Random Best Driving Roads in World (18 items)

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  (#2) Col de Turini, Italy

  Top Gear fans will recognize this 30-mile plate of asphalt spaghetti from the 2007 special "World's Best Driving Road." It runs through the Alps from Sospel, Italy to La Bollene, and has featured as a stage on the World Rally Championship tour for over 50 years. It's beautiful, narrow, dangerous, rife with blind corners, and absurdly deadly at night. Still, for those who dare, the Col de Turini may be about as close to driving heaven as Europe has to offer. 
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  (#16) The Dragon's Tail at Deal's Gap

  If America has anything comparable to the Alps, it has to be the 120-mile Dragon/Cherohala loop in the tri-state area between Tennessee, North Carolina, and North Georgia. The most famous section is known as The Tail of the Dragon, an 11-mile stretch of Route 129 going through Deal's Gap in North Carolina.

  Calling this road "well known" is an understatement of massive proportions; the whole area is practically an open-road track, and the locals proudly bill it as America's best motorcycle and sports car road. Take it from someone who lived there and drove the loop regularly: Don't challenge the dragon's 318 curves unless you're 100% on your game. This road is treacherous, dangerous, and well-traveled by psychotic bikers and tractor trailers alike.
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  (#14) Snakes, Cats, and Fiddles

  The Snake Pass (A57) and Cat n' Fiddle (A537) are two different roads located south and east of Liverpool England, respectively. Both run 10 miles or less, and were popular among "cafe racers" in the 1950s.

  The latter is named for a pub at the summit of the road, where motorcycle racers would meet before racing hell-for-leather down the road. Snake Pass is tighter and twistier, while Cat n' Fiddle (pictured) is more of a high-speed bomb. Some of the best scenery England has to offer, these roads are worth seeing for the views alone. But the steak and kidney pie isn't bad, either.
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  (#17) The Forest - Route 314a

  To those in the know, the 23.5-mile 314a loop is Central Florida's Nurburgring. No, the scenery on this particular road isn't stunning, and it's well known as a meat grinder for the unwary, but it's also an incredible driving challenge, and offers a combination of slaloms, hairpins, sweepers, and high-speed straights the equal of any rally circuit on Earth.

  It does go through a few residential areas, so be careful, and be considerate. The locals are pretty understanding if you drive like a gentleman... Florida police, not so much.
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  (#12) Ardal to Tyn - Norway

  Norway has some of the most incredible scenery on Earth, and produces some of the best drivers around. Both of those have not a little bit to do with the country's incredible fjords, and the roads that run along them. Really, you could pick practically any road in the country, but one particularly worth mentioning is Highway 53, running from Ardal to Tyn.

  Of course, scenic beauty is a given, but this road has a combination of switchbacks, straights and complex corners that will challenge even the best drivers. Not least of which because it's covered in some amount of snow most of the year. This road is not for the faint of heart, but worth it for the stunning view alone.
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  (#1) Pacific Coast Highway, California

  If you haven't heard of the PCH, then you've never seen a single movie made in California. This 515-mile stretch of photo ready perfection follows the Pacific coastline from Los Angeles to San Francisco and features some of the most thrilling twists, turns, drops, and rises in North America.

  It's also said to be the most filmed road in the world, having shown up in seemingly every car movie you've ever seen. No American can call themselves a gearhead without driving the PCH at least once.

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