Great driving roads

RobAMerc

Another thread got me to thinking.

Got a favourite road or stretch you really enjoy/ed and want to share?

1: South Island, New Zealand, doesn't really matter where, just set off and enjoy. Only problem is the bloody scenery is so beautifull you'll be stopping or slowing down every couple of minutes to look at it !

2: Garden route South Africa, much higher speeds than NZ but enjoyable, open bends, long straights, scenery is also a problem as is the wildlife (I nearly ran a baboon down!)

3: The stretch between Kilarney and Kenmare is an obvious one, pretend your a rallly driver (at 20kmph) through Molls gap.

Any others youd like to share?

dingding

Donegal to ballybofey through Barnsmore gap,

Nice to Milan - amazing tunnels and bridges, great scenery

Any costal road in southern France:)

dahamsta

Garryvoe to Youghal at 4am.

Our man in Havana

California Highway 1 from San Francisco to LA. Lovely views of the ocean and none of the freeway madness.

dingding

You just reminded me of Miami to key west. amazing road

murphaph

M50 at 8am, unbelievable experience!

Max_Damage

The Atlantic Drive road on Achill Island is great. Was there last summer during the good weather, the scenery is spectacular.

CrowdedHouse

Max_Damage wrote:

The Atlantic Drive road on Achill Island is great.

Agreed - was on it Wednesday, pic of some of the scenery.

Westport to Leenane was great too

Our man in Havana

murphaph wrote:

M50 at 8am, unbelievable experience!

Would this be on a sunday?

is_that_so

Gorge de Verdun.
Stunning vistas and the road is so winding you have to take it slow and enjoy the scenery. Also the northwest coast of Majorca. And the M1 - best road in the country .:p

pontovic

driving around valentia island in south kerry, amazing scenery, or driving along the northern coast of the iveragh peninsula in kerry, when you can see dingle. great views.

bazz26

Connor's Pass going from Tralee to Dingle has some amazing views and the road is narrow, twists and turns up the side of the mountain.

TempestSabre

The route from Blessington to Wicklow Gap.

English Habour to Shirley Heights - Antiga.

unkel

bazz26 wrote:

Connor's Pass going from Tralee to Dingle has some amazing views and the road is narrow, twists and turns up the side of the mountain.

First drove over it during the Great Hot Summer of '95. IIRC the width is only about a car and a half with the dotted line in the middle. Stopped right in the middle of the road all the time (leaving the doors open) to enjoy the view and take pictures

Did not come across a single other vehicle. That experience in itself was wonderful

lomb

the end of mydriveway where the autobahn begins:D

Big Balls

RobAMerc wrote:

1: South Island, New Zealand, doesn't really matter where, just set off and enjoy. Only problem is the bloody scenery is so beautifull you'll be stopping or slowing down every couple of minutes to look at it !

Road from the port on South Island just off the ferry from Wellington to Nelson is pretty savage. Also heading into Wellington from the north through the secondary road (Lower Hutt?) the road just winds and winds for what seems like an eternity but it's spectacular none the less.

mmenarry

RobAMerc wrote:

Got a favourite road or stretch you really enjoy/ed and want to share?

Roads I enjoyed? Yeah, quite a few in this country!

That I'd like to share? Not on your nelly!

Well ok then - healey pass, Co. Kerry

http://mx5ireland.com/members/michael/healy_pass_stream.wmv

M.

commited

Any road in the UK - a joy to drive on compared to the crap here

Alun

commited wrote:

Any road in the UK - a joy to drive on compared to the crap here

I was going to say something along those lines too. A "great driving road" is more than just any old crap road with a nice view. It has to be in an area with great scenery, yes, but the road surface has to be of a good quality, well signposted, lots of nice open sweeping bends with good sightlines and proper camber etc. which rules out most of the roads here. There are some stunning roads mainly in the north of the UK across the Pennines and up towards the Scottish borders, and there'll not be a pothole or a crumbled away verge to be seen.

Interceptor

The road that runs from Moycullen to Spiddal Co. Galway - great scenery, yumps you can lift all four wheels off and no traffic.

My personal favourite was California Highway 1 in a Mustang convertible, but its a dim and distant memory.

'cptr

cianclarke

The roads around the fjord of Kotor in Montenegro.

A little closer to home, the Comeraghs & the Waterford coast road, and also the road along Killary Harbour.