The Alps stretch across several countries in Europe, including Switzerland, France and Italy. These regions are popular vacation destinations year round and provide some of the best skiing in the world. There are a number of travel agencies that feature all-inclusive tours of the Alps. Guests will experience the landscape, culture and food of these mountainous regions.
The online travel agency Switzerland Flexi Tours offers a number of Swiss alpine tours that take visitors through some of Switzerland's most scenic landscapes. The Switzerland Mountain Railways vacation package is an eight days and seven nights tour of the Alps. The tour begins at Lucerne, where guests check into their hotel for a one-night stay. On day two, tourists board the train in Lucerne and head to Engelberg. The trip includes two cable-car rides to Trubsee and Stand. From there, a revolving Gondola leads to the summit of Mount Titlis. Day three takes guests to Interlaken and the Breinzer Rothorn. Other places that are visited on this tour include Lauterbrunnen, Zurich, Matterhorn and the highest railway station in the world at Jungfraujoch. The tour concludes in Zermatt. On day eight, guests depart for the airport.
Switzerland Flexi Tours
I-84, Lajpat Nagar
New Delhi 24
India
347-468-8595
switzerlandflexitours.com
The staff at French Alps Tours put together a comprehensive tour highlighting the best of what the French Alps have to offer. The seven-day adventure begins at the Aravis Lodge that features views of the Alps all around. Guests stay at the lodge for the first four nights. Day two includes a trip to the Maison de Patrimoine chalet, a ride through local Alps landscape and a visit to a cheese making farm. Guests can also discover the natural surroundings from 25 feet above the ground on a suspended ropes course in the Alpine woods. On day three, guests explore the mountains and glaciers of the Col des Aravis region on the way to Chamonix. From there, tourists hop aboard the cable car to Mont Blanc. The tour also includes stops in Annecy, Gorges de Fier, Col de Forclaz, Bellecombe en Bauges and Lyon. After breakfast in Adelphia on day eight, guests depart for the airport or train station.
French Alps Tours
Les Sixts, Route de Thones
St. Jean de Sixt 74450
France
213-985-3123
french-alps-tours.com
The travel agency Italian Alps Travel offers a 12-day tour of the Italian Alps. Guests are picked up at Munich International Airport in Germany and after a night in Munich, are driven to Italy, passing through the German and Austrian Alps along the way. On day three, guests are treated to a yoga lesson and wellness treatment before taking a horse sleigh ride. Day four includes a trip through the mountains to the capital of south Tyrol, Bolzano. Guests take the ski lift up Saiser Mountain on day five to enjoy the panoramas from the summit. Other tour highlights include stops in Merano with its castles and fortresses, snowshoeing in the Alps, Eisack Valley, and the village of Fie. Guests depart for Munich after lunch on the 12th day and spend one additional night in Germany before heading to the airport.
Italian Alps Travel
Via Schiller 22
39012 Merano
Italy
011-31-622-278-326
italianalpstravel.com
