A practical guide to exploring the Alps' classic highlights. These mountains have long been winter favourites, and they’re now becoming increasingly popular in the summer, too.

The Alps are Europe’s biggest mountain range and lie right at the heart of the continent. They stretch across eight countries: France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany ...

The Alps: High Mountains in Motion, by Andreas Fischer (teNeues Verlag, £29.95) The Alps are a place of high drama — extreme weather, shifting seasons, the freeze and melt of ice, avalanches ...

Unlike in the neighboring Swiss Alps, there are no restrictions on buyers in the French Alps. About 18,000 total sales closed in Haute-Savoie and 10,700 in Savoie last year, Mr. Rassat said. Image ...