Country guide
The best driving roads in Greece
All 14 hand-picked driving roads in Greece on one interactive map, every one traced from real geometry and fact-checked.
The five to build a trip around
Our ranking, icons first, with the reasoning on the table. All 14 roads follow below.
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1
6 mi11 minParnassus Delphi to Arachova Road
A high balcony road on the flank of Mount Parnassus linking the ancient oracle of Delphi with the stone village of Arachova, above the silvery olive sea of the Pleistos valley.
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2
3 mi6 minMeteora Monastery Road
The short panoramic loop through the Meteora rock pinnacles above Kalambaka and Kastraki.
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3
1,148 msummitLitochoro to Prionia Road
The paved climb up Mount Olympus from Litochoro to Prionia above the Enipeas Gorge.
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4
8 mi19 minKarpenisi to Prousos Road
A vertiginous shelf road into the Evrytania gorges.
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5
3 mi7 minKourtaliotiko Gorge Road
Down through the limestone narrows of the Kourtaliotiko gorge to Crete’s south coast, past waterfalls and the chapel of Saint Nicholas pinned to the cliff.
Greece
11 roads
Parnassus Delphi to Arachova Road6 mi · 11 min · 948.4 m summitView the roadbook ›
Crete
3 roads
North Macedonia
Albania
Bulgaria