Al Hafeet Road (Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road)

[Tsukishima]

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Regarded by many as the place to go in the UAE if you’ve managed to score a supercar for a day, Jebel Hafeet has even been voted the greatest driving road on the planet by various international magazines and websites, such as Edmunds.com.

The 11.7-kilometre ribbon of blacktop stands in stark contrast to the barren, rocky terrain it cuts through, adding to the visual drama as you attack it, or merely meander up at leisurely pace while taking in the panorama as you get closer to its 1,249-metre-high peak. (Just as an aside, Jebel Hafeet isn’t the highest mountain in the UAE, as it’s sometimes labelled – that honour belongs to the 1,910-metre-tall Jebel Jais.)

The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road extends for 7.3 mi (11.7 km) up the mountain, rising 4,000 ft (1,219 m). With 60 turns and three lanes (two climbing and one descending). The road scales the mountain and ends at a parking lot with only a hotel and a palace belonging to the country's rulers. Part of the climax of the Bollywood film RACE was shot on the Jebel Hafeet mountain.

The road was built by Strabag International of Cologne, Germany.

Tags: Jabal, Jabel, Jebal, Ḥafeeṫ.

 

[JKgo]

...Arabian touge, anyone?

 

[MobilMalik]

You moving from suggesting cars to suggesting tracks now, @Tsukishima?

 

[Tsukishima]

You moving from suggesting cars to suggesting tracks now, @Tsukishima?

No;

But it just came to my mind that the list of available tracks in a game is much more important than the list of cars.

Driving on the same track over and over again, despite having a myriad of vehicles to choose from can become extremely boring. Having more places to drive would be nice, and having the best roads and highways in the world would be even more.