Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road, United Arab Emirates
Extending to just over seven miles long and snaking to the top of UAE’s second-highest peak, and one of the most beautiful highways in the world, the Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road gives visitors panoramic views of the town, Al Ain. The road carves a path through a mountain of limestone and ends at the mountain’s peak, where visitors can access a hotel as well as a restaurant. Along the way, visitors will feel like driving on another planet, with the dramatic Arabian landscapes seen at their finest.
Located on the outskirts of Al Ain, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jabal Hafeet Mountain Road is one of the greatest driving roads in the world. The road is totally paved and the surface is really smooth. It’s 10.7 km (6.64 miles) long, starting at Al Ain, an inland oasis city. The road is a mixture of fast straights and sweeping curves that merge perfectly from one to another forming this amazing driving road in the middle of the desert. The road is very steep, hitting an 11% of maximum gradient through some of the ramps. The road trip is 20 minutes of pure amusement. The astonishing part is that the two climbing paths are in a way that travelers can calmly drive at the furthest right path while taking in the peaceful view without deterring any other person’s view.
