Our French Alps vacations & tours
Our French Alps vacations combine pristine, wholesome mountain scenery with indulgent spa centers, outstanding snow sports, major cultural and art centers, rich, hearty foods, and superb wines. Health and decadence on one trip – only the French Alps provide both in such ample measures! Our vacations also provide a wealth of good for local communities and the planet, too, whether you’re staying in an ecolodge that serves organic vegetarian food from nearby producers, using local businesses for both your white-water rafting and your raclette supper afterwards, or exploring alternative winter activities that don’t rely on water and energy-intensive fake snow. We help nature, too; perhaps you want to track wolves, and by doing so encourage local communities to contribute to conservation efforts in their area, or even look for lynx: now, this is peak vacationing.
Our top French Alps vacations
Multi-activity vacation in the French Alps
From
€482 to €1430
7 days
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Enjoy a multi-activity vacation in the French Alps
Tailor made
Mercantour family hiking vacation, France
From
€695 to €775
6 days
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Walk with a donkey to discover the Southern French Alps
Tailor made
Family multi activity vacation in the French Alps
From
£720
8 days
ex flights
Catered Chalet Based Adventure Vacation in the French Alps
Small group2026: 15 Aug, 22 Aug
Family adventure vacation to France
From
£1250
8 days
ex flights
Life enhancing family adventure & yoga in the French Alps
Small group2027: 31 Jul
Guided walking vacations in the French Alps
From
£920
8 days
ex flights
Catered Chalet Based Guided Walking in the Giffre Valley
Small group2026: 29 Aug
French Alps guided walking vacations
From
£920
8 days
ex flights
Catered Chalet Based Hiking Vacation in the Giffre Valley
Small group2026: 29 Aug
Winter activity vacation in the French Alps
From
€698 to €1202
7 days
ex flights
A flexible winter multi activity vacation in the French Alps
Tailor made
Mercantour center-based walking vacation, French Alps
From
€610 to €710
7 days
ex flights
Multiactivities for family, French Alps, ecolodge and yurt
Tailor made
Alpine Wolf tracking vacation, France
From
€867
4 days
ex flights
Once in a lifetime wolf tracking adventure in French Alps
Small group2027: 2 Apr
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French Alps map & highlights
So often people just associate the Alps with the massive winter skiing exodus. Open for fun all year round, the French Alps cover over 200,000km2. Mont Blanc massif is only one of 15 massifs, other notable ones being the Ecrins, Mercantour and Haut-Giffre. Stay in one place and explore the valleys and plateaus all around, such as in the Haute Savoie, or hike from gite to gite, in the Mercantour NP, where you can use a donkey to carry your bags. Just as Robert Louis Stevenson did many years ago, a trip he summed up beautifully: “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”
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Chamonix
2. Ecrins National Park
3. Haute Savoie
4. Mercantour National Park
5. Mont Blanc summit
6. Tour de Mont Blanc
2. Ecrins National Park
3. Haute Savoie
4. Mercantour National Park
5. Mont Blanc summit
6. Tour de Mont Blanc
Chamonix
1. Chamonix
Chamonix is ski capital and gateway to the Mont Blanc massif. You can also base yourself here to enjoy the atmosphere by night, with more remote snowshoeing ventures by day through the shimmering peaks and resplendent valleys of the Joly and Aravis Mountain ranges. In summer, it’s the best obstacle course in the world with activities that include white water rafting, canyoning and overnight hikes to mountain huts.
Ecrins National Park
2. Ecrins National Park
How can the French have kept one of their largest national parks a secret? Challenge yourself with serious alpinism in the Valgaudemar Valley, or take on easier ridges and rambling idylls, along centuries-old smuggler’s footpaths and quiet mountain hut trails. Great infrastructure for other activities such as canyoning, kayaking the Durance River, horseriding through meadows or rafting down the Severaisse River too.
Haute Savoie
3. Haute Savoie
In the Rhône-Alpes, Lake Annecy is its magnificent capital. Just one of many lakes made for wild swimming here. Although home to Mont Blanc, don’t let it upstage the other ‘haute’ hiking havens here. Stay in mountain chalets and walk straight out onto trails that go on forever, such as Haut Giffre valley, with over 900km of trails alone, or the natural amphitheatre, Bout du Monde valley.
Mercantour National Park
4. Mercantour National Park
This park is about 150km in length and covers two French ‘départements’: Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Picture a massif with six valleys emanating from it, many barely trodden. The Vallée des Merveilles has thousands of visible ancient petroglyphs; other Mercantour marvels include trekking with pack horses or donkeys along ancient shepherd trails, or wolf tracking tours – all just an hour north of Nice.
Mont Blanc summit
5. Mont Blanc summit
The highest peak in Western Europe, this magical massif is iconic. Summiting its 4,810m is a serious challenge, as it is covered in snow and ice all year round, demanding serious alpinism skills and training. Plus the guidance of expert High Mountain Guides. There are vacations that include the training as part of the package, guiding you up either the Gouter Route or more challenging Cosmiques Route. Both require sleeping in mountain huts.
Tour de Mont Blanc
6. Tour de Mont Blanc
Rather than summiting, walk around this wonder of nature on a 170km circumnavigation. Because this is one big mother massif. The Tour de Mont Blanc, or TMB, can be done in 7 or 14 days depending how much you want to push yourself or how much luxury you want. Camp, chalet or chic it, all the time hiking on paths that weave through the seven valleys surrounding the prestigious peak.
Our French Alps vacations reviews
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Richard Wilson20 Jul 2026
Fantastic vacation, we were taken care of superbly by the tour operator and loved it all. Definitely considering revisiting - maybe in the winter next time.read more
Grainne Hendrey06 Jul 2026
The whole trek was well organised and a fantastic experience which we would highly recommend.read more
Jo Mourant31 Aug 2025
The trekking and the incredible sceneryread more
Saskia Copeland10 Aug 2025
We had a full week of fantastic activities with lovely families in a beautiful place. Being brave and giving every activity a go was fantastic...white water rafting, daily yoga, mountain trekking, parapenting, biking and high rope coursing...it was all fantastic and we loved every minute!read more
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