6 Winding Roads To Enjoy in Your Trip

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places. There are different types of roads and they are spread everywhere: over the mountains and valleys, through villages and cities. Usually in the mountains the roads are winding due to the unfavorable terrain for building. Also, these roads provide fabulous views of the surroundings and because of that many travelers love to ride through these areas. This is a list of 6 of the most winding roads around the world, enjoy the post.

# Stelvio Pass Road, Italy

The Stelvio Pass Road is located in eastern Alps countryside of Italy. This zig-zag road is stretching at 1.7 miles (2,7 km) above sea level has approximately 48 hairpin bends. It’s beautiful to look at from a distance, but very dangerous for drive. The Stelvio Pass was picked by the British automotive show Top Gear as its choice for the “greatest driving road in the world”, although their search was concentrated only in Europe. This conclusion was reached after the team went in search of a road that would satisfy every “petrolhead’s” driving fantasies in the premiere of the show’s 10th season.

# Forcella Lavardet, Italy

Forcella Lavardet is a high mountain pass located on the Dolomites-Alps at an elevation of 1.542m (5,000 ft) above the sea level, on the municipality of Vigo di Cadore (Italy). The road, with some unpaved and gravel sections, and connecting Canale di Gorto and Campolongo, is closed to vehicles after some streams and detachments, but is passable by bike, and it includes some of the most incredible hairpins in the Carnic Alps. Located in the Seppada zone, the road is famous because its group of 14 steep and spectacular hairpin bends, between San Pietro and the peak.

# Col de Turini, France

Col de Turini (el. 1.607m or 5,272ft) is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in France. It lies near Sospel, between the communes of Moulinet and La Bollène-Vésubie in the Arrondissement of Nice. It is famous for a stage of the Monte Carlo Rally which is held on the tight road with its many hairpin turns. Until a few years ago, the Col De Turini was also driven at night, with thousands of fans watching the “Night of the Long Knives” as it was called, due to the strong high beam lights cutting through the night. The Col De Turini has also featured three times in the Tour de France (1948, 1950 and 1975) averaging 7.2% over 15.3 km when approached from the East, starting at the valley of the river Vésubie.

# Big Gate Road, China

Big Gate Road or the Avenue Toward Heaven is located in Hunan province, the road is long 10km (6.2 mi) from top to bottom. The highest point is 1300m (4.265 ft) above sea level, and the lowest point is 200m (656 ft), the road took eight years to finish with work starting in 1998, and finishing in 2006. The scenery looks beautiful, but take your eyes off the road for a second, and you’re on the fast way down to the bottom. The roads are scary with many twists & turns & certainly not for the faint-hearted. Actually, Big Gate Road has exactly 99 turns.

# Trollstigen, Norway

Trollstigen is a serpentine mountain road in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Åndalsnes in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 9% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountain side. The road is narrow with many sharp bends, and although it has been widened in recent years, vehicles over 12.4 metres (40 ft) long are prohibited from driving the road. At the top there is large parking place which allows visitors to leave their cars and walk for about ten minutes to a viewing balcony which overlooks the road with its bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. Stigfossen falls 320 metres (1,050 ft) down the mountain side. The pass has an elevation of approximately 850 metres (2,800 ft).

# Los Caracoles Pass, Chile,Argentina

This road passes through Andes between Chile and Argentina. Los Caracoles is a series of ascends with an extremely steep slope. The road has many steep slopes and sharp turns without fences security. The road is snow-covered almost all the year. Snow together with the complex natural landscape requires extreme patience and driving skill to drive in emergency situations. However, this road is maintained in working condition, which significantly reduces the number of accidents on it. Trucks and even double-decker tourist buses travel daily on this road.