD

Great thread!

My best driving experience was on Trinity Highway (Highway 299) in Northern California in Aug. of this year. Some 100+/- miles (total) of second and third gear turns through the mountans while tracing the path of the Trinity River some four hundred feet down beside you.

Steep grades straight into hair-pin turns sweeping upwards the the right or left and then a quarter mile of straight tarmac into more sweeping lefts and rights, back up another part of the mountains and on it goes... ...

Anybody with the chance to drive this road should jump at it. Nothing to regret. Weaverville is pretty much the mid-point and is a fantastic small town to grab a bite to eat before carving up another hour and a half of some of the best roads the country has to offer.

It's seriously what the links below show. Amazing.

http://www.dalecroy.com/hwy299/DSCN3546.JPG
http://www.dalecroy.com/hwy299/DSCN3543.JPG
http://www.dalecroy.com/hwy299/DSCN3540.JPG

_J

 

the Historic Columbia River Highway in Oregon.

Highway one from San Fran to LA

Of course Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks

Italian ss26 through the Aosta Valley to the Mount Blanc tunnel.

that's a start, but there's just so much potential on this beautiful planet!

 

Is it fun or just a pain?

 

Will take some pictures of some of the best roads down here at the southern tip of Africa, some really great roads that combined with the scarcity of law enforcement can create driving heaven.

 

If everyone could give some start and finish points.. it is so much more of an experience to follow a road on google earth.. Jan

try it on my route .. it gives a real feel of what the road is like.. Jan

 

Its marked on 'my places' in google earth.. may check that one this summer..

 

Great idea, but isn't there a thread like this already? It's got stacks of exquisite drives in it.

Found it:
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212287&highlight=Chapman%27s+Peak

 

I do seem to recall a thread in the past but didnt do a search...

 

Years ago I got to drive through Uruguay in my Mitsubishi 3000GTVR4 w 500hp

I was surprised how nice the roads were with very little traffic and no cops

You could go as fast as you like Just had to watch out for a horse cart every now & then

 

This site is keeler for rides/drives in California. It's an interactive map with hundreds of rides you can just click on for a map. I always liked HWY 198 for some wide open fun.

http://www.pashnit.com/ridemap/ridemap.php

 

That's *awesome* dude - Thanks for sharing. I've driven quite a few of those roads near me (South Bay) but there's some gems in there.

Cheers,
Ian
PS - Top Gear did a "best driving road" episode once - Decided it was somewhere in Switzerland IIRC - Clarkson made some comment about the Brits should take over as it wasn't fair that the Swiss had *the* road.

 

good one! Works for me..

 

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-- Europe --

1) Davos - Stelvio (Stelvio Pass)
2) Nürburgring Nordschleife (55 miles SW of Cologne)
3) "Route des Vins from Molsheim-Colmar-Freiburg-Offenburg-Strasbourg
4) Apennines (Close to Modena)
5) Ireland around the Dingle peninsula (Heck, almost anywhere in Ireland not in Dublin or Galway)
6) Cap de Creus in Catalonia (Spain). Close to the French border, bordering the Mediterranean (in general, the overall Costa Brava is wonderful ... remember the Rally Costa Brava in the World Championship for Rallyes), and a much better climate than in France.
7) The romantic road in Germany from Frankfurt to Munich.
8) France Route Napoleon from Grasse to Dignes Les Bains.
9) St. Moritz, Switzerland to Lake Como, Italy (45-60 minutes)
10) Forli, Italy to Florence, Italy on "SS67"
11) Sicily, Italy - the old Targa Florio route: Cerda - Caltavuturo - Collesano - Campofelice di Roccella - Cerda
12) France, Mont Ventoux: Bédoin - Sainte Colombe - Le Chalet Reynard - Mont Ventoux (1912m) - Malaucène – Bédoin
13) Italy the arrival by the highway to Genova (from Milano / Alessandria)
14) France "La Gineste" between Marseilles & Cassis, all the way an incredible view on the sea
15) Spain, the Sierra Nevada mountain road: Granada – Pico Veleta (3,392m)
16) Andorra: Pas de la Casa - Port d'Envalira (2,408m), Soldeu, Encamp, and Andorra La Veilla
17) Romania, Transfagarasan (highest road in Romania, 2,034 m; was featured on Top Gear)

-- USA --

California:

1) Death Valley National Park
2) Highway 1 (California Coast)
3) Angeles Crest Highway (California Route 2)
La Canada Flintridge to Wrightwood
4) Glendora Mtn Road
5) PCH
6) Mullhuland Drive
7) Mulholland Hwy
8) Hwy 74 Temascal Canyon
9) Angeles Crest HWY 2
10) Hwy 280 north of San Jose
11) Rim Of The World Scenic Byway
12) hwy 46 (James Deans last ride)
13) Interstate 5 near Bakersfiled with no traffic (165 mph)
14) Hwy 101 LA to SF
15) 110 freeway PAsadena to LA (also first LA freeway) early sunday morngin is best.
16) Portuguese Bend (runs through the Palos Verdes penninsula)

OTHER USA :

1) Deals Gap (US 129, NC and TN)
2) Million Dollar Highway (US 550 between Durango and Ouray, CO)
3) Death Valley National Park
3) Great Smokey Mountains (Highway 129), Tennessee
4) Blue Ridge Parkway
5) Glenn Highway/SR1 south of Anchorage
6) Connecticut Rt 7 from Kent to Lime Rock
7) New York Rt 22 from Rt 684 to Millerton
8) Vermont Rt 100 from Stowe to Londonderry
9) New York Rt 44 from Amenia to Millbrook
10) New York Old Montauk Highway
11) Connecticut/New York North St Greenwich into Bedford
12) Utah HWY 12 Between Rubys Inn and Loa/Torrey
13) N. Carolina dragons tail = cant believe you guys forgot this one!! AMAZING road

-- Canada --

1) old #1 highway between Lake Louise and Banff very tight and scenic
2) New #1 highway between Takaka Falls and Golden B.C
3) Forks of The Credit Road, hairpin turn
4) Sea to Sky Hwy between Vancouver and Whistler (a scenic section of Highway 99 starting just north of Horseshoe Bay with mountains on one side and ocean on the other) undergoing major improvements at the moment for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
5) The Icefields Parkway stretches 230km (142 miles) between Lake Louise and Jasper - easy access to the "most spectacular mountain landscape on Earth" - right through the Canadian Rockies. The drive has its own website - www.icefieldsparkway.ca


-- Africa --

1) Atlas Mountains (North - South)
2) Chapman's Peak Drive, Cape Town Southern Peninsula, South Africa

-- Asia --

1) The Silk road
2) Kathmandu to Lahsa
3)

-- Australia --

1) Great Ocean Road, Victoria
2) Black Spur, Victoria
3) Anywhere in rural Tasmania

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from sun valley idaho take rt 75 north through sawtooth to challis national forest to rt 21 south through boise national forest to boise. absolute sheer MAGIC.

 

California:

CA Rte 198 (as already mentioned by someone) from Coalinga to Rte 25. Great variety of curves and mostly fairly short straight stretches. A couple of nice long straights. Very interesting where the road carves through the San Andreas fault.

Rte 25 from 198 to Hollister. One of the greatest roads. Very fast for first 15 miles or so. Then almost any type of curve interspersed by straights. Nice elevation changes. Very fast again for a few miles as you get closer to Hollister. Empty. Motorcycles on Sundays.

Rte 58 from McKittrick ((on Rte 33) Santa Margarita. Early part tight curves, elevation changes, demands attention. Later fast straights with right-angle turns through farmland.

Rte 33 from Taft to Coalinga. Alternative to I5, if you can't stand the I5 traffic anymore.

San Diego County road S2 from Scissors Crossing to Ocotillo (on I8). Great mix of fast straights, open curves and a few tight curves. Elevation changes through desert washes. Fast, but very demanding if you go fast. Empty on weekdays.

Rte 36 from Red Bluff to US101 south of Fortuna. Tremendous variety of curves and straights, major elevation changes. Empty on weekdays. Very remote. Rockslides in rain.

Arizona

State Rte 71 from Aguila (on US60) to Congress. Fast, very fast in places.

State Rte 89 from Congress to Prescott. Great variety, elevation changes, fast in a few places, very curvy close to Prescott. Demanding to drive fast.

State Rte 73 from Carrizo Junction to Fort Apache (through Apache Indian reservation). Watch for tribal police, usually very empty.

State Rte 260 from Camp Verde (on I17) to State Rte 87. Elevation change, open curves, fast.

New Mexico

Indian Rte 9 from US 491 to State Rte 197. Rte 197 to Cuba on US 550. Remote, very varied, fast in places, tricky in others. Don't drive faster than you can see because pavement can be rough around curves and through arroyos. Mostly very empty.

Sate Rte 96 from US 550 (a little north of Cuba) to US 84. Great drive.

US 84 from Espanola to Chama.

State Rte 4 from San Ysidro (on US 550) to White Rock (near Los Alamos). Scenic, challenging road, varied. Empty on weekdays.

 

Trinity Highway, Rt. 299 Califorina

Rt. 61 West Va.


_J

 

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-- Europe --

1) Davos - Stelvio (Stelvio Pass)
2) Nürburgring Nordschleife (55 miles SW of Cologne)
3) "Route des Vins from Molsheim-Colmar-Freiburg-Offenburg-Strasbourg
4) Apennines (Close to Modena)
5) Ireland around the Dingle peninsula (Heck, almost anywhere in Ireland not in Dublin or Galway)
6) Cap de Creus in Catalonia (Spain). Close to the French border, bordering the Mediterranean (in general, the overall Costa Brava is wonderful ... remember the Rally Costa Brava in the World Championship for Rallyes), and a much better climate than in France.
7) The romantic road in Germany from Frankfurt to Munich.
8) France Route Napoleon from Grasse to Dignes Les Bains.
9) St. Moritz, Switzerland to Lake Como, Italy (45-60 minutes)
10) Forli, Italy to Florence, Italy on "SS67"
11) Sicily, Italy - the old Targa Florio route: Cerda - Caltavuturo - Collesano - Campofelice di Roccella - Cerda
12) France, Mont Ventoux: Bédoin - Sainte Colombe - Le Chalet Reynard - Mont Ventoux (1912m) - Malaucène – Bédoin
13) Italy the arrival by the highway to Genova (from Milano / Alessandria)
14) France "La Gineste" between Marseilles & Cassis, all the way an incredible view on the sea
15) Spain, the Sierra Nevada mountain road: Granada – Pico Veleta (3,392m)
16) Andorra: Pas de la Casa - Port d'Envalira (2,408m), Soldeu, Encamp, and Andorra La Veilla
17) Romania, Transfagarasan (highest road in Romania, 2,034 m; was featured on Top Gear)

-- USA --

California:

1) Death Valley National Park
2) Highway 1 (California Coast)
3) Angeles Crest Highway (California Route 2)
La Canada Flintridge to Wrightwood
4) Glendora Mtn Road
5) PCH
6) Mullhuland Drive
7) Mulholland Hwy
8) Hwy 74 Temascal Canyon
9) Angeles Crest HWY 2
10) Hwy 280 north of San Jose
11) Rim Of The World Scenic Byway
12) hwy 46 (James Deans last ride)
13) Interstate 5 near Bakersfiled with no traffic (165 mph)
14) Hwy 101 LA to SF
15) 110 freeway PAsadena to LA (also first LA freeway) early sunday morngin is best.
16) Portuguese Bend (runs through the Palos Verdes penninsula)
17) Trinity Hwy SR 299 Arcata to Redding CA

OTHER USA :

1) Deals Gap (US 129, NC and TN)
2) Million Dollar Highway (US 550 between Durango and Ouray, CO)
3) Death Valley National Park
3) Great Smokey Mountains (Highway 129), Tennessee
4) Blue Ridge Parkway
5) Glenn Highway/SR1 south of Anchorage
6) Connecticut Rt 7 from Kent to Lime Rock
7) New York Rt 22 from Rt 684 to Millerton
8) Vermont Rt 100 from Stowe to Londonderry
9) New York Rt 44 from Amenia to Millbrook
10) New York Old Montauk Highway
11) Connecticut/New York North St Greenwich into Bedford
12) Utah HWY 12 Between Rubys Inn and Loa/Torrey
13) N. Carolina dragons tail = cant believe you guys forgot this one!! AMAZING road

-- Canada --

1) old #1 highway between Lake Louise and Banff very tight and scenic
2) New #1 highway between Takaka Falls and Golden B.C
3) Forks of The Credit Road, hairpin turn
4) Sea to Sky Hwy between Vancouver and Whistler (a scenic section of Highway 99 starting just north of Horseshoe Bay with mountains on one side and ocean on the other) undergoing major improvements at the moment for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Lots of radar traps
5) Hwy99 from Whistler to Lillooet BC: known as Duffy Lake Road.
6) Kootenay Lake road from Crawford Bay to Creston BC
7) The Icefields Parkway stretches 230km (142 miles) between Lake Louise and Jasper - easy access to the "most spectacular mountain landscape on Earth" - right through the Canadian Rockies. The drive has its own website - www.icefieldsparkway.ca


-- Africa --

1) Atlas Mountains (North - South)
2) Chapman's Peak Drive, Cape Town Southern Peninsula, South Africa

-- Asia --

1) The Silk road
2) Kathmandu to Lahsa
3)

-- Australia --

1) Great Ocean Road, Victoria
2) Black Spur, Victoria
3) Anywhere in rural Tasmania

 

See the latest issue of Prancing Horse for a short description of this:

State Rte 4 from San Ysidro (on US 550) to White Rock (near Los Alamos). Scenic, challenging road, varied. Empty on weekdays.

The really nice long description was removed by the Editor who has no soul.

 

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-- Europe --

1) Davos - Stelvio (Stelvio Pass)
2) Nürburgring Nordschleife (55 miles SW of Cologne)
3) "Route des Vins from Molsheim-Colmar-Freiburg-Offenburg-Strasbourg
4) Apennines (Close to Modena)
5) Ireland around the Dingle peninsula (Heck, almost anywhere in Ireland not in Dublin or Galway)
6) Cap de Creus in Catalonia (Spain). Close to the French border, bordering the Mediterranean (in general, the overall Costa Brava is wonderful ... remember the Rally Costa Brava in the World Championship for Rallyes), and a much better climate than in France.
7) The romantic road in Germany from Frankfurt to Munich.
8) France Route Napoleon from Grasse to Dignes Les Bains.
9) St. Moritz, Switzerland to Lake Como, Italy (45-60 minutes)
10) Forli, Italy to Florence, Italy on "SS67"
11) Sicily, Italy - the old Targa Florio route: Cerda - Caltavuturo - Collesano - Campofelice di Roccella - Cerda
12) France, Mont Ventoux: Bédoin - Sainte Colombe - Le Chalet Reynard - Mont Ventoux (1912m) - Malaucène – Bédoin
13) Italy the arrival by the highway to Genova (from Milano / Alessandria)
14) France "La Gineste" between Marseilles & Cassis, all the way an incredible view on the sea
15) Spain, the Sierra Nevada mountain road: Granada – Pico Veleta (3,392m)
16) Andorra: Pas de la Casa - Port d'Envalira (2,408m), Soldeu, Encamp, and Andorra La Veilla
17) Romania, Transfagarasan (highest road in Romania, 2,034 m; was featured on Top Gear)
18) Scotland - Dukes pass from Aberfoyle to Calendar and most other country roads in Scotland
19) Monaco - Col de Turini (also featured on Top Gear)

-- USA --

California:

1) Death Valley National Park
2) Highway 1 (California Coast)
3) Angeles Crest Highway (California Route 2)
La Canada Flintridge to Wrightwood
4) Glendora Mtn Road
5) PCH
6) Mullhuland Drive
7) Mulholland Hwy
8) Hwy 74 Temascal Canyon
9) Angeles Crest HWY 2
10) Hwy 280 north of San Jose
11) Rim Of The World Scenic Byway
12) hwy 46 (James Deans last ride)
13) Interstate 5 near Bakersfiled with no traffic (165 mph)
14) Hwy 101 LA to SF
15) 110 freeway PAsadena to LA (also first LA freeway) early sunday morngin is best.
16) Portuguese Bend (runs through the Palos Verdes penninsula)
17) Trinity Hwy SR 299 Arcata to Redding CA

OTHER USA :

1) Deals Gap (US 129, NC and TN)
2) Million Dollar Highway (US 550 between Durango and Ouray, CO)
3) Death Valley National Park
3) Great Smokey Mountains (Highway 129), Tennessee
4) Blue Ridge Parkway
5) Glenn Highway/SR1 south of Anchorage
6) Connecticut Rt 7 from Kent to Lime Rock
7) New York Rt 22 from Rt 684 to Millerton
8) Vermont Rt 100 from Stowe to Londonderry
9) New York Rt 44 from Amenia to Millbrook
10) New York Old Montauk Highway
11) Connecticut/New York North St Greenwich into Bedford
12) Utah HWY 12 Between Rubys Inn and Loa/Torrey
13) N. Carolina dragons tail = cant believe you guys forgot this one!! AMAZING road

-- Canada --

1) old #1 highway between Lake Louise and Banff very tight and scenic
2) New #1 highway between Takaka Falls and Golden B.C
3) Forks of The Credit Road, hairpin turn
4) Sea to Sky Hwy between Vancouver and Whistler (a scenic section of Highway 99 starting just north of Horseshoe Bay with mountains on one side and ocean on the other) undergoing major improvements at the moment for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Lots of radar traps
5) Hwy99 from Whistler to Lillooet BC: known as Duffy Lake Road.
6) Kootenay Lake road from Crawford Bay to Creston BC
7) The Icefields Parkway stretches 230km (142 miles) between Lake Louise and Jasper - easy access to the "most spectacular mountain landscape on Earth" - right through the Canadian Rockies. The drive has its own website - www.icefieldsparkway.ca


-- Africa --

1) Atlas Mountains (North - South)
2) Chapman's Peak Drive, Cape Town Southern Peninsula, South Africa

-- Asia --

1) The Silk road
2) Kathmandu to Lahsa
3)

-- Australia --

1) Great Ocean Road, Victoria
2) Black Spur, Victoria
3) Anywhere in rural Tasmania

 

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-- Europe --

1) Davos - Stelvio (Stelvio Pass)
2) Nürburgring Nordschleife (55 miles SW of Cologne)
3) "Route des Vins from Molsheim-Colmar-Freiburg-Offenburg-Strasbourg
4) Apennines (Close to Modena)
5) Ireland around the Dingle peninsula (Heck, almost anywhere in Ireland not in Dublin or Galway)
6) Cap de Creus in Catalonia (Spain). Close to the French border, bordering the Mediterranean (in general, the overall Costa Brava is wonderful ... remember the Rally Costa Brava in the World Championship for Rallyes), and a much better climate than in France.
7) The romantic road in Germany from Frankfurt to Munich.
8) France Route Napoleon from Grasse to Dignes Les Bains.
9) St. Moritz, Switzerland to Lake Como, Italy (45-60 minutes)
10) Forli, Italy to Florence, Italy on "SS67"
11) Sicily, Italy - the old Targa Florio route: Cerda - Caltavuturo - Collesano - Campofelice di Roccella - Cerda
12) France, Mont Ventoux: Bédoin - Sainte Colombe - Le Chalet Reynard - Mont Ventoux (1912m) - Malaucène – Bédoin
13) Italy the arrival by the highway to Genova (from Milano / Alessandria)
14) France "La Gineste" between Marseilles & Cassis, all the way an incredible view on the sea
15) Spain, the Sierra Nevada mountain road: Granada – Pico Veleta (3,392m)
16) Andorra: Pas de la Casa - Port d'Envalira (2,408m), Soldeu, Encamp, and Andorra La Veilla
17) Romania, Transfagarasan (highest road in Romania, 2,034 m; was featured on Top Gear)
18) Scotland - Dukes pass from Aberfoyle to Calendar and most other country roads in Scotland
19) Monaco - Col de Turini (also featured on Top Gear)
20) Italy, Sestri Levante to Portofino

-- USA --

California:

1) Death Valley National Park
2) Highway 1 (California Coast)
3) Angeles Crest Highway (California Route 2)
La Canada Flintridge to Wrightwood
4) Glendora Mtn Road
5) PCH
6) Mullhuland Drive
7) Mulholland Hwy
8) Hwy 74 Temascal Canyon
9) Angeles Crest HWY 2
10) Hwy 280 north of San Jose
11) Rim Of The World Scenic Byway
12) hwy 46 (James Deans last ride)
13) Interstate 5 near Bakersfiled with no traffic (165 mph)
14) Hwy 101 LA to SF
15) 110 freeway PAsadena to LA (also first LA freeway) early sunday morngin is best.
16) Portuguese Bend (runs through the Palos Verdes penninsula)
17) Saddle Peak Road -> Piuma Road (From Malibu Canyon to Topanga - Views of all LA)
18) Tuna Canyon Road (from PCH in Malibu to Piuma Road - also views of LA)
19) Trinity Hwy SR 299 Arcata to Redding CA
20) Avenue of the Giants, 101 Scenic detour in the Humboldt County Redwoods


OTHER USA :

1) Deals Gap (US 129, NC and TN)
2) Million Dollar Highway (US 550 between Durango and Ouray, CO)
3) Death Valley National Park
3) Great Smokey Mountains (Highway 129), Tennessee
4) Blue Ridge Parkway
5) Glenn Highway/SR1 south of Anchorage
6) Connecticut Rt 7 from Kent to Lime Rock
7) New York Rt 22 from Rt 684 to Millerton
8) Vermont Rt 100 from Stowe to Londonderry
9) New York Rt 44 from Amenia to Millbrook
10) New York Old Montauk Highway
11) Connecticut/New York North St Greenwich into Bedford
12) Utah HWY 12 Between Rubys Inn and Loa/Torrey
13) N. Carolina dragons tail = cant believe you guys forgot this one!! AMAZING road
14) US 101 on the Oregon Coast

-- Canada --

1) old #1 highway between Lake Louise and Banff very tight and scenic
2) New #1 highway between Takaka Falls and Golden B.C
3) Forks of The Credit Road, hairpin turn
4) Sea to Sky Hwy between Vancouver and Whistler (a scenic section of Highway 99 starting just north of Horseshoe Bay with mountains on one side and ocean on the other) undergoing major improvements at the moment for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
5) The Icefields Parkway stretches 230km (142 miles) between Lake Louise and Jasper - easy access to the "most spectacular mountain landscape on Earth" - right through the Canadian Rockies. The drive has its own website - www.icefieldsparkway.ca


-- Africa --

1) Atlas Mountains (North - South)
2) Chapman's Peak Drive, Cape Town Southern Peninsula, South Africa

-- Asia --

1) The Silk road
2) Kathmandu to Lahsa


-- Australia --

1) Great Ocean Road, Victoria
2) Black Spur, Victoria
3) Anywhere in rural Tasmania

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Hello All,

What a great list of roads. Anyone have pictures of these drives? Thanks.

Cheers

 

I hear the roads up the Andes mountains have fantastic twisty's not sure on the condition though

You'd have to pick the right hour as they can be full of tour buses

 

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-- Europe --

1) Davos - Stelvio (Stelvio Pass)
2) Nürburgring Nordschleife (55 miles SW of Cologne)
3) "Route des Vins from Molsheim-Colmar-Freiburg-Offenburg-Strasbourg
4) Apennines (Close to Modena)
5) Ireland around the Dingle peninsula (Heck, almost anywhere in Ireland not in Dublin or Galway)
6) Cap de Creus in Catalonia (Spain). Close to the French border, bordering the Mediterranean (in general, the overall Costa Brava is wonderful ... remember the Rally Costa Brava in the World Championship for Rallyes), and a much better climate than in France.
7) The romantic road in Germany from Frankfurt to Munich.
8) France Route Napoleon from Grasse to Dignes Les Bains.
9) St. Moritz, Switzerland to Lake Como, Italy (45-60 minutes)
10) Forli, Italy to Florence, Italy on "SS67"
11) Sicily, Italy - the old Targa Florio route: Cerda - Caltavuturo - Collesano - Campofelice di Roccella - Cerda
12) France, Mont Ventoux: Bédoin - Sainte Colombe - Le Chalet Reynard - Mont Ventoux (1912m) - Malaucène – Bédoin
13) Italy the arrival by the highway to Genova (from Milano / Alessandria)
14) France "La Gineste" between Marseilles & Cassis, all the way an incredible view on the sea
15) Spain, the Sierra Nevada mountain road: Granada – Pico Veleta (3,392m)
16) Andorra: Pas de la Casa - Port d'Envalira (2,408m), Soldeu, Encamp, and Andorra La Veilla
17) Romania, Transfagarasan (highest road in Romania, 2,034 m; was featured on Top Gear)
18) Scotland - Dukes pass from Aberfoyle to Calendar and most other country roads in Scotland
19) Monaco - Col de Turini (also featured on Top Gear)
20) Italy, Sestri Levante to Portofino

-- USA --

California:

1) Death Valley National Park
2) Highway 1 (California Coast)
3) Angeles Crest Highway (California Route 2)
La Canada Flintridge to Wrightwood
4) Glendora Mtn Road
5) PCH
6) Mullhuland Drive
7) Mulholland Hwy
8) Hwy 74 Temascal Canyon
9) Angeles Crest HWY 2
10) Hwy 280 north of San Jose
11) Rim Of The World Scenic Byway
12) hwy 46 (James Deans last ride)
13) Interstate 5 near Bakersfiled with no traffic (165 mph)
14) Hwy 101 LA to SF
15) 110 freeway PAsadena to LA (also first LA freeway) early sunday morngin is best.
16) Portuguese Bend (runs through the Palos Verdes penninsula)
17) Saddle Peak Road -> Piuma Road (From Malibu Canyon to Topanga - Views of all LA)
18) Tuna Canyon Road (from PCH in Malibu to Piuma Road - also views of LA)
19) Trinity Hwy SR 299 Arcata to Redding CA
20) Avenue of the Giants, 101 Scenic detour in the Humboldt County Redwoods
21) Southern Cal, Ortega Highway
22) Northern Cal, Highway 25
23) Norther Cal, Woodside Road AKA Highway 84
24) then onto Highway 35 along the mountain tops


OTHER USA :

1) Deals Gap (US 129, NC and TN)
2) Million Dollar Highway (US 550 between Durango and Ouray, CO)
3) Death Valley National Park
3) Great Smokey Mountains (Highway 129), Tennessee
4) Blue Ridge Parkway
5) Glenn Highway/SR1 south of Anchorage
6) Connecticut Rt 7 from Kent to Lime Rock
7) New York Rt 22 from Rt 684 to Millerton
8) Vermont Rt 100 from Stowe to Londonderry
9) New York Rt 44 from Amenia to Millbrook
10) New York Old Montauk Highway
11) Connecticut/New York North St Greenwich into Bedford
12) Utah HWY 12 Between Rubys Inn and Loa/Torrey
13) N. Carolina dragons tail = cant believe you guys forgot this one!! AMAZING road
14) US 101 on the Oregon Coast

-- Canada --

1) old #1 highway between Lake Louise and Banff very tight and scenic
2) New #1 highway between Takaka Falls and Golden B.C
3) Forks of The Credit Road, hairpin turn
4) Sea to Sky Hwy between Vancouver and Whistler (a scenic section of Highway 99 starting just north of Horseshoe Bay with mountains on one side and ocean on the other) undergoing major improvements at the moment for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
5) The Icefields Parkway stretches 230km (142 miles) between Lake Louise and Jasper - easy access to the "most spectacular mountain landscape on Earth" - right through the Canadian Rockies. The drive has its own website - www.icefieldsparkway.ca


-- Africa --

1) Atlas Mountains (North - South)
2) Chapman's Peak Drive, Cape Town Southern Peninsula, South Africa

-- Asia --

1) The Silk road
2) Kathmandu to Lahsa


-- Australia --

1) Great Ocean Road, Victoria
2) Black Spur, Victoria
3) Anywhere in rural Tasmania

 

Quiet you Californian!