The mountains of Italy, Switzerland, France and Austria are home to the most legendary roads in Europe, but it’s high time another country was added to the list: Slovenia.

Any time you decide to drive across the border between Italy and Switzerland you’re in for a treat.

Australia’s Grand Pacific Drive is one of the most Instagram-friendly routes in the world. Honestly, just spend a few minutes on the planet’s most popular photo-sharing platform and you’ll find thousands of shots of this scenic Sydney adventure.

From cross-country Cannonball runs to back-country drives, from drive-ins and diners to motels there is nothing quite as American as a road trip. Except maybe apple pie.

Jeremy Clarkson is a Yorkshire lad, so you can trust that he knows the local roads. He’s also pretty well travelled so when he describes the Buttertubs Pass in the Yorkshire Dales as “England’s only truly spectacular road” he’s probably not wrong.

The Swiss Alps are a cacophony of cowbells and tyre-screeching corners where, if the altitude doesn’t take your breath away, then the views most certainly will. There really is nowhere else where such a plethora of driving pleasure can be found in such close proximity. Here are five to get you started.

An F5 tornado leaves nothing behind but total devastation. Buildings are ripped from their foundations, trees are blown down and stripped of their bark, cars are sucked up and spat out over half a mile away by winds that deliver a 300mph death blow.

No trip to Tokyo is complete without a detour to the Hakone Turnpike.

It’s the summer of the staycation. So where should driving enthusiasts go to get their road rush? Try these ten for starters.

From Colombia’s cosmopolitan capital to its Caribbean coast is almost 700 miles. It’s an amazing drive through a diverse land with lush rainforests and craggy Andean peaks.

Few holidaymakers ever get beyond the rather beautiful beaches, but keen drivers should make tracks to Tenerife’s extraordinary interior.

Large chunks of the classic road movie Vanishing Point were filmed on Nevada’s Route 50 – dubbed “The Loneliest Road in America” by Life magazine back in 1986.

It’s on the Great St Bernard Pass between Switzerland and Italy that the iconic opening scenes of The Italian Job were filmed.

This tropical paradise erupted from the Pacific ocean in an archipelago of 137 islands. Its abundant nature and wild volcanic topography make for some terrific road trips.

For the best roads in the Pyrenees make the town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur the gateway to your mountain getaway.

Bring oxygen. If ever there was a view to take your breath away it is that from Montenegro’s coastal route.

Anglesey might be associated with its scenic race circuit but this compact island has so much more to offer.

Skimming the Florida Keys just metres above sea level, the Overseas Highway links Miami to Key West via a series of spectacular long low-slung bridges.

On a drive through the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland, you can test your skill on the Spelga Hill Climb and try to figure out why your car is rolling backwards uphill on the Magic Road.

The San Boldo Pass packs some impressive stats into its 11 miles. 18 hairpin bends, five tunnels and six bridges take you from Trichiana to Tovena in northern Italy.