While the Alps is known primarily as a winter playground, the mountain range is emerging as a summer destination. New and discounted rail links across Europe are making the peaks an attractive no-fly ...

Old man Winter paid a quick visit to the Alps this week. Several places in Europe saw more than a few inches of snow as a result of a freak July blizzard. Stelvio Pass, which divides Switzerland from ...

View of the Les Menuires ski resort in the French Alps, during the summer holidays, on August 8, 2018. (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP) Short, intense summer rainfall in Europe's Alpine regions is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Mother Nature had one of her wildest moments shaping the Alps, ...

On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why. Italy’s picturesque mountains have experienced an upturn in tourism this year, and with ...

Intense, short-lived summer downpours are expected to become both more frequent and more intense across Alpine regions as the climate warms. In a new study, scientists from the University of Lausanne ...

Brit holidaymakers searching for an affordable trip to take this summer have been urged to look into an adventure in Poprad, a city in northern Slovakia.