These mountains have long been winter favourites, and they’re now becoming increasingly popular in the summer, too. Here’s what to keep in mind when planning a warm-weather visit.

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 ...

The model above uses cardboard boxes and towels to show how fold mountains are created by the collision of tectonic plates. The weather in the Alps is affected by different temperatures of air ...

It looks remote, but a direct sleeper-train service from Paris means that visiting Brits can quite literally leave the office and wake up the next morning in the mountains. From my home in Lyon ...