The route, which starts at Lake Geneva, is also home to one of the greatest driving roads in the world: the Col de Turini, which is located at the end of your trip near Nice and up there with Italy’s Stelvio Pass and Romania’s Transfǎgǎrǎşan Mountain Road in terms of Top Gear-approved asphalt. A night at UNESCO World Heritage Site Briançon is a popular sleeping spot for drivers and cyclists, after all that high-alpine awe.

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Europe's bucket-list routes for a motorhome trip to remember