The world's craziest roads: Italy's legendary Stelvio Pass

If you thought normal driving in Italy was scary enough, you’ve never seen the legendary Stelvio Pass.
It has been voted one of the world’s craziest roads by Travel and Leisure magazine, among ten roads the world over which are likely to give you goosebumps or travel sickness or both.

The Stelvio Pass construction started back in 1820 and is one of Italy’s highest Alpine passes, with 48 hairpin bends and many other corners to boot.
When open in summer it is a favourite among motorcyclists and wannabe rally car drivers, not to mention the location of one of Italy’s Giro d’Italia rounds.

Yes, that’s right – some people actually do this on a bicycle…