The Alps are one of the Earth's biodiversity hotspots, but they're also a tourist magnet, making up 12% of the world tourism. Now the market for Alpine tourism seems to have reached saturation. And ...

If there’s an image of Switzerland more recognisable than the heirloom watches, chocolate bars and fondue sets, then it’s the ...

Spruce and fir trees tremble along the ravine’s edge, their branches heavy with rain—the rushing waters of the Bonnant River ...

This small mountain hamlet was left to ruin in the 1930s, but has seen new life as a stop for hikers as a passionate group works to keep it alive.

PARIS (AP) — An enormous boulder hurtled off a mountain and smashed into a tourist train in the French Alps on Saturday, derailing it on the mountainside and killing two passengers, officials said.

Mountain bikers hurried on a summer day to catch the last gondola up the mountain at one of Austria's top Alpine resorts, loading their bikes onto racks usually reserved for skis. Leogang-Saalbach is ...

Glaciers in the Swiss Alps don’t look like they used to, with one tourist’s viral vacation photo illustrating the effects of a warming planet at one of Switzerland’s natural wonders. Duncan Porter, a ...

In the heart of southern Bavaria, where traditional German dishes like schnitzel and potato dumplings traditionally accompany tall glasses of wheat beer, diverse cuisines can seem like a rare find.

Swiss officials say they’re not aware of any distress call from an old-time prop plane that crashed in the Swiss Alps before it went down, killing 20 people. They also expect the investigation into ...

The newly unveiled concept aims to bring to the Swiss Alps the densification and verticality strategies typical of ...