The best driving roads in Slovenia

The five to build a trip around

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

1. 1

   Vršič Pass

   206Slovenia · World Icon

   Fifty cobbled hairpins over the Julian Alps.

   1,626 msummit
2. 2

   Soriška Planina Road

   909Slovenia

   One of Slovenia’s highest Alpine pass roads, climbing from the Selca valley over Soriška Planina to Petrovo Brdo on the edge of the Julian Alps.

   1,288 msummit
3. 3

   Pavličevo Sedlo Road

   428Slovenia

   A narrow alpine pass from the Logar valley to the Austrian border.

   1,322 msummit
4. 4

   Solčava Panoramic Road

   Slovenia

   Eight kilometres along the ridges above Solčava, highland farm to highland farm, the Logar, Matkov and Robanov valleys laid out below.

   5 mi11 min
5. 5

   Mangart Saddle Road

   902Slovenia

   Slovenia’s highest road goes nowhere at all: a 15 km dead-end spur through unlit tunnels and rock galleries to a saddle car park high in the Julian Alps.

   1,923 msummit

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