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Switzerland

Driving

The roads, tours and circuits worth the drive in Switzerland.

Roads

Driving road
Furka Pass
14 mi23 km~26 min drive
Cinematic hairpin pass past the Rhone Glacier, immortalised in the James Bond chase in Goldfinger.
Gletsch · Valais
Driving road
Grimsel Pass
16 mi26 km~30 min drive
Granite-and-reservoir climb linking the Bernese Oberland to the Valais, superb when paired with Furka and Susten.
Innertkirchen · Bern
Driving road
Susten Pass
28 mi45 km~53 min drive
Beautifully engineered 1940s road regarded as one of the smoothest, most scenic alpine drives.
Innertkirchen · Bern
Driving road
Gotthard Pass Via Tremola
16 mi26 km~30 min drive
The cobbled Tremola on the south side is the longest historic paved road monument in Switzerland.
Airolo · Ticino
Driving road
Klausen Pass
29 mi47 km~54 min drive
Historic hillclimb-racing road connecting Glarus and Uri, once host to the legendary pre-war Klausenrennen.
Linthal · Uri
Driving road
Umbrail Pass
8 mi13 km~15 min drive
Switzerland's highest paved pass, a mostly single-track climb feeding straight into Italy's Stelvio.
Santa Maria Val Muestair · Graubünden
Driving road
Grosse Scheidegg
16 mi26 km~30 min drive
Spectacular Eiger-facing route restricted to buses, making it a rare quiet, car-limited alpine road.
Meiringen · Bern
Driving road
Nufenen Pass
24 mi39 km~45 min drive
The highest pass road lying entirely within Switzerland, a bleak, dramatic Valais to Ticino crossing.
Ulrichen · Valais
Driving road
Grand St. Bernard Pass
16 mi26 km~30 min drive
Ancient trans-alpine route past the famous hospice and its rescue dogs, open only in summer.
Bourg-St-Pierre · Valais
Driving road
Simplon Pass
25 mi40 km~47 min drive
Napoleonic military road with wide sweeping curves linking the Valais to Italy's Domodossola.
Brig · Valais
Driving road
San Bernardino Pass
22 mi35 km~41 min drive
Old pass road climbing above the modern motorway tunnel, connecting German and Italian-speaking Graubünden.
Hinterrhein · Graubünden
Driving road
Bernina Pass
21 mi34 km~39 min drive
High Engadine crossing beside the UNESCO Bernina railway, glacier views on the road to Italy.
Pontresina · Graubünden

Circuits