Great Roads: Kick-Ass Mountain Passes From Our Euro Trip
In September of 2010, Kenny and I met up with our friend Patrick in Italy and spent a little over a week riding around in the mountains. Our travels took us to Italy, Switzerland, the teeny-weeny country of Liechtenstein, and Austria. The trip was, in a word – monumental.
Even though months have passed, I still find myself reliving fragments of the trip in my imagination. The Alps are a motorcyclist’s paradise.
Though it was difficult to will yourself to stop riding, we did manage to snap a few photos of some beautiful roads along the way.
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Stelvio Pass – Italy
Fluela Pass – Switzerland
Julierpass – Switzerland
Splugenpass – Italy/Switzerland
San Bernardino Pass – Switzerland
Nufenen Pass – Switzerland
Grimselpass – Switzerland
In Case You Missed It
Here are some posts from that trip:
- Visiting Italy: Lake Como and a Case of Jet Lag
- Visiting Italy: Motorcycling from Lake Como to Bormio
- Cross One Off The Bucket List: Riding the Stelvio Pass in Italy
- A Sunday Ride Through the Swiss and Italian Alps
- Killing Time Around Vicosoprano, Switzerland
- Motorcycle Nirvana: Riding The Splügen Pass
- One of the World’s Best Motorcycling Roads: San Bernardino Pass
- Someone Pinch Me – Switzerland is Motorcycle Riding Heaven
- Riding to Austria: Our Dark Cloudy Day Has A Silvretta Lining
- A Few Short Hours in Innsbruck, Austria
- From Innsbruck to the Dolomites and Corvara, Italy
- Corvara, Italy and Riding Passes in the Dolomites
- Amazing Motorcycle Road: Italy’s Gavia Pass
How About You?
Have you traveled any of these roads? Which were your favorites? Are they on your bucket list for someday?
These adventures warrant multiple viewings. I enjoy them every time because they let us live vicariously through you. And the pictures are to die for.
Certainly on the bucket list. Just need to live a long time!
::hugs::
Thanks, Ralph.
I can only hope that someday you find yourself traveling those roads on your own bike. You would love it!
Le sigh…
I know, right? I would love to come back and ride with you again soon.
And eat Rosti. 🙂
Miss you!
Beautiful roads, Stelvio and northern Italy are definitely on my bucket list, thanks for the photos ans the links, now to find the time to read them 😉
Sigh. Gorgeous pics. I love Rosti, too! I so want to go back there. I can’t wait to get the new bike to the WV place to see if the roads are as much fun on it as they were in Austria et al.
Wow, Stunning scenery! And stunning road! Weeee!
They are all on my bucket list…..I hope one day to just disappear for a month or more in that area and ride around. Every time I see those pics it amazes me, I think motorcyclists actually built those roads.