As the wettest October in recent records drenches the lush French Countryside, waterfalls appear out of nowhere in the ...

Combined with its proximity to Lake Geneva, the French portion of the Alps offers some of the most picturesque ski resorts, alpine villages and vacation opportunities in the world. Skiing ...

Image caption, A waterfall fed by glacial meltwater in the French Alps. Melting ice due to higher temperatures can also make the soil unstable. This can cause landslides (when earth falls from a ...

Emerging from a partially frozen pond more than 6,000 feet high in the Alps, European common frogs ... Here on the Massif de Beaufort in the French region of Savoy, ice may not thaw until June ...

has died after getting caught in an avalanche while hiking with two other people in the French Alps, rescue services have said. The accident happened on Saturday on the Argentière Glacier ...

Ski Europe’s longest black run, experience an on-mountain music festival and feast on hearty alpine cuisine amid the peaks of France’s L’Oisans region. Alpe d’Huez is one of a trio of top ...

Venice is undoubtedly one of the most unique and charming places in the world, and a must see when travelling through Italy. However, the main downsides many travellers find when visiting this ...

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said, “On behalf of the Paralympic Movement, I would like to send my congratulations to French Alps 2030 and Salt Lake City-Utah 2034. Both ...

Sally Guillaume, owner and director of Undiscovered Mountains in the southern French Alps, has been operating multi-activity winter holidays in the region for almost two decades. Deliberately ...

Pyrénées Tumbling from a height of 422 meters, Grande Cascade de Gavarnie (or, in English, “Gavernie Falls”), located within Pyrénées National Park, is one of the tallest waterfalls in Europe.

Here, in an ongoing list, Wallpaper* selects the season’s best ski- and après ... Moncler was born in the mountains: in 1952 in the French Alps, founders René Ramillon and André Vincent created a ...