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Hello, fans of the Alps

Hi everyone, who treat the Alps as their favorite place to rest.

It is above all catalogue of websites, which belong to hosts of tourist objects. The number of currently collected links to web pages is 1015.

Here you can find out where to go skiing in the Alps, where there are cheap hotels, what attractions are located in the Alps. In addition, you can take a bit of knowledge of the geography of the Alps.

Only on this site you will find the knowledge of the whole Alps. Only here the whole Alps: Austrian Alps, Swiss Alps, French Alps, Italian Alps, Bavarian Alps, Slovenian Alps.

How to use the site?

It's very simple.

Look at the top of the screen

Select from a list interesting area: the whole Alps, or one of the country.

Mark interesting types of of objects.

Press 'Show'.

Tourist objects will be presented on the map and described in the table.

From the map you can become acquainted with locations of objects. The table provides you with basic information about them.

Attractions of the Alps

Site Database stores addresses 1015 Websites of tourist attractions in the Alps. Attractions have been subdivided into 9 types. For each type are given (in parentheses) the number of tourist facilities.

Tourist regions (223) - In the Alps there is a huge number of tourist regions. Here are the addresses of sites of regional tourist offices.

Ski Resorts (395) - For some people, the Alps are interested only in the winter. For them, the addresses of the ski resort sites.

Thermal baths & SPA (46) - Thermal baths, SPA, aquaparcs

Natural Attractions (28) - First of all, we're going to the Alps so as to see the magnificent panorama of mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, gorges of the rivers.

Castles and palaces (62) - Alps is a land of castles which guard the mountain valleys, and the palaces of kings and emperors.

Shrines (34) - Places of pilgrimage, historic monasteries and churches.

Industrial monuments (8) - Old mines are not peculiarities of the Alps. However, a giant dam, or a demonstration plant Swiss cheese? This is only the Alps can offer.

Zoos (30), Amusement Parks (14) - Let's be honest, the charm of alpine landscapes and romantic castles does not appeal to the youngest, as an amusement park or zoo.

Museums and galleries (17) - Historical, regional museums, galleries of outstanding painters and a lot of other.

Not everyone traveling in the Alps has a lot of money. Complemented by data on tourist facilities, is information about cheap accommodation.

Hostels (155) - Youth hostels and hostels 'Backpackers'.

The last two categories do not lead to websites of tourist attractions, but to the information in Wikipedia.

Mountain Groups and hiking trails (132) - Here is a map of the geographical breakdown of the Alps, which is consistent with the classification SOIUSA.

Four-thousanders (50) - Map of the 50 highest peaks of the Alps, or four-thousander Alpine.

The geographical area is selected from a list that includes the following:All Alps, Austrian Alps, Swiss Alps, French Alps, Italian Alps, Bavarian Alps, Slovenian Alps. At this point an important remark. The site collects data about all the attractions in an area of Austria and Switzerland. It is different in the case of France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia. For these countries, collected attractions located exclusively in the Alps or in close distance from them.

As soon as it is possible, the objects are marked with a maximum of accuracy. Most of them are described in the following data: address of the facility, brief description, link to the website of owner, sometimes a photograph.

name	Address / brief description	link to the website of tourist attraction	photo / view from a webcam
Aletsch Natural Attractions Swiss Alps	Address: 3900 Brig Switzerland The longest glacier in the Alps - 23 km		source: wikipedia/commons
Courchevel - Les 3 Vallées Ski Resorts French Alps	Address: Courchevel France Three Valleys - the largest ski resort in Europe		source: wikipedia/commons
Davos Tourist regions Swiss Alps	Address: Davos Switzerland Highest town in Europe - 1560 m.		source: wikipedia/commons
Gorges du Verdon Natural Attractions French Alps	Address: Castellane France The largest canyon in the Alps - the second in Europe.		source: wikipedia/commons
Grand Dixence Dam Industrial monuments Swiss Alps	Address: Hérémence Switzerland 285 metres (935 ft) high one of the world s tallest dams and the highest in Europe		source: wikipedia/commons
Ice Pavilion Natural Attractions Swiss Alps	Address: Mittelallalin Saas Fee Switzerland The largest ice cave in the world - 5,500 m3.		source: Ice PavilionWebsite
Jungfraujoch Tourist regions Swiss Alps	Address: Switzerland Mountain resort which is a UNESCO heritage site. The highest situated place operated by a gear train - 3454 m		source: wikipedia/commons
Matterhorn glacier paradise Industrial monuments Swiss Alps	Address: Zermatt Switzerland The highest altitude mountain railway station in Europe - 3883 m		source: Matterhorn glacier paradiseWebsite
Schaffhausen - Rheinfall Natural Attractions Swiss Alps	Address: Neuhausen am Rheinfall Switzerland At a width of 150 m and a height of 23 m, an average of 700 m3 of water rushes over the cliffs each second.		source: wikipedia/commons
Val Thorens - Les 3 Vallées Ski Resorts French Alps	Address: Val Thorens France The highest resort in Europe - 2300 m asl		source: wikipedia/commons

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Museums and galleries ()	Hostels ()	Mountain Groups and hiking trails ()
Four-thousanders ()