The spectacularly scenic Grande Strada delle Dolomiti links Bolzano and Cortina, while S51 heads south toward Venice, connecting south of Belluno to Autostrada A27, for a total trip time of about 3 ho...

The town of Kandanos and its surrounding area suffered particularly badly from German occupation during World War II. During the Battle of Crete, resistance fighters had held advancing German soldiers...

The town is located in the Arve Valley, in the region Faucigny. Situated between Geneva and Chamonix, Cluses is located near a number of popular ski slopes. Situated near the massive peaks of the Aigu...

The Little St Bernard Pass (2,188m) is located in the Alps on the French/Italian border, between Savoie, France and Aosta Valley, Italy to the south of the Mont Blanc Massif, precisely on the main alp...

Jotunheimen National Park in Southern Norway, covers an area of roughly 3,500 square kilometres, and includes Norway's highest mountain Galdhøpiggen, as well as spectacular waterfalls, rivers, lakes,...

This ride through the Rhône-Alpes in the eastern part of France leads you past the regions of Bourgogne (Burgundy) and Franche-Comté, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The highes...

Martigny is the capital of the French-speaking district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies at an elevation of 471 meters, and its population is approximately 15,000 inhabitant...

Fuorn Pass or Ofen Pass (2,149 m) connects Zernez in the Engadin valley with Val Müstair, crossing the Swiss National Park in Switzerland, in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The name is bas...

This route takes you past Bruck an der Mur, in Steiermark region of Austria. The area around Styria developed culturally and economically under Archduke John from 1809 and 1859. In 1918, after World W...

Like most districts of Artvin this is a beautiful hilly area surrounded by high mountains on all sides, including the 3,537 m Karçkal mountains to the west, and watered by many mountain streams and p...

The Cime de la Bonette (2,860 m) is a mountain in the French Alps, near the border with Italy, situated within the Mercantour National Park, on the border of the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alp...

A great island for motorbike exploration, Corsica is one of the 27 régions of France, although strictly speaking Corsica is designated as a "territorial collectivity" by law. Napoléon Bonaparte was ...

Fern Pass (1,212 m) is a mountain pass in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria. It is located between the Lechtal Alps on the west and the Mieming Mountains on the east. The highest peak in Germany, the Zugsp...

A mountainous island, Kefalonia is the largest of the Ionian islands, and is considered to be one of the most beautiful and authentic ones. With impressive landscapes, dense vegetation, long golden s...

Köflach is a small city in the district of Voitsberg in Styria, Austria, at the foot of the Stubalpe mountain. The town has a population of roughly 10,000 and contains a federal stud in the village o...

Metsovo is a beautiful mountain town in Epirus, high in the Pindus mountains of northern Greece, between Ioannina to the north and Meteora to the south. The town is famous for its local cheeses (Metso...

Mont Ventoux is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some 20 km north-east of Carpentras, Vaucluse. On the north-side, the mountain borders the Drôme département. It is the ...

The Nockalmstrasse is a lower alpine road and one of the most breathtakingly beautiful rides in Carinthia. Unlike may other high roads, this one is more pleasurable to ride, because there is not much ...

Another nice riding route is over the San Bernardino Pass (2,065m), a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the Hinterrhein and the Mesolcina (Misox) valleys between Thusis (Graubünden) and...

Shipka Pass is a scenic mountain pass through the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria. It marks the border between Stara Zagora province and Gabrovo province. The pass is part of the Bulgarka Nature Park, an...