Driving

Legendary 2,642m Alpine pass on the Route des Grandes Alpes, a Tour de France giant with sweeping high-mountain hairpins.

The highest paved through-pass in the Alps at 2,764m, linking the Tarentaise and Maurienne valleys.

The highest paved road in the French Pyrenees at 2,115m and a mythical climb crowned by the Géant du Tourmalet statue.

Ridge-top road along the Vosges summits built as a WWI strategic route, with balcony views over Alsace and the plain.

Clifftop loop above Europe's grandest canyon, the Gorges du Verdon, with vertigo-inducing belvederes.

Tight forested pass made famous by the Monte-Carlo Rally's legendary night stage.

Dramatic 2,360m pass descending through the lunar rockscape of the Casse Déserte.

Retraces Napoleon's 1815 march from the Riviera to the Alps, a flowing driver's road through Castellane and Digne.

The loop road over the 2,802m summit ranks among the highest paved roads in Europe.

Narrow coastal cliff road threading UNESCO-listed red granite pinnacles above the Gulf of Porto.

Former French Grand Prix venue now hosting WorldSBK, track days and historic meetings.

High-tech Provençal circuit with its trademark blue-and-red run-off, busy year-round with test days and club racing.

Fast, undulating classic remembered for the 1979 Villeneuve-Arnoux duel and home to the Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or historic meeting.

Gers circuit that opens the French season and hosts the popular Coupes de Pâques historic gathering.

Technical, hilly ribbon near Nîmes nicknamed a mini-Nürburgring, a favourite for track days and club events.

The permanent circuit inside the Le Mans complex, open for track days, racing and driving experiences year-round.

Shortened but still spectacular former GP track winding through the Auvergne volcanoes.

Flowing modern circuit south of Poitiers hosting car and bike track days and national championships.

Compact northern circuit near Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, busy with drift events, club racing and track days.

Alsatian circuit with reconfigurable layouts, heavily used for auto and moto track days.