Find your perfect Alps base

The Matterhorn, a car-free village, and the best splurge in the Alps.

A car-free balcony village hanging over the Lauterbrunnen valley.

The Eiger over your shoulder and a lift to everything.

The valley of 72 waterfalls, the Alps' most photographed floor.

The gateway hub, convenient, lively, not the mountains themselves.

A lakeside city that doubles as the perfect Alps on-ramp.

The original alpine glamour, on a string of lakes in the high Engadine.

A car-free cliff village with the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau face to face.

The car-free 'Pearl of the Alps' in a ring of 4,000-metre peaks.

Discreet alpine glamour in a chalet village with a pedestrian promenade.

Switzerland's storybook heartland, below the cliffs of the Alpstein.

The Dolomites' most charming base, food, meadows, and lifts.

Glamorous, dramatic, and the gateway to Tre Cime.

South Tyrol's bilingual capital, wine, Ötzi, and the rail gateway to the Dolomites.

A Ladin hiking hub at the foot of the Sella, the Marmolada, and the great passes.

Alta Badia's gourmet heart, Michelin mountain huts under the Sella.

A storybook South Tyrolean village beneath the vast Alpe di Siusi.

Mont Blanc's stylish Italian side, where the high Alps meet la dolce vita.

The high heart of Val Gardena, in the lap of the Sella and the Sassolungo.

An elegant resort cradled between the Brenta Dolomites and the Adamello glaciers.

South Tyrol's spa town, palms, gardens, and a mild microclimate.

A stay on Europe's largest high meadow, under the Sciliar.

A medieval gateway under the Brenner, all painted facades.

The Val Pusteria hub, Kronplatz on top, eastern Dolomites all around.

The gateway to the Tre Cime, a sunny gem at the valley's head.

Where a real alpine city meets the high mountains in 20 minutes.

The most photographed village in the Alps, magical at dawn, mobbed by noon.

Baroque city, alpine doorstep, culture before the mountains.

Lake, town, and glacier, Austria's most complete mountain base.

The Alps' most glamorous medieval town.

A sunny high plateau that's easy on everyone.

The Zillertal's adventure hub, trails, glaciers, and energy.

A belle-époque spa town tumbling down a waterfall gorge.

Discreet Arlberg glamour at the head of a high, snow-sure valley.

A lakeside pilgrimage village beneath the Schafberg, the White Horse Inn made real.

Mont Blanc on your doorstep, the Alps at their most serious.

The Venice of the Alps, a turquoise lake and a storybook old town.

France's most refined alpine village, chic, cozy, and Mont-Blanc-adjacent.

A high-altitude legend, France's serious ski-and-summer mountain.

Portes du Soleil's all-rounder, family slopes in winter, MTB heaven in summer.

The capital of the Alps, a real city ringed by three mountain ranges.

A belle-époque spa town on France's largest natural lake.

A classic Savoyard village in the Aravis, family-friendly all year.

The Alps' most glamorous ski address, and a serene summer secret.

Bavaria's premier alpine resort, under Germany's highest peak.

Königssee, the Eagle's Nest, and Germany's most dramatic corner.

The gateway to Neuschwanstein and the storybook castles.

Painted houses, woodcarvers, and the famous Passion Play.

A violin-making town under the Karwendel's sheer walls.

Munich's elegant lake, spas, breweries, and mountain backdrops.

The Allgäu's southernmost town, big hiking and ski-jump fame.

Not the Alps, but the gateway to all of them.

Tegernsee's quieter, family-friendly little sister.

Slovenia's storybook icon, an island church under a clifftop castle.

Bled's wild, bigger sister, the lake inside Triglav National Park.

The Soča Valley's adventure capital, on an emerald river.

WWI history, waterfalls, and world-class food on the Soča.

An alpine resort village at the corner of three countries.

Europe's most charming small capital, and Slovenia's front door.

A glacial valley of pure calm, off the Julian Alps trail.

The lower Soča's gateway, gorges, festivals, and quiet river days.

A medieval town under wild peaks, gateway to Velika Planina.

The quiet north gateway to Triglav, with waterfall valleys.

High, snow-sure, and linked to Val d'Isère across the Espace Killy.

Europe's highest resort, the snow-sure heart of Les 3 Vallées.

The fortified high town, gateway to Serre Chevalier and the sun.

Belle-époque spa town on Lake Geneva's south shore.

A grand alpine spa town beside Berchtesgaden, salt and mountain air.

Lakeside town on the Bavarian Sea, gateway to a fairytale island palace.

An island old town on Lake Constance, where three countries meet.

Glacier skiing and high Ötztal peaks, snow-sure and lively.

The cradle of alpine skiing, big terrain and bigger après.

A friendly Styrian ski town under the Dachstein glacier.

Europe's highest town, big skiing and famous mountain air.

Chic, sunny, and serious, the off-piste heart of the 4 Vallées.

A monastery village under Mt Titlis, glacier views close to Lucerne.

The Swiss Riviera on Lake Geneva, palms, a castle, and famous jazz.