Dades Gorge, Morocco
The Dades Gorge, lying in the Atlas Mountains, is beautiful to look at, but not while you’re driving this twisty-turvy road.
Guoliang Tunnel Road, China
The Guoliang Tunnel is carved along the side of and through the Taihang Mountains. Before the tunnel was constructed, access to the nearby Guoliang was restricted to a difficult path carved into the mountainside.
Heaven Linking Avenue, China
Heaven-Linking Avenue, aka Big Gate Road, takes you from 200 meters below to 1300 meters above sea level in Hunan, China. The road took 8 years to complete and is 10km from top to bottom, including 99 hairpin turns.
Lysebotn Road, Norway
The Lysebotn Road in Lysefjord, with 27 switchbacks and a 1.1 kilometer long tunnel at the bottom is a narrow road up the fjord’s steep walls.
Road of Death, Bolivia
The road that leads from La Paz to Coroico in the Yungas region of Bolivia goes by many names — Grove’s Road, Coroico Road, Camino de las Yungas — but its most descriptive and telling is easily El Camino de la Muerte, which translates to “The Road of Death.”
Road to Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
It’s a 10-km single lane road leading to one of the highest peaks in the world, Nanga Parbat in Pakistan.
Saint Gothard Pass, Switzerland
Col de Turini, France
About 20 miles on this pass is part of the Monte Carlo Rally with 34 death defying hairpins and long stretches.
Trollstigen, Norway
Trollstigen (Trolls’ Ladder) is a serpentine mountain road in Rauma, that is a popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 9% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountain side.
all these roads are amazing
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Very cool.
beautiful…I just wouldn’t want to drive on them!
I think I had to clean my shorts after just viewing the photos. And I was impressed with myself for driving up the Tomboy Pass in Telluride.
Well done.
That Road to Nanga Parbat in Pakistan without an existing opposite lane makes me creepy just by looking at it.
On the other hand: Saint Gothard – yeah, down there! B-)
I always think of the poor guys who made them: the months, years on precipitous mountain-sides.
Amazingly revealed – crossing the road in front of my condo is equally dangerous but not so romantic…
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I was expexting to see one road from Norway, you show us two – that’s great!!
Thank you!
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Wow, really scary roads!
Oh gosh – they look incredible and at the same time pretty terrifying!
I imagine that some of these pictures were photographed by you, Am I wrong?
Which one?
Anyway thank you for sharing.
None of those were photographed by me. Actually I’ve never been to these places.
Thank you
Yes some of this really looks dangerous !!!
Cool post! One of my favorite episodes of Top Gear includes the Road of Death in Bolivia. It looks absolutely terrifying!
amazing roads !
waouhhh very nice but dangerous!