ALPS

A vast mountain range stretching from west to east over seven countries forms a barrier of rock, snow, and ice in the middle of Europe. This illustrated book shows the scenic diversity and beauty of the Alps which has over 100 thirteen-thousand-foot peaks, a rich flora and fauna, places very much worth seeing, and lovingly preserved customs. The Dolomites, South Tyrol, Gorner Glacier, the Southern and Northern French Alps, Liguria, Piedmont, Lake Geneva and Lausanne, Lombardy, Central Switzerland, Fribourg, the Bavarian Alps, plus cheese, wine, alpine cuisine, customs and traditions, music and alpine animals and plants, ski chalets, perfect lakes and the exquisite architecture in the Tyrolean capital of Innsbruck where you feel you are almost touching the mountain walls before landing on the valley floor. Maps, stunning full page colour photos. Text in six languages. Softback, 17 x 20.8cm, 612pp.