No matter what time of year you are planning your getaway, when it comes to catering for larger groups with different tastes and expectations, Chamonix certainly ticks every box.

A walking tour of the Beaufortain, a route in an area known as Little Switzerland for it’s remarkable scenery.

Summer holidays in the French Alps offer a wealth of opportunities for cycling fans. Discover the latest about e-bikes, trails, cols and summer events.

From the Col de Cayolle we pass southern ski stations and encounter the most challenging road on the route. Sospel, distinctly Italianate in style is the last stop before Menton.

When holiday crowds are jostling for position beside the Mediterranean or simmering uncomfortably among the tourist hotspots inland, in the Alpes d’Haute Provence things can be refreshingly civilised.

Journey with MountainPassions on some truly amazing roads, created at enormous cost during the last century in the very heart of the Vercors.

Four of France’s ten National Parks lie within mountainous zones. We take a look at what makes the Vanoise, Ecrins, Mercantour and Pyrenees National Parks so special.

Widely emulated and now highly coveted, the mountain chalet is a design classic whose original constructors succeeded in creating a comfortable and supremely practical home.

Every June villages of the Ariège Pyrénées celebrate the transhumance by throwing a big party. What better way to showcase the culture which binds these communities and to share their traditional songs and dance.