France

When it comes to the Walker's Haute Route hiking, is there anything better, more beautiful, and more intense? When it comes to adventure and challenge, the Walker's Haute Route can be ranked alongside Kilimanjaro, the Everest Base Camp Trek, the Alta Via 2, and the Tour du Mont Blanc. More so, the latter is more of a preparation for the Walker's Haute Route than an equal. From Chamonix near Mont Blanc in France all the way to the Matterhorn near Swiss Zermatt, this is the pinnacle of hiking in the Alps. While showcasing amazing mountain passes, glaciers, charming pastoral towns, and magnificent valleys Walker's Haute Route is also known for its fantastic food and wine - promising a thrilling hut-to-hut trekking adventure. Allez, let's do the Haute Route! There are 200 kilometers (125 miles) and 15,200 vertical meters (50,000 ft) between Chamonix and Zermatt. The highest point reached is 2,987 meters or almost 10,000 ft. It doesn't matter whether you use the metric or the imperial system, the numbers for the Walker's Haute Route blow you away. As one of the most iconic examples of hut to hut hiking in France and Switzerland, this tremendous route stands out for its dramatic alpine scenery and rewarding challenge. What makes it so special? How do you hike it self-guided? Where do hikers spend the night? Why choose the Walker's Haute Route over the Tour du Mont Blanc? Let us answer all your questions!

France is more than just visiting the Eiffel Tower, walking along the Arc de Triomphe and eating baguettes. Hiking in France is an excellent way to get to know the country thoroughly. Hiking through vineyards, the most beautiful French hut tours in the Alps and Pyrenees and the pilgrim routes to the South. Sounds good, doesn't it? In this blog, we will inform you about France's most beautiful hiking routes, including a trail around Mont Blanc, hut-to-hut tours in the Pyrenees and the famous pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, which can also be started in France. At Bookatrekking.com, we love hiking and when we are not going to Kilimanjaro or Nepal, we like to head out into Europe by ourselves. One of the many Steigs in Germany, endless Alpine pastures in Austria, the beautiful Dolomites or on a hut-to-hut hike in the Alps. If we go for the latter, we can't really avoid France. A hut tour in France is the absolute best so no wonder you will come across some of the best options in this blog. But there's more, as we also like to take you on the Camino Francés, the French way to Santiago de Compostela. Allez!

The Tour du Mont Blanc is the classic hut-to-hut trek of the Alps: approximately 170 km (105 miles) through France, Italy and Switzerland, with around 10,000 m of total ascent and a typical duration of 7 to 11 days. Starting and finishing in Les Houches or Chamonix, the circuit crosses ten mountain passes, skirts glaciers, and takes you through three distinct alpine cultures. At Bookatrekking, we book your refuges and hotels, arrange luggage transfer where the route allows, and give you the hut-to-hut hiking app with offline GPX tracks and per-stage weather forecasts based on exact hut coordinates. This guide covers everything: stages, map, difficulty, cost, accommodation, itinerary options from 3 to 12 days, and how to get there.