Read more: 11 Things You Didn't Know You Could Ask For From A Hotel According to Rick Steves, the mountain hotels in the Swiss Alps date back ... to some of the highest-altitude hotels.

What are the Alps? What is it ... Germany and Slovenia. The mountains were formed millions of years ago as two giant tectonic plates collided, creating some of the highest mountains in Europe ...

Mountain running in Switzerland: Bettmeralp alongside the Aletsch Glacier, Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald and Monte Zucchero. Three magnificent trail running routes in the Swiss Alps taken from the ...