The best driving roads in Croatia

The five to build a trip around

Our ranking, icons first, with the reasoning on the table. All 7 roads follow below.

1. 1

   Učka Poklon Road

   5047Croatia

   The old hairpin road over the Učka massif via Poklon pass, the mountain wall separating Istria from the Kvarner coast, bypassed by the A8 tunnel.

   8 mi17 min
2. 2

   Pag Island Karst Road

   D106Croatia

   Lunar karst spine road from Pag town to Novalja.

   19 mi37 min
3. 3

   Biokovo Road

   Croatia

   Croatia’s highest road, and it earns the title: 22 km of single-lane hairpins from the gate above Makarska to the summit car park by the Sveti Jure transmitter, the Adriatic falling away below.

   1,726 msummit
4. 4

   Plitvice Pogledalo Pass

   D52Croatia

   The D52 crosses the wooded Lika uplands between Otočac and Korenica, over Pogledalo at around 887 m and straight through Plitvice Lakes National Park.

   25 mi51 min
5. 5

   Adriatic Highway Velebit Coast

   D8Croatia

   Cliff-carved coastal road below the Velebit slopes.

   40 mi1 h 19 min

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