Drive this summer, the 25 best zomerroutes of Europe

Posted on 16-06-2016 at 19:01 by jaapiyo – 102 Comments”

Do you dream with the word holiday right away to a game of good steer on twisty roads by the beautiful scenery, the walk? Let autoblog than the destination of your Navi to enter, if you dare.

Psychologist Dr. David Holmes has conducted a thorough investigation into what the best routes are you in the summer can make in Europe. David, that vato’s normally addressed with ‘Eyyy holmes’, is a real formula to come up so that different routes can be compared. The formula is called the ‘Ultimate Summer Drive (USD) formula and goes as follows:

((P+T) x (R+SC)) x100/21.3333
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SS+AT+W

P stands for the number of points to stop, T for the type of road, R to the remoteness of the road, SC for how picturesque the area is, SS is about the angle of inclination and the camber of the road, AT for the amount of other traffic, and W for weather. This formula is combined with data TomTom, that not less than 14,000 people have asked what it exactly is that for them a piece of drive eleveert to an enjoyable activity. Yay (pseudo)science!

Anyway, there is from this process a fine list rolled from 25 beautiful routes to ride in your summer holidays, divided in five categories. Finally, there is also a top-5 drafted and, as with the mini playbackshow, there can only be one route is the absolute winner.

To start the 25 roads, arranged in the categories ‘best route to the coast’, ‘the best route in the forest’, ‘best mountain’, ‘the best route for an epic road trip‘ and ‘the best route to history sniffing’:

best route to the coast: for the VOC-descendants
Amalfi Coast – Italy
Ireland’s Causeway Coastal Route, Ireland (description)
Costa Brava – Spain
The Estoril Coast Drive – Portugal
Dalmatian Coast – Croatia

Best route in the forest: for the boomknuffelaars
Route 500 Schwarzwald Hochstrasse, The Black Forest – Germany
A5 Chirk to Bethesda through Snowdonia Park Wales
Los Alcornocales national park, Spain
New Forest – England
Lake Como – Italy

Best mountain: the mountain goats
Furkapass Switzerland
Stelviopas – Italy
Grossglockner High Alpine Road – Austria
Col Volteux – France
Trollstigen – Norway

Best route for an epic road trip: for the rustelozen
The North Coast 500 – Scotland
Atlanterhavsveien – Norway
Route One In Iceland
Wild Atlantic Way – Ireland
Basque Circuit, Spain and France

Best route to history sniffing: for the snuivers
Route Napoléon, Alpes-Maritimes – France
Romantic Road – Germany
The Marguerite Route In Denmark
The Peloponnese – Greece
Transfagarasan – Romania

So, that is quite a piece of driving. But as previously written, there is, fortunately, a check is made. The lucky shortlisted:

– Atlanterhavsveien – Norway
– Estoril Coast Drive – Portugal
– Lake Como – Italy
– The Peloponnese – Greece
– The North Coast 500 – Scotland

The absolute winner goes to the land of Statoil, cold and Hyundai-worshippers. Yes we are talking about Norway. The ‘Atlanterhavsveien’ which roughly translates as the Atlantic Ocean road scored the highest according to the scientifically sound formula. The mix of spectacular views, roads with a high quality that is not too complex (see them here) and perfect light in the summer, could end up not pinched by the other pretendenten.

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