I would like create database of the most beautiful roads in The Europe. The list will be very usable to travelers which like journey by car.
Dear users! I rely on your support in build the list. Please write your propositions in following layout:
Country
road name: source - destination (environment coast/mountains/lake/city/...etc and eventual cautions)

True "pearls" we will mark five asterisk *****. Photo-reports are very acceptable.


List of picturesque roads in the Europe:

Albania
- A1: Durres - Kukes (mountains) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=88011166&postcount=56)
- SH3 Elbasan - Pogradec (mountains, Ohrid lake)
- coastal road Vlore-Sarande (coast, mountains)

Austria
- L25 (Staller Sattel): Huben - Obersee IT Border (Alps mountains, lakes) (http://motorways.eu/photos.aspx?Country=A&Obj=Alpenstrasse%20L25%20-%20Staller%20Sattel)
- 107 Hochalpenstrasse: Heligenblut - Fusch (Alps mountains, toll road) ***** (http://motorways.eu/photos.aspx?Country=A&Obj=B107%20-%20Hochalpenstrasse)
- 108: Amerthal - Matrei in Osttirol (Alps mountains, toll tunnel)

Bulgaria
- 1/A6 (E79): Sofia - Sandanski (mountains, river)
- 37: Borino - Buynovo (mountains)
- road from 37 to Trigrad
- road Vratsa -Zgorigrad (mountains)

Croatia
- A1: Sveti Rok - Posedarje (coast, mountains, tunnels)
- D1: Dugopolje - Split (mountains, Adriatic coast)
- D8: Split - Ploce (Adriatic coast, mountains) ***** (http://motorways.eu/photos.aspx?Country=HR&Obj=cesta%20D8)
- D8: Zaton - Dubrovnik (Adriatic coast, Dubrovnik city panorame)
- D56: Skradin (hills, lake)
- D66: (E751): Plomin - Opatija (coast, hills)

Czech Republic
- I11 (E75): Jablonkov - Mosty u Jablonkova SK border (mountains)
- I38 (E59): Znojmo - Hate A border (buildings, lights)
- I56 (E461): Ostravice - SK border (mountains, lake)
- I52: Pohorelice - Mikulov A border (plain views, hills, lakes)

France
- A8: Frejus - Grimaldi
- D23: Gorges du Verdon (mountains)
- D71: Gorges du Verdon (mountains)
- D76: Combe Laval (mountains)
- D118: Gorges de Saint-Georges (mountains)
- D119: Mas d'Azil cave (Ariege, mountains)
- N202: Lac de Castillon (lake)
- N205 (E25): Passy - Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (Alps mountains)
- D919/D132: Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Arette, Arette Pierre St Marti (Pyrenees mountains)
- D559/D98A: Frejus - Saint-Tropez (coast)
- D902: Col d'Izoard (Alps mountains)
- D952: Gorges du Verdon (mountains)
- D957: Lac de Sainte-Croix (lake)

Great Britain
- A20: near Dover (coast)
- A82: Glasgow - Inverness (coast, lakes, mountains, hills)

Hungary
- 33: Hortobagy (plain terrains, lakes)
- 82: Györ - Veszprem (plain terrains, sometimes hills)
- road through Bukki National Park: Eger - Miscolc (mountains)
- roads along Dunabe in Budapeszt: Pesti also rakpart, Budai also rakpart (city views)

Italy:
- A10: Genova - Grimaldi (coast, mountains) *****
- SR11: Mestre - Venezia (coast, city, harbour)
- SP14/SS14: Monfalcone - Trieste (coast)
- A23: Tolmezzo - Tarvisio (Alps mountains)
- SP44: Obersee A border - Rasun di Sopra (Alps mountains, lakes)
- SS45bis: Riva del Garda - Salo (lake) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=87853252&postcount=3)
- SP49: Misurina (lake, Alps mountains)
- SP92: on Etna volcano
- SS145 Sorrentina: Sorrento paeninsula (coast, mountains, city)
- SS241 Nova Levante - Bolzano (mountains) *****
- SR251 Barcis - Cimolais (mountains, river, lake)
- SR352 Aquileia - Grado (coast)
- SS309 Mestre - Chioggia (coast)
- SR479: Scanno - Anversa degli Abruzzi (mountains, lake)
- Via Furlo near Acqualagna (road along Fiume Candigliano, ex SP3, mountains)

Latvia
P4: Riga - Ergli (Kangaru hills)

Montenegro
- E65: Herceg Novi - Kotor - Tivat (Adriatic coast, mountains) *****
- E65: Budva - Petrovac (Adriatic coast, mountains)
- E65/E851 Sutomore - Bar - Ulcinj(Adriatic coast, mountains)
- E65: Sutomore - Kurill (Shkoder Lake, mountains)
- Road along Shkoder Lake: Virpazar - Vladimir (lake, mountains, dangerous road!) (http://motorways.eu/photos.aspx?Country=MNE&Obj=Lake%20Skadar)
- Savnik - Zabijak - Kosanica (Tara canyon, mountains)

Norway
- E16: Bergen - Oslo (mountains,fjords,bridges)
- E10: Bjervik - Sorvagen (coast, mountains, fjords) ***** (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=87870582&postcount=19)
- 70/E39 Atlantic Road: Kristiansund - Molde (coast, mountains, fjords) *****

Poland
- DK3: Jelenia Góra - Szklarska Poreba - Jakuszyce CZ border (mountains)
- S6: Gdansk - Gdynia (hills, flore)
- DK7/S7/DK47: Krakow - Zakopane (mountains)
- DK8 Kudowa-Zdroj - Klodzko (mountains)
- DK28 Sanok - Przemyśl (mountains)
- S69: Żywiec - Zwardon (mountains)
- DK87: Piwniczna Zdroj - Stary Sacz (mountains)
- DW717/DW631 Aleje Jerozolimskie: Warsaw (skyscrapers, night lights)
- DW773: Olkusz - Skala (rocks, river) (http://motorways.eu/photos.aspx?Country=PL&Obj=Ska%C5%82a)
- DW894: Hoczew, Myczkow, Czarna Gorna (lake, Bieszczady mountains)
- DW897: Tylawa, Komancza, Cisna, Ustrzyki Gorne, Wolosate (Bieszczady mountains)
- DW904/DW908: - Piekna - Konopiska - Rzekszowice (plain views)
- DW941/DW943: Ustron - Wisla - Istebna - Koniakow (mountains)
- DW948: Porabka - Tresna (lake, mountains)

Romania
- 7C Transfagarasan: Cartisoara - Curtea de Arges (mountains, opened only in summer season) *****

Serbia
- E80: Dimitrovgrad - Nis (mountains, river)

Slovakia

- D1: Bratislava (city)
- D1: Liptovsky Mikulas, Poprad, Janovce (view on Tatry mountains) (http://motorways.eu/photos.aspx?Country=SK&Obj=D1)
- 11: Cadca - Zilina (mountains)
- 18: Vrutky - Zilina (mountains)
- 67: Tatranska Javorina - Poprad (Tatry mountains)
- 70: Parnice - Kralovany (mountains, river)
- 520: Tvrdosin - Namestovo (mountains)
- 537: Liptovsky Peter - Tatranská Kotlina (Tatry mountains)
- 584: Zuberec - Liptovsky Mikulas (Tatry mountains)
- 011075: Terchova - Vratna (mountains)

Slovenia
- A2: Ljubliana - Jesenice (mountains)
- 101: Trzic - Ljubelj A border (mountains)
- 111: Koper - Izola (coast)

Spain
- A92: Almeria - Granada (mountains)
- NA-1370/NA-137: Arette Pierre St Martin FR border - Roncal (Pyrenees mountains)
- N621: Riano - Unquera (mountains, lake)
- N625: Riano - Congas de Onis (mountains, lake)
- Roads to Cain in Picos de Europa National Park

Sweden
- E4 Vätterleden: beside Vattern lake
- E12 Bla vagen: Storuman - NO border (lakes, mountains)

Switzerland
- 3/27: St. Moritz - Castasegna I border (lakes,mountains)
- 19: Oberwald - Realp (Alps mountains) ***** (http://motorways.eu/photos.aspx?Country=CH&Obj=Hauptstrasse%2019)
- 212/213 - Visp, Stalden, Tasch (Alps mountains, river)

between France & Spain

I love the road between Oloron-Sainte-Marie - Arette - La Pierre Saint-Martin ski resort - Isaba/Izaba - Roncal :)

Polish DK8 between Kudowa-Zdrój & Kłodzko is also very, very nice :)

English M20 when approaching Dover is also nice.

More later :D

In Italy I would for sure choose SS45bis "Gardesana occidentale", running along the western shore of Garda lake, often inside tunnels dug few meters from the waters:
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7858/limone.jpg


And you cannot leave out SS145 "Sorrentina", running along the Sorrento paeninsula and Amalfi coast:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3341/sorrento.jpg

Thanks for your first propositions. Please write also, what traveler will see when drive on this road for example mountains, sea lake, rocks, flora, city architecture ect. :)

Italy:
SS241 Nova Levante - Bolzano (Trentino - Alto Adige)
The road runs in the bottom of a narrow canyon. Tis is one of the most spectacular points:
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1708/ss241.jpg

SR251 Barcis - Cimolais (Friuli - Venezia Giulia)
The road runs along Barcis lake and Cellina river.
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4716/ss251.jpg
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/3673/ss2512.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7373/ss2513.jpg

A23 Tolmezzo - Tarvisio (Friuli - Venezia Giulia)
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1360/a23tarvisio.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8940/a23tarvisio2.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9148/a23tarvisio3.jpg

SR352 Aquileia - Grado (Friuli - Venezia Giulia)
http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/2001/sr352.jpg

SS309 Mestre - Chioggia (Veneto)
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7018/ss309.jpg

SP92 on Etna volcano (Sicily)
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/8781/sp92.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6992/sp922.jpg

We've not got a lot to contribute to this one, sorry :D

But you have the roads running on the dams and near other hydraulic structures :)

SR479 Near Scanno (L'Aquila) - Abruzzo, inside the gorge formed by Sagittario river:
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8063/unofa.jpg

Same road, near Villalago, inside the Sagittario gorge. This is Sagittario lake:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7149/duec.jpg

Same road, near Anversa degli Abruzzi (visible at the right):
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2323/anversa.jpg

Trivia about Anversa degli Abruzzi. "Anversa" is the Italian name of the Belgian city Antwerp, so "degli Abruzzi" (of Abruzzo) was added to avoid misunderstandings.

But you have the roads running on the dams and near other hydraulic structures :)

Well yes but they're all boring duel-carriageways with a view on... water. It's not terribly exciting and it doesn't compare well to, for instance, the coastal road from Amalfi to Sorrento (I used to live in Salerno so I'm very familiar with that extraordinarily pretty part of Italy).

I dont have photos,but somebody could download them and show 2 beauties:-

1.Bergen to Oslo
2.St Moritz,heading south.

I edited my first contribution with pictures.

1.Bergen to Oslo
2.St Moritz,heading south.

Please write numbers of roads. From Bergen to Oslo lead several roads :nuts:. What you can see beside these roads?

Italy:

SR251 Barcis - Cimolais (Friuli - Venezia Giulia)

A23 Tolmezzo - Tarvisio (Friuli - Venezia Giulia)



nice. :) friuli - venezia giulia is very beautiful region.

Bergen to Oslo on E16.(you can view any bit of it,at "street view"level on the google map).You see mountains,fjords,bridges etc

The road,south of St Moritz,changes name,as you go through a range of villages.Stunning views of lakes mountains.

p.s.another eye raiser is the road from Svetl Vlas,down to Sunny Beach(Bulgaria).You can see this,under "Black sea resorts",in the Bulgaria forum(dont know the name of the road).It has a mountain on one side,black sea on the other and a dual carriageway with palm trees in the middle.

Sweden: E12 between Storuman and the Norweigan border (also known as Blå vägen, "the blue road").

http://i.imgur.com/7aDzp.jpg

Bulgaria
E-79 nationalroad Dlona Dykania - Sandanski, lots of mountains and steep rocks.
You see the Rila mountain, the Pirin mountain and the western mountains from that road, the rila mountain in Dupnica looks similar to Jesenice in Slovenia, it always reminded me to that.

Struma motorway
There are great hills there aswell and an incredible view to the Vitosha mountain.

Ljulin motorwaay

E- 80 nationalroad: Great mountainvalley close to the border.

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Slovenia:
A2 - Ljubliana - Jesenice
One of my favourites, the peaks that can be seen there just wake up deep feelings in humans, the beautiful storzic is a true highlight.

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Serbia:
Nis - Dimitrovgrad:
Great landscape there, lots of rocks and steep walls in that gorge with 13 tunnels, after that part the hills turn more gentle but are still very picturesqueue and the landscape looks very countrylike and wild, much different to some treeless parts in europe.

The most picturesique road in Latvia, for sure is P4 (Rīga - Ērgļi) in Kangaru hills. Unfortunetly i don't have any pictures.

Ireland, any road

Another one from Norway.

E-10 from Bjervik to the tip of Lofoten. What you are seeing: mountains, mountains, mountains, mountains, some sea and hills.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6572/lofoten.png

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6043/lofoten2.png

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6043/lofoten2.png

The road running across the middle of this picture is e-10: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gilgameshh/3859930255/sizes/o/in/pool-1493929@N24/


Streetview: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lofoten,+Vestv%C3%A5g%C3%B8y,+Norway&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=67.913009,13.210373&spn=0.187961,0.891953&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.978077,114.169922&oq=lofoten&vpsrc=6&hnear=Lofoten&t=h&z=11&layer=c&cbll=67.913109,13.076512&panoid=HN__dMukn01-V9-1mri1wQ&cbp=12,52.71,,0,1.29

Easily, the Adriatic highway running along the entire coastline of Croatia.

The A82 north of Glasgow,Scotland.Stunning and you can drive for days,along all the other roads in North West Scotland-Mountains,hills,Lochs(check "street -view" on google)

Italy:
SS241 Nova Levante - Bolzano (Trentino - Alto Adige)
The road runs in the bottom of a narrow canyon. Tis is one of the most spectacular points:
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1708/ss241.jpg




A "twin road" at Spain.

It is located at Picos de Europa, region of Castilla y León (very near the village of Cain, the only way to go there).

Until four years ago that road was almost 40% narrow than now!!!!!. Take a look about how they got more space with an artificial bridge

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp29/alserrod/Carreteras/can.jpg

Simillar roads in Bulgaria in the Rhodopes mountain

In Buinovo Gorge:
http://razhodka.blog.bg/photos/127838/original/33af02248153e10902f0eb2fb19f5df1.jpg

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmv68fSHipgqMwMwpD5SPdOrXdrbt0Bd680HjSQGORFDwgdFl8vVfdjrhB

http://imgll.trivago.com/uploadimages/61/95/6195553_l.jpeg

http://patepis.com/wp-content/trigrad11.jpg

And in Trigrad Gorge:
http://images26.snimka.bg/005878402.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/0283/006822345-big.jpg?r=0

http://hotel-prespa.com/assets/files/5844/trigradsko-jdrelo-4.jpg

http://static.inews.bg/top99/pictures/2451__412_.jpg

I think Vätterleden in Sweden is more beautiful than Blå vägen.

Vätterleden is the part of the motorway at the east side of the lake Vättern. Its a part of the E4 from Stockholm to Helsingborg.

Its a beautiful motorway. :)

http://www.nynas.com/upload/Bitumen/Publications/Stopp%20belagg/1-2010/e4_norr_huskvarna.jpg

In Slovakia I would highlight III/011075, which is not some major road, but it's definitely picturesque.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9553/14004265.jpg
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6277/14629849.jpg

There are tons of other scenic roads.

Some more gorges from France...



Gorges de Saint-Georges - D 118 (Aude)

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5425/saintgeorges.jpg



Gorges du Verdon - D 23 (Alpes de Haute Provence)

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/849/verdon1m.jpg

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8614/verdon2.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9932/verdon7.jpg



Gorges du Verdon - D 952 (ditto)

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/6632/verdon4.jpg



Gorges du Verdon - D 71 (Var)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4926/verdon6.jpg



Lac de Sainte Croix - ditto

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1859/verdon5.jpg



Lac de Castillon - N 202

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2951/digne2.jpg

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4744/digne3.jpg



Combe Laval - D76 (Drôme)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7775/vercors1.jpg

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/8660/vercors2.jpg



Col de l'Izoard - D 902 (Hautes-Alpes)

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8200/izoard.jpg



Vallouise - D 204T (ditto)

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/525/pelvoux.jpg



And to finish an oddity

Mas d'Azil cave - D 119 (Ariège)

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6553/azil2.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/558/azil3.jpg

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5992/azil4.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2189/azil1.jpg

^^ Wow, a road through a cave.

Mas d'Azil cave - A M A Z I N G !!!

I could contribute the A 92 in Spain because of the mountains, the motorway-bypass of genova (A 10) becauce it runs more or less right through the city, you can watch people eating in their living-rooms from the motorway. The French A 8 between the border and Frejus (mountains)

Ex-SP3 through the Furlo Gorge, near Acqualagna, Marche, Italy
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4843/furlo1.jpg

"Furlo" is a corruption of Latin word "forulum", meaning "little hole". The little hole is this one, the most ancient still used road tunnel in the world, dug by Romans in 77 a.D.:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2705/furlo2.jpg
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8859/furlo3.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/8493/furlo4.jpg

In this picture you can see, beside the tunnel in the red circle, the most ancient tunnel in the world tout court, built by Etruscans centuries before:
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2420/furlo5.jpg

A short gorge between the town Vratsa in North-Western Bulgaria and the village Zgorigrad, from where you can go to the pictoresque Ledenika cave:

http://media.snimka.bg/9967/026188433-big.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/9967/026188434-big.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/9967/026188436-big.jpg?r=0

http://media.snimka.bg/9967/026188438-big.jpg?r=0

Nice topic! Something to remember for the next trips..

But you have the roads running on the dams and near other hydraulic structures :)

Indeed! And sometimes even uglyness can be picturesque as well, like in our harbours, e.g. here (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=N57,+brielle,+nl&hl=nl&ll=51.966772,4.130173&spn=0.011978,0.040212&sll=57.428134,-5.819149&sspn=0.041864,0.160847&vpsrc=6&hnear=N57,+Brielle,+Zuid-Holland,+Nederland&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.966701,4.130146&panoid=NAN02_KhC_Zs-AN0qOo3gA&cbp=12,129.32,,0,-4.51).

Or your moiuntains: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Maastricht&hl=nl&ll=50.757038,5.825919&spn=0.005131,0.009645&sll=50.75,6.016667&sspn=0.020419,0.038581&vpsrc=6&hnear=Maastricht,+Limburg,+Nederland&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=50.757079,5.82576&panoid=r7IpU_mcn6mBFTWI_rg-fw&cbp=12,167.09,,0,0.8

Seriously, once I found somewhere in the region a quite steep road on a more perceptible hill.

@Chilio: Wow I did not know the rocks are that high near the Vratsa area, you have to raise your head to see all of them, great.

Or your moiuntains: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Maastricht&hl=nl&ll=50.757038,5.825919&spn=0.005131,0.009645&sll=50.75,6.016667&sspn=0.020419,0.038581&vpsrc=6&hnear=Maastricht,+Limburg,+Nederland&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=50.757079,5.82576&panoid=r7IpU_mcn6mBFTWI_rg-fw&cbp=12,167.09,,0,0.8

Seriously, once I found somewhere in the region a quite steep road on a more perceptible hill.

That's about the most hilly as you can get here. Actually, there's one 'climb' on a motorway, the A2 towards Maastricht. Southbound you'll get a relatively nice view, while northbound there's even a short 3-lane 'climbing' section. :D

[I] - Veneto - AURONZO DI CADORE (BL) - SP 49

"Misurina Lake" + the vary famous "Tre Cime di Lavaredo" of the Dolomiti muontains

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3148/47128130.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/47128130.jpg/)

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1408/14453748.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/213/14453748.jpg/)


In these last three pictures, the payment toll to go by car (or by bus) at the "foot" of the mountain; the "top oh the road" at "Rifugio Auronzo" : m. 2333; Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Three Lavaredo's peaks)

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4664/41312002.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/41312002.jpg/)

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1293/88856395.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/88856395.jpg/)

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/1622/67717333.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/67717333.jpg/)

I spent there my 2009's summer holidays

I am waiting someone to post the Nis - Dimitrovgrad road, it is very picturesqueue aswell and can compare with all the gorge roads posted from here and there.

Beautiful photos!



Vallouise - D 204T (ditto)

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/525/pelvoux.jpg




Could you indicate this road on Google Maps? I can't locate it.

^^ Isn't it here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Vallouise,+France&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=44.913034,6.42756&spn=0.022125,0.055747&sll=46.588215,12.253629&sspn=0.021471,0.055747&oq=Vallouise&vpsrc=6&hnear=Vallouise,+Hautes-Alpes,+Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te+d'Azur,+France&t=h&layer=c&cbll=44.913048,6.428006&panoid=wgZ0J4dtcbSoN1G2Hvvtqg&cbp=12,310.95,,0,-7.41&z=15

Just mountains and mountains... This is main road 33 in Hungary, through the Hortobágy National Park:
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/24485591.jpg

I hope at least the Dutch will appreciate this :D

Just mountains and mountains...

Is there anything else worth mentioning? :)

In this picture you can see, beside the tunnel in the red circle, the most ancient tunnel in the world tout court, built by Etruscans centuries before:
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2420/furlo5.jpg

You can see it also on StreetView: http://maps.google.it/maps?q=gola+del+furlo&hl=it&ll=43.652969,12.730322&spn=0.045024,0.077162&sll=43.633839,12.619171&sspn=0.183879,0.251656&vpsrc=0&hnear=Gola+del+Furlo&t=m&layer=c&cbll=43.653165,12.7304&panoid=BUe6fzw4d4PFyYMDCreWmw&cbp=12,76.01,,1,-2.81&z=14

Just mountains and mountains

Is there anything else worth mentioning? :)

Thread was created to order to store "nice to eyes" roads in the midst of various type environment. Surely, mountains roads are amazing, but nice experience to travelers may be driving also on sea coast, nearby lake, along river, on plain terrains and even in city among lights neons, great bridges and interesting architecture

Another Norwegian road that may be of interest.


Norwegian County Road 63 (r63) between Langvannet and Åndalsnes.

What you are seing: Fjords, mountains, a few villages, some modern architecture, and step, winding roads.

The road going down here is r63:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2407/2246661045_6406175cf8_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/apunktf/2246661045/sizes/l/in/photostream/


Streetview: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=61.936111,7.960278&ll=62.005337,7.382641&spn=0.059949,0.222988&t=m&z=13&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=62.014191,7.39332&panoid=DPkugV9TV0_xAjFCQMZSfg&cbp=12,223.01,,0,0.14

Thread was created to order to store "nice to eyes" roads in the midst of various type environment. Surely, mountains roads are amazing, but nice experience to travelers may be driving also on sea coast, nearby lake, along river, on plain terrains and even in city among lights neons, great bridges and interesting architecture

I was ironic... see that little smile next to my sentence?

^^
I see :) No problem, I only mentioned, that various type of road may be interesting :)

^^ Norwegian r63 kinda reminds me of a Romanian Transfăgărășan road... :)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MNw6KnB4dY4/S80-87X46wI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/Cw3Onz63TQk/s1600/transfagarasan-romania-top-gear.jpg

No high mountains, nor flat road... just "middle mountains".

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp29/alserrod/Carreteras/adivinacarretera11.jpg



It is located at southern Aragon, at Spain.

We have a thread about "guess the road" and I posted this one considering it will be very easy (and it was).

The full road is so bad as in the image but the picture is very nice at all. Nice very little villages and pure nature.

This area is known as "Montoro Organs". Montoro is the name of the town close to it.
Organs because the form of the mountains and because it is said that with a heavy wind it sounds like an organ


I can find some roads inside national parks (last one I posted was national park since near a century, it was the first one created in Spain, very small but included that corner)... but this is just an area where live nobody. It could be the area in southern Europe with less density of population.

This is one of the most dangerous but beautiful roads I've ever driven on. It's a local road going from western shore of Lake Garda to the town of Tremosine. It's never larger than 1 lane (in total!) but it's a 2 way road. There are some rest places on the side allowing people to let other cars in the other direction drive by. In google maps it's called "Via Benaco". Some pics:
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1076/tremo1.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7955/tremo2.jpg

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/97/tremo3.jpg

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6379/tremo4.jpg

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/9915/tremo5.jpg

^^ Wow. :nuts:

Some other nice alpine roads...

Germany: Wallgau-Vorderriß-Austrian border (private toll road from Wallgau to Vorderriß, B 307 from Vorderriß to the Austrian border). It follows the scenic Isar valley.
Switzerland: 2/2b Luzern-Küssnacht-Brunnen: along the Vierwaldstättersee shore.
29 Samedan-Poschiavo: Bernina pass.
Italy: SS38 Prato allo Stelvio-Bormio: Stelvio pass and spectacular views on the Ortles. Unfortunately it was rather cloudy when when the google car drove this one.

One of the most beautiful roads I've driven on (as a passenger) in Europe is the road that runs parallel to Scutari lake/Skadarsko Jezero in Montenegro. [My photo]
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6905/img2221jt.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/3/img2221jt.jpg/)

The road leading up from the town of Kotor is also amazing. [My photo]
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1495/img2261a.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/img2261a.jpg/)

^^ Wow. :nuts:

Some other nice alpine roads...

Germany: Wallgau-Vorderriß-Austrian border (private toll road from Wallgau to Vorderriß, B 307 from Vorderriß to the Austrian border). It follows the scenic Isar valley.

Are you sure about this? As far as I remember the private tolled section is further south, in Austria, from Hinterriß to Eng.

Route 82 between Györ and Veszprem in Hungary is also a pretty drive, at least compared to danish roads :)

Are you sure about this? As far as I remember the private tolled section is further south, in Austria, from Hinterriß to Eng.
It was when I drove it. It was a Saturday last October. :dunno:

^^ I trust you :) It just means that both sections are tolled.

In Albania:

Durres-Kukes by Lum Lumi

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South Albania , from 4.47 min coastal road Vlore-Sarande (from one side mountains, and the other side the sea)
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Elbasan-Pogradec
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Photos from D1 highway in Slovakia near Poprad. Tatry mountains in winter

http://motorways.eu/photos.aspx?Country=SK&Obj=D1

Amazing suggestions, thanks guys!

Some more from Switzerland:
Sustenpass
http://static.images.ravensburger.de/images/produktseiten/1024/15903.jpg

http://www.grassyknolltv.com/2010/tour-de-suisse/previews-results/stage-06/sustenpass_tunnels-640.jpg

http://www.ryter-hermann.ch/motorrad/paesse/schweiz/susten26.jpg


Interlaken - Lauterbrunnen - Stechelberg
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5316688.jpg

http://www.albatrosstours.com.au/sites/default/files/imagecache/tour_gallery_image_large/Lauterbrunnen,%20Switzerland%20-%20Hotel%20Oberland%20on%20the%20right%20where%20we%20stay%204%20nights.jpg

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2530423.jpg



http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/26183637.jpg

Yay, Lauterbrunnen, I've been there 3 times, in 1997, in 2003 and in 2009. Maybe the most scenically located town in Switzerland and easy to access.

I made a video of the road to Stechelberg the last time I was there.

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I published on the Romanian thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=89270646#post89270646) some pics from Transfăgărășan road...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-L5aoqxRDHQk/T1kUYi6YFdI/AAAAAAAAF6s/F8VEeBp5C8o/s1024/DSC_0828.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CcEOqi_lEqE/T1kUTWEjXOI/AAAAAAAAF6I/-nXAOq15TzU/s1024/DSC_0788.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DxxBs0qSSs4/T1kUhCibUwI/AAAAAAAAF70/BYoT4ATzy8Y/s1024/DSC_0880.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xfiMMDJHsH0/T1kUm_q_f_I/AAAAAAAAF8c/bQt0B1mJN3k/s1024/DSC_0921.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S3dBLQngMFc/T1kUse9ORTI/AAAAAAAAF9E/LcOGBOngwqc/s1024/DSC_0971.JPG

More pictures here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=89270646#post89270646).

^^ Amizing photos :eek2:

Slovenia: Mangart road

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Pot+902&daddr=Pot+902&hl=sl&ll=46.433953,13.6203&spn=0.036853,0.090551&sll=46.438389,13.620558&sspn=0.03685,0.090551&geocode=FT9dxAIdrWzPAA%3BFbKixAIdtibQAA&mra=ls&t=m&z=14


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Those photos from Romania are stunning!

Switzerland has some truly awesome landscapes, but the views are so limited. Every time I'm in Switzerland I love it at first, but then later I get slightly claustrophobic :D There's no horizon..! (http://i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy271/Aloysafilna/Polderweg.jpg)

Those photos from Romania are stunning!

Switzerland has some truly awesome landscapes, but the views are so limited. Every time I'm in Switzerland I love it at first, but then later I get slightly claustrophobic :D There's no horizon..! (http://i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy271/Aloysafilna/Polderweg.jpg)

When I moved from my hometown in hilly Central Italy to Bologna, when I was 19, I felt the opposite: too much horizon, I felt agoraphobic :)

These are some of the most scenic roads I know which are close to my hometown. I like dramatic views of mountains as you will see :D

The LR-250 in the Leza River Canyon (Cañón del río Leza):
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/carr04.jpg

The A-2122 and BU-530 next to the Ebro river:
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/carr02.jpg

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/carr03.jpg

The SO-830 climbing down the Santa Inés mounain pass offers great views of the infinite pine woods of Soria:
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/carr06.jpg

Funnily enough the northern side (LR-333) is much more arid:
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/carr07.jpg

The northern part of Burgos province has some of the best landscapes I've seen. Here's a picture of the BU-550 where you can see part of the valley of Mena, where the Kingdom of Castile was born.
http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/carr01.jpg

For those who like History: This is the exact place where Castile was born: http://g.co/maps/546fu

Green hills and trees, which differ a lot from the stereotypical idea of Castile (arid plains filled with fields of wheat).

Those photos from Romania are stunning!

Switzerland has some truly awesome landscapes, but the views are so limited. Every time I'm in Switzerland I love it at first, but then later I get slightly claustrophobic :D There's no horizon..! (http://i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy271/Aloysafilna/Polderweg.jpg)
I know what you mean, when I'm in the Alps I feel similar. But most Swiss actually live at least a few Kilometers from the Alps, so you actually have a nice background.

Many roads in my region look like this:
http://www.sennenberg.ch/fotogalerien/01_sennenberg/images/img004.jpg
Not nearly as spectacular but still very beautiful.

I made a video of the road to Stechelberg the last time I was there.


Did you go to the Schilthorn, visiting Mr. Bond? :D

Here's a pic of Swiss A6 Thun - Spiez.
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l638/Nordic20T/Strassen%20Schweiz/A6Thun-Spiez1.jpg

The Wine Roads in Goriška Brda in Slovenia there is a wonderful view over the Brda region, a vista of hills, churches, villages, vineyards, and orchards of cherries, peaches, apricots, and figs.

http://www4.slikomat.com/11/0311/f9f-DSC-01.jpg

http://www4.slikomat.com/11/0311/zz6-DSC-01.jpg

In Italy I would for sure choose SS45bis "Gardesana occidentale", running along the western shore of Garda lake, often inside tunnels dug few meters from the waters:
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7858/limone.jpg


And you cannot leave out SS145 "Sorrentina", running along the Sorrento paeninsula and Amalfi coast:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3341/sorrento.jpg

I have done that one in summer 2010 !!! Amazing experience!

Besides the Tranfăgărășan, there are 2 more great mountain roads in Romania:

Transalpina:

http://portalnovaciranca.ro/images/stories/transalpina-toamna-2010.jpg
http://www.summitpost.org/images/original/652382.jpg
http://www.spuse.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Transalpina-2011-019drum.jpg

Bicaz Gorge:

http://www.holidayreview.ro/files/attraction/684/parcul_national_cheile_bicazului_-_hasmas.jpg
http://www.comune.ro/files/cheile%20bicazului%201.jpg
http://gtbn.webs.com/photos/Practica-de-studii-an-III/2008-Cheile%20Bicazului.jpg

Eggental in South Tyrol.The main road between Bolzano and Cortina,or lets say it was cause unfortunately the tunnel is now complete and the old road is history :ohno:

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/183/eggental.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/214/eggental.jpg/)

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4389/alpeggental16.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/alpeggental16.jpg/)

^^Is it still open for vehicles or has it been shut down?

^^Is it still open for vehicles or has it been shut down?

I´am not sure cause i was 2009 last time there and the second part was still open but some dudes who were there this or last year say the complete road thru the canyon is now barried.there is another very interesting road near to this road that also goes thru a canyon.when you drive down the nigerpass(passo nigra) and not taking the main road but hitting left near the village of Tiers you find a road with a 24% climb that goes thru a canyon,very small and not very well known so mostly you are alone - here some kind of a map

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6840/niger.gif (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/niger.gif/)

i try to find few of my pictures but i am not sure that i have some cause i cant remeber that we ever stopped there :nuts:

^^ Thanks for the interesting info. Bolzano not so far from here so I might give it a shot... but first I have to buy a motorcycle, I'm not going thru canyons with my car :)

^^ Thanks for the interesting info. Bolzano not so far from here so I might give it a shot... but first I have to buy a motorcycle, I'm not going thru canyons with my car :)
If you have a cabriolet or a spider such as a mx5 mazda you can have a lot of fun driving such roads - i am a passioned motorcycle driver but you can also have a lot of fun whan you get the right car

South Ramp of Passo Lucomagno - Lago Luzzone

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/1076/042zv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/042zv.jpg/)

Oberalppass with view on Andermatt

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6549/068iz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/068iz.jpg/)

Gental(Switzerland,near Sustenpass)

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/7047/098lh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/571/098lh.jpg/)
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/244/099hw.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/099hw.jpg/)

Schwarwaldalp(Switzerland,near Grimselpass)

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/41/117cs.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/117cs.jpg/)
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8711/105wd.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/213/105wd.jpg/)
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6086/119pd.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/213/119pd.jpg/)

Logarska Dolina / Slovenija
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6832/045vv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/045vv.jpg/)

Passo Gardena,for me the #1 in the Dolomiti region :banana2:
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8550/061rr.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/061rr.jpg/)
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9712/081cre.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/081cre.jpg/)
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/1046/086fh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/801/086fh.jpg/)
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/8480/087y.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/087y.jpg/)
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3144/097oe.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/097oe.jpg/)

Some nice roads in Slovenia:


Igla, road to Logarska valley, betwen Solčava and Luče

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Lu%C4%8De,+Luce,+Slovenija&daddr=Logarska+Dolina,+Sol%C4%8Dava,+Slovenija&hl=sl&ie=UTF8&ll=46.390043,14.693527&spn=0.294111,0.727158&sll=46.354735,14.744777&sspn=0.294302,0.727158&geocode=FS9RwwIdyfzgACltDXtx9VFlRzGNYhiP4PmhDw%3BFZlMxAIdNGrfACmL8tRzo6x6RzHwyarOHvgACg&oq=Logarska+dolina&mra=ls&t=m&z=11

http://www4.slikomat.com/11/0225/pv1-DSC-40.jpg http://www4.slikomat.com/11/0225/ur1-DSC-40.jpg


Logarska valley

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3509/4077713151_9aca93fbe3_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmalovrh/4077713151/)


Lučine, Škofja Loka-Gorenja vas

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=%C5%A0kofja+Loka&daddr=Pot+210&hl=sl&ie=UTF8&sll=46.085138,14.206696&sspn=0.29575,0.727158&geocode=FSVuwAIdME3aACkbOSoIEMZ6RzGVKHl7zlfaRw%3BFQCEvwId9tbXAA&oq=Gorenja+vas&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=11&t=m&z=11

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2708/4137176902_367f3a8a20_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmalovrh/4137176902/)
Tour de Slovenie 2009 - Lučine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmalovrh/4137176902/) by peter++ (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmalovrh/), on Flickr


Bohinjska Bistrica-Petrovo Brdo

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=bohinjska+bistrica&daddr=46.2131528,13.9980724+to:Petrovo+Brdo&hl=sl&sll=46.230441,14.033318&sspn=0.147485,0.363579&geocode=FZgRwgIdEejUACkR53nJV-16RzFAxKrOHvgACg%3BFSAowQId-JfVACmLqU0hOex6RzEwu5E1HPgAEw%3BFQAowQIdg5fVAA&mra=dvme&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&t=m&z=12

http://www4.slikomat.com/11/0227/yqr-644193.jpg


Bovec-Predel

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Bovec&daddr=Strmec+na+Predelu&hl=sl&ll=46.390635,13.594551&spn=0.073527,0.181789&sll=46.408984,13.603992&sspn=0.073502,0.181789&geocode=Fb4PwwIdQsvOACm1dQeLrWd6RzGA7D-CHPgABA%3BFdBKxAIdKDDPAA&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=13&t=m&z=13

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3478/3766387654_f2b979e9ec_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29022619@N03/3766387654/)
Log pod Mangrtom (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29022619@N03/3766387654/) by happy.apple (http://www.flickr.com/people/29022619@N03/), on Flickr

http://www4.slikomat.com/11/0228/xc-402832.jpg

http://www4.slikomat.com/11/0226/x9v-634428.jpg

Transfăgărășan, Romania:

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:eek:

http://maps.google.sk/?ll=28.186253,-16.428854&spn=0.737154,1.234589&t=h&z=10&layer=c&cbll=28.186253,-16.428854&panoid=FLlFTWB6zSrW3L90w6TMsw&cbp=12,33.54,,0,0.3

Belonging to Spain doesn't make the Canaries European IMO.

:)

http://g.co/maps/7dvxa
http://g.co/maps/abzau

@Spinoza: the road near Bolzano that Zagor posted pics is still open and there is no problem going there by car. I was here in 2010. I posted a street view pic in the first page of this thread.

@Spinoza: the road near Bolzano that Zagor posted pics is still open and there is no problem going there by car. I was here in 2010. I posted a street view pic in the first page of this thread.
Great News :banana: i buyed a gopro hero2 3 weeks ago and cant wait to hit the alps this year

the sella carnizza road,one of my favourite roads when you drive from italy to slovenija :cheers:

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And here is an good,old friend already known from other threads :cheers:

Rafensteiner Strasse(near Bozen/Bolzano)

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/3323/17abschnittbozenschloss.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/17abschnittbozenschloss.jpg/)

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1509/raf1v.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/137/raf1v.jpg/)

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9343/raf2c.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/225/raf2c.jpg/)

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/6379/raf3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/560/raf3.jpg/)

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/895/raf4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/raf4.jpg/)

Wasserfluh in Switzerland,the roads in middle switzerland are not so high and there are not realy big mountains but they are also very beautiful and very very green

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7544/eifel1ii398.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/26/eifel1ii398.jpg/)

Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3017/eifel1ii462.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/72/eifel1ii462.jpg/)

Trollstigen, Norway

Map: http://g.co/maps/zjswe

CmXAevCaqmw&hd=1
by analysti (http://www.youtube.com/user/analysti)

Alto Douro Wine Region (Portugal)
Home of Port Wine!

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2724/0810201155021.jpg

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5363/08102011551.jpg

Map: http://maps.google.pt/maps?q=41.078155,-7.102124&hl=pt-PT&num=1&t=w&z=15

The road from the Sustenpass to the Steingletscher Parking :cheers:

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The Spanish AP-66 near Lena, Asturias:

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/ciceron01/ap66-1.jpg

:)

Some more gorges from France...
Lac de Sainte Croix - ditto
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1859/verdon5.jpg
Great sight, very inspiring to me for some reason.

My first try with the HERO2 :cheers:

?v=Q3HCqHlWbIE

Croatia, D25 above Karlobag. You can see Pag island :drool:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=44.5262978&lon=15.1300299&z=12&l=0&m=h

Evo par fotografija iz D25 iznad Karlobaga

http://files.adrialog.com/20120514/614/image-1.jpg

http://files.adrialog.com/20120514/614/image-2.jpg

http://files.adrialog.com/20120514/614/image-3.jpg

http://files.adrialog.com/20120514/614/image-4.jpg

http://files.adrialog.com/20120514/614/image-5.jpg

My pics of the TF 21, one of the most pictoresque streets I have seen. It's located on Tenerife in the Canary Islands and runs through the Teide National Park, the highest vulcan in Europe.

I like for the diversity of landscape in few chilometers. Outside Puerto de la Cruz where it starts/ends, the vegetation along the road is bare....
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/380314_3912110010221_1503535189_3317929_1344996994_n.jpg
...but going up few turns starts to change...
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/562485_3912111450257_1503535189_3317932_681179556_n.jpg
...becoming almost an alpine forest with conifers...
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/405159_3912117330404_1503535189_3317938_1061027788_n.jpg
...and ending on a plateau at the feet of the Teide before to going down again towards the coast near Arona. Here the landscape leaves you breathless
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/537626_3912133010796_1503535189_3317949_1318551801_n.jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/550921_3912203772565_1503535189_3318026_1252047933_n.jpg

The Teide in all his majesty seen from the road
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/178920_3912130050722_1503535189_3317948_1539615260_n.jpg

H4, Rebernice

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5114/7198417800_169a11132f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karmen_smolnikar/7198417800/)
Road on the hill (http://www.flickr.com/photos/karmen_smolnikar/7198417800/) by Karmen Smolnikar (http://www.flickr.com/people/karmen_smolnikar/), on Flickr

Slovenia, Rebernice H4

^^ Any LAT & LON info about this spot?

http://g.co/maps/c7r7p

Slovenia, Rebernice H4

Cannot belive that an expressway is so step, it reminds me the A6 Turin - Savona (that I never saw in real life but I would like to drive there one day; I clinched the H4 as passenger but I don't remember it was so impressive).
In comparison the old Bologna - Firenze or the A23 are nothing.

^^ It looks much steeper than it really is on that pic. I think it's about 5%.