Wild Guide French Alps: Wild adventures, hidden places and natural wonders in south east France

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Paul Webster

Wild Guide French Alps

Wild adventures, hidden places and natural wonders in south east France

Paul Webster

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Wild Things Publishing Ltd
01 June 2021

Active outdoor pursuits; Adventure holidays

Series: Wild Guides

A new compendium of adventures, from the best-selling and award-winning Wild Guide series now released for Europe's favourite adventure holiday destination - including 800 secret places. Discover hidden mountain peaks, plunging waterfalls and pristine lakes. Step back into history to explore lost ruins, forts and caves and to wander where wolves still roam free. Meet Alpine farmers and sample their delicious fare. Plan a night camping under a star-filled sky or snuggled down in a remote mountain refuge. Combining dazzling photography and engaging writing with all the practical information you'll need to get off the beaten track, including maps, directions, GPS coordinates and walk-in times, plus recommendations for local places to eat and camp. Perfect for families and adventurers. Climb the hidden limestone peaks of the Chablais, Cool off with a swim in pristine Lac Lauvitel, Explore the caves of the Vercors, Eat cheese made the traditional way in the heart of the Beaufort, Try artisan charcuterie with the wines of the Combe de Savoie Find the forgotten Maginot forts of the Italian border, Marvel at the prehistoric stone carvings in the Vallee des Merveilles, Commune with marmots and ibex in the Vanoise, Listen for wolves in the wildernesses of Mercantour and Ubaye

By: Paul Webster
Imprint: Wild Things Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9781910636251
ISBN 10: 1910636258
Series: Wild Guides
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 June 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Regions covered Chablais Giffre and lower Arve Chamonix - Mont Blanc Aravis and Bournes Bauges Beaufortain Vanoise Tarentaise Maurienne Oisans Brianconnais Queyras Champsaur & Valgaudemar Chartreuse Vercors Embrunais and L'Ubaye Mercantour

In 2003 Paul and Helen Webster undertook a life-changing 4,000-mile continuous backpack across Europe. Following their return, they quit their conventional careers to begin a new life writing about the great outdoors and founded the UK's most popular outdoor website Walkhighlands.co.uk. They have now written 18 guidebooks, winning Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2018. They live in the Cairngorms National Park.