French Alps

Stop for a moment and inhale the cool mountain air as you hike the Alpine pastures of the Grande Randonne beneath the high snow plains and peaks above. Feel the mist of spring snow kicked up off-piste at Mribel, or the steam from the hot spring waters of St-Gervais-les-Bains. Follow the scent of olives in the Bouches-du-Rhne, past the oil mills of the Plateau de Valensole, or board the chemin de fer de la Mure to drink in the views of deep blue water at the Gorges du Drac. The Michelin Green Guide is the authority on the French Alps today and the forces of nature and society that have shaped them. Michelin's local writers have walked, skied, driven, visited, slept, shopped and eaten through every tour, piste, sight, hotel, restaurant, boutique, caf and venue in this guide. Where they have stepped, you won't put a foot wrong.