Stelvio, Gavia and Umbrail
Eight days for Italy’s highest paved pass: forty-eight hairpins from Prato, the Bormio side, Umbrail into Val Müstair, and the wilder Gavia down to Ponte di Legno. Merano’s promenade and Glurns’ walls are the valley nights between the climbs. Go slow on Gavia; the cloud often sits on the road.
Season: Stelvio, Gavia, and Umbrail are typically June–October and may close for cycling events. Summit 2757 m; check the morning you go.
Eight days for Italy’s highest paved pass: forty-eight hairpins from Prato, the Bormio side, Umbrail into Val Müstair, and the wilder Gavia down to Ponte di Legno. Merano’s promenade and Glurns’ walls are the valley nights between the climbs. Go slow on Gavia; the cloud often sits on the road.
Day by day
Milan
A city start, then the Como shore toward Valtellina. Eat in Milan; tomorrow the road begins to climb.
Bormio
A spa town and the base for Stelvio National Park. Soak if the legs need it; the forty-eight hairpins can wait until morning.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Bormio) — typical arrival 19%, about 28 min to 85%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.
Bormio
Drive the 41 Lombard hairpins, then Umbrail at 2501 m into Switzerland and back. A high, circular day that returns you to the same bed.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Bormio) — typical arrival 19%, about 28 min to 85%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.
Santa Maria Val Müstair
A UNESCO convent valley after Umbrail. Romansh on the signs, quiet streets, a night that smells of wood and grass.
Ponte di Legno
Gavia Pass at 2618 m is narrow and often in cloud. Take it slow; the village at the bottom feels earned.
Why stop herePass day: check seasonal closure that morning; a tunnel is a backup, not a ruined holiday.
Merano
Promenade and gardens after the South Tyrol descent from Trafoi. Palms again, and a slower clock.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Enel X (Enel X Merano) — typical arrival 21%, about 25 min to 80%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.
Verona
Motorway south after Bolzano. The passes are behind you; the Arena is a soft landing.
Quiet charging pauses
- Enel X in Como — a calm stop on this leg, about 21 min.
- Ionity in Bolzano — a calm stop on this leg, about 27 min.
- Tesla Supercharger in Bormio — a calm stop on this leg, about 28 min.
- Enel X in Merano — a calm stop on this leg, about 25 min.