03 Oct 2026 3 min read

Mountain pass stickers and country flags

On this trip, we’ve started a small tradition of collecting the official stickers from the mountain passes we drive over. What began as an excuse to pick up a few souvenirs has become a physical record of the roads and places we’ve explored in the Targa.

There’s something particularly satisfying about finding the little sticker at the end of a pass. Each one marks a road we’ve actually driven — usually involving a spectacular climb, a few dozen hairpins and some of the best scenery of the trip. Many of the passes have their own distinctive designs, often featuring the name, elevation and surrounding mountains, which makes the collection a rather nice record of our travels.

Most are sold at a small kiosk, tourist office or restaurant near the summit. They’re easy to miss, so we’ve started making a point of looking for them whenever we reach a pass. Alongside them, we’ve added the flags of the countries we’ve driven through, gradually turning the underside of the Targa’s bonnet into a little map of our European road trips.

We also have a tiny "Pink Pig" sticker we got from the Porsche Museum representing one of our favourite classic race cars that we have always enjoyed seeing among the exhibits.

The collection so far

Mountain passes & alpine roads

🇦🇹 Großglockner Hochalpenstraße — Austria
One of Austria’s great high-alpine driving roads, running for 48 km through the Hohe Tauern National Park. The road climbs through 36 hairpins to the Hochtor at 2,504 m, with the spur to the Edelweiss-Spitze reaching 2,571 m. At 2,504 m, it is the highest road crossing in the collection so far.
🇦🇹 Gerlos Alpenstraße — Austria
A beautiful alpine road linking the Zillertal with the Salzburg region. The high-alpine section climbs from Krimml towards the Pinzgauer Höhe, with sweeping curves and views towards the Krimml waterfalls. It was designed by Franz Wallack, the same engineer associated with the Großglockner road.
🇮🇹 Passo Gardena / Grödnerjoch — 2,121 m — Italy
One of the classic Dolomite passes, connecting Val Gardena with Val Badia between the Sella Massif and the Cir peaks. The road gives superb views across the Sella Group and towards Sassolungo, and is one of the four passes that make up the famous Sellaronda.
🇮🇹 Passo Pordoi — 2,239 m — Italy
One of the best-known passes in the Dolomites, connecting the Arabba area with Canazei and Val di Fassa. It is another of the four passes forming the Sellaronda and sits beneath the spectacular Sass Pordoi.
🇮🇹 Passo Sella — 2,218 m — Italy
The pass between the Sassolungo Group and the Sella Group, connecting Val Gardena with Val di Fassa. It is particularly dramatic from the road, with the huge Dolomite walls rising immediately around the pass. It is also one of the four passes of the Sellaronda.

Lakes

🇮🇹 Pragser Wildsee / Lago di Braies — 1,496 m — Italy
The turquoise-green Lake Braies, tucked into the Dolomites beneath the Seekofel/Croda del Becco. Surrounded by steep mountain walls and forest, it is one of the most spectacular lakes we've visited in the Dolomites. The lake lies within the Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park and the UNESCO Dolomites World Heritage area.