Scotland has the best driving roads in Britain, and it is not close. Here are seven that justify the trip north on their own, and how to string them together.
The famous one, and it earns it: Britain's closest thing to an alpine pass, climbing to 626m in hairpins with a 20 percent gradient. It is single-track, busy in summer, and absolutely not for caravans. It forms the western highlight of the North Coast 500.
Fourteen miles of single-track down to Loch Etive, made famous by the Bond film and still gloriously empty early in the morning. Red deer, river pools and no phone signal. Our Skyfall route pairs it with Rannoch Moor and the Pass of Glencoe.
Britain's two highest public passes back to back: the Cairnwell at Glenshee and the Lecht above Corgarff. Big gradients, huge views, and quiet even in August because everyone else is on the NC500. The full Snow Roads route runs Blairgowrie to Grantown past Balmoral.
A main road that happens to run through the most dramatic glen in the country. The Three Sisters viewpoint stop is obligatory. Drive it early or late; the light does things photographs cannot hold.
The quieter sequel to the Bealach: the coastal single-track north from Applecross village past Shieldaig, with Skye across the water. Many NC500 drivers skip it to save time. Do not.
The A821 between Aberfoyle and Loch Katrine is the best driving road within an hour of Glasgow: tight, wooded, constantly turning. A perfect half-day loop territory.
The A83 climb whose name says it all. Combine with the lochside B828 and B839 for a proper Argyll loop through Hell's Glen.
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