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Guides · real routes
Switzerland sits at the crossroads of the Alps' most beautiful roads. From the Valais, the Grisons or Lake Geneva, a single day is enough to cross into Italy over the Great St Bernard or the Splügen, to reach Chamonix at the foot of Mont Blanc, or to cross the Black Forest.
Each guide below is built on the real road, over the pass rather than through the tunnel: distance, high point, season and what not to miss. These are the routes Altura Club Drivers drives with its members, in small groups.
From Martigny to Aosta over the pass rather than through the tunnel: one of the oldest crossings of the Alps, its thousand-year-old hospice and the lake on the Italian border.
2,469 m88 kmThe road Napoleon wanted, from Brig to Domodossola: wide curves, bridges and galleries above the valley, then the Gondo gorge down into Italy.
2,005 m63 kmFrom Thusis to Chiavenna through the Via Mala and one of the tightest staircases of hairpins in the Alps, on the Italian side of the Splügen.
2,115 m67 kmFrom St. Moritz to Tirano, facing the Bernina glaciers, along Lago Bianco and the red train, then the long descent of the Poschiavo valley into Italy.
2,328 m58 kmFrom Zernez to Bormio over the Ofenpass, the Umbrail, Switzerland's highest road pass, then the legendary Stelvio at 2,757 m.
2,757 m73 kmFrom Martigny to Chamonix, two passes back to back, from the Valais vineyards to the foot of Mont Blanc.
1,527 m43 kmFrom Nyon to Gex via Saint-Cergue and the Jura forests, with one of the finest views over Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc.
1,323 m50 kmSmall groups of a dozen cars at most, dawn starts, characterful hotels and organised logistics. Membership is by referral or after a first drive as a guest.