5 GREAT UK DRIVING ROADS THAT MATCH THE WORLD’S BEST

BLACK MOUNTAIN PASS, WALES

THE Black Mountain Road dips, twists and and climbs in the Brecon Beacons National Park with tight turns that compare to the stunning Transfagarasan Pass in Romania.

TROTTERNISH PENINSULA, A855, ISLE OF SKYE

THE place to go, past the Old Man of Storr, to emulate the Trollstigen, or ‘Troll’s Path’ of the mountainous Norwegian fjords.

SNAKE PASS, A57, PEAK DISTRICT

HERE THE beautiful reservoirs mirror the alpine lake of the San Bernardino

Pass’s old mountain road in Switzerland. A82

THROUGH RANNOCH MOOR, GLENCOE, SCOTLAND

IF YOU can’t get your kicks on the legendary section of Route 66 that runs from Arizona to Missouri in the U.S., then try the wide-open A82 to Glencoe.

NORTH COAST 500, SCOTLAND

DRIVING along the 500-mile stunning Highland and coastal route here compares well with Germany’s Sylvensteinspeicher in the Isar Valley near the Austrian border.