Alps

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The Alps are a range of mountains in Europe caused by uplift in the European Plate as it is impacted by the African Palte moving north; they stretch from France through Italy, Slovenia, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Hungary and into the former Yugoslavia.

The highest peak in Europe is located in the Alps, Mont Blanc at 4810 meters on the French-Italian border.

Contents 1 Regions 2 Cities 2.1 Austria 2.2 Croatia 2.3 France 2.4 Italy 2.5 Slovenia 2.6 Switzerland 3 Other destinations 3.1 Ski Areas 3.1.1 Austria 3.1.2 France 3.1.3 Italy 3.1.4 Switzerland 4 Understand 5 Talk 6 Get in 7 Get around 8 See 8.1 Itineraries 9 Do 10 Eat 11 Drink 12 Stay safe 13 Get out

[edit] Regions

• French Alps
• Bavarian Alps
• Swiss Alps
• Italian Alps
• Julian Alps

[edit] Cities

[edit] Austria

• Innsbruck
• Klagenfurt
• Salzburg

[edit] Croatia

• Zagreb
• Split
• Dubrovnik

[edit] France

• Albertville
• Annecy
• Briançon
• Chamonix
• Cluses
• Grenoble
• Lyon
• Samoëns

[edit] Italy

• Aosta
• Bolzano (Bozen)
• Turin

[edit] Slovenia

• Ljubljana

[edit] Switzerland

• Geneva
• Lausanne
• Zurich

[edit] Other destinations

[edit] Ski Areas

The alps are home to some of the largest and most well known ski areas in the world, much like the mountains themselves they can be found across multiple countries in some cases making it possible to ski into another nation.

Major Ski areas:

[edit] Austria

[edit] France

• Le Grande Massif
• Portes du Soleil
• Tignes / Val d'Isère

[edit] Italy

• Courmayeur

[edit] Switzerland

• Portes du Soleil
• Verbier
• Zermatt

[edit] 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 despite a new focus on summer time activities such as hiking or golf some of the hotels and other facilities may close. This increase in summer time sports such as Mountain Biking, Golf, Parapenting, or Whitewater Kayaking is now fulling the growth of the alps as a year round tourist destination. 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.

[edit] Talk

The alps skirt, straddle, or wholly encompass 10 nations: France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, ending in Albania. Each of these has their own national language and a myriad of local dialects, however in most major towns or tourist destinations some English, French, or Italian will be spoken.

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[edit] Get around

[edit] See

Beautiful alpine scenery.

The view from the Aguille du Midi [1]in Chamonix or its counter part the Helbronner [2] point in Italy.

[edit] Itineraries

[edit] 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.

• Go Paragliding

• Play snow golf

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[edit] Drink

[edit] Stay safe

Due to the fact the alps hold relatively few major metropolitan areas violent crime is relatively low in this expansive region. In the larger towns and cities normal levels of crime will exist but these are nothing that can not be accounted for with a little common sense. Most commonly crime is relegated to the level of petty theft, pick-pockets etc.

[edit] Get out