Trails to circumnavigate Europe’s highest mountain typically start at the French village of Les Houches in the scenic Chamonix Valley ... and take the heat out of map reading and orientation ...

A Via Ferrata adventure in the French Alps, a glacier exploration and a half-day hike overlooking Lake Como are some of the ...

A small cohort of the millions employed in Europe’s winter sports industry, but one synonymous with the luxury chalets of Chamonix, St Anton and Courchevel, to name a few. Emerging from a ...

A small cohort of the millions employed in Europe’s winter sports industry, but one synonymous with the luxury chalets of Chamonix, St Anton and Courchevel, to name a few. Emerging from a combination ...

Ridley Scott has a thing for Monpazier. After first filming "The Duelists," starring Harvey Keitel, in the southwestern ...

Chamonix: Chamonix is one of Europe's premier ski resorts. The summer months offer hiking, rock climbing, paragliding, golf, and tennis but the pristine alpine air is enough reason to visit. Lyon: ...

From romantic retreats in the Mediterranean to fresh-air-filled Alpine hikes, these are the most exciting areas of Europe to visit ... five million people visit Chamonix a year, while a million ...

In Europe, France is perhaps best known for being a ski mountaineer's paradise. In Chamonix, you can ski a lifetime's worth of descents on the Mont Blanc, Aiguille du Midi, and other peaks and top it ...