The Alps are a bucket-list destination for many travelers, and according to Rick Steves, the European mountain range can also ...

In less than a year, the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics will kick off in the Italian Dolomites. These are the idyllic mountain ...

When two hikers set out to explore a relatively unknown side of Europe they returned with much more than they bargained for.

The luxury stone comes the Apuan Alps, a mountain range in northern Tuscany ... Last year, 1.2 million tons of blocks crossed the Italian border to China, the United States, and Germany as the ...

The skies were clear over the Alps on Sunday but the low temperature ... there were some 4,800 mountain accidents in Italy in 1999, up between two and three percent from 1998.

The Alps are Europe’s biggest mountain range and lie right at the heart of the continent. They stretch across eight countries: France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Austria ...

Italy, in particular ... including Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco), the tallest mountain in the Alps at 4,807 meters (15,774 feet). The ski resort town of Courmayeur, located at the base of Mont ...

Italy. Saint-Gervais, surrounded by Mont Blanc among other towering peaks, is also a top French Alps destination in its own right, with bountiful eateries and plenty of mountain air to inhale.

Selected by Peter Cowie, the author, most recently, of “God and the Devil: The Life and Work of Ingmar Bergman.” ...

On 2 March 2025 Valentino Cividini and Paolo Zenoni made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'La Rampa Vaga' (400m, D+/TD- (70-80°) on the north face ofVigna Vaga (2332m), Bergamo Alps, Italy ...

Located in the southernmost edge of Switzerland on the border with Italy ... enjoying traditional Swiss Alps fare while taking in the views of the surrounding mountain peaks and ski slopes ...