Alps Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
The Alps are a range of mountains in Europe stretching from France through Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria to Hungary and Slovenia.
The highest peak in the Alps is Mont Blanc at 4810 meters on the French-Italian border.
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Regions
Destinations
Understand
This mountain range is so notable that the name Alps has also been given to other mountain ranges, most notably the Southern Alps in New Zealand and the Japan Alps in Japan.
Tourism (and the economy in general) is very much geared towards Skiing, snowboarding and other Winter sports throughout most of the Alps. In ski resorts some (or even all) of the hotels and other facilities may close down during over the summer months. Equivalent summer time sports such as Mountain Biking and Whitewater Kayaking are becoming increasingly popular, and the Alps have always been popular as a mountaineering and hiking destination, but clearly this is nowhere near as lucrative for the locals, as the tourist invasion during the winter season.
See
Beautfil alpine scenery.
Even if you're not skiing, go to the top of a mountain on a ski lift just to see the view!
Do
The best things to do in the Alps will vary from region to region, but in general mountain sports would be the thing to do!
- Go skiing or snowboarding. Winter Sports (e.g. Winter sports in Austria)
- Climb mountains or go hiking.
- Go mountain biking. In many places you can take bikes up the ski lifts during the summer.
- Go Whitewater kayaking or rafting.
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