Our French Alps holidays & tours

Our French Alps holidays combine pristine, wholesome mountain scenery with indulgent spa centres, outstanding snow sports, major cultural and art centres, rich, hearty foods, and superb wines. Health and decadence on one trip – only the French Alps provide both in such ample measures! Our holidays also provide a wealth of good for local communities and the planet, too, whether you’re staying in an ecolodge that serves organic vegetarian food from nearby producers, using local businesses for both your white-water rafting and your raclette supper afterwards, or exploring alternative winter activities that don’t rely on water and energy-intensive fake snow. We help nature, too; perhaps you want to track wolves, and by doing so encourage local communities to contribute to conservation efforts in their area, or even look for lynx:  now, this is peak holidaying.

Our top French Alps holidays

Multi-activity holiday in the French Alps

From €518 to €1499
7 days ex flights
Enjoy a multi-activity holiday in the French Alps

Mercantour family walking holiday, France

From €695 to €775
6 days ex flights
Walk with a donkey to discover the Southern French Alps

Family adventure holiday to France

From £1200
8 days ex flights
Life enhancing family adventure & yoga in the French Alps
Small group2026: 1 Aug

French Alps guided walking holidays

From £920
8 days ex flights
Catered Chalet Based Hiking Holiday in the Giffre Valley
Small group2026: 20 Jun, 4 Jul, 11 Jul, 25 Jul, 29 Aug

Family activity holiday in the French Alps

From £720
8 days ex flights
Catered Chalet Based Adventure Holiday in the French Alps
Small group2026: 6 Jun, 13 Jun, 27 Jun, 18 Jul, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 22 Aug

Winter activity holiday in the French Alps

From €698
7 days ex flights
A flexible winter multi activity holiday in the French Alps

Guided walking holidays in the French Alps

From £920
8 days ex flights
Catered Chalet Based Guided Walking in the Giffre Valley
Small group2026: 20 Jun, 4 Jul, 11 Jul, 25 Jul, 29 Aug

Alps to Provence ebike holiday, France

From €1376
8 days ex flights
Guided cycling from snowy mountain tops to lavender fields
Small group2026: 30 May, 12 Sep

Alpine Wolf tracking holiday, France

From €867
4 days ex flights
Once in a lifetime wolf tracking adventure in French Alps
Small group2026: 27 Mar
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French Alps map & highlights

So often people just associate the Alps with the massive winter skiing exodus. Open for fun all year round, the French Alps cover over 200,000km2. Mont Blanc massif is only one of 15 massifs, other notable ones being the Ecrins, Mercantour and Haut-Giffre. Stay in one place and explore the valleys and plateaus all around, such as in the Haute Savoie, or hike from gite to gite, in the Mercantour NP, where you can use a donkey to carry your bags. Just as Robert Louis Stevenson did many years ago, a trip he summed up beautifully: “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”
Chamonix

1. Chamonix

Chamonix is ski capital and gateway to the Mont Blanc massif. You can also base yourself here to enjoy the atmosphere by night, with more remote snowshoeing ventures by day through the shimmering peaks and resplendent valleys of the Joly and Aravis Mountain ranges. In summer, it’s the best obstacle course in the world with activities that include white water rafting, canyoning and overnight hikes to mountain huts.
Ecrins National Park

2. Ecrins National Park

How can the French have kept one of their largest national parks a secret? Challenge yourself with serious alpinism in the Valgaudemar Valley, or take on easier ridges and rambling idylls, along centuries-old smuggler’s footpaths and quiet mountain hut trails. Great infrastructure for other activities such as canyoning, kayaking the Durance River, horseriding through meadows or rafting down the Severaisse River too.
Haute Savoie

3. Haute Savoie

In the Rhône-Alpes, Lake Annecy is its magnificent capital. Just one of many lakes made for wild swimming here. Although home to Mont Blanc, don’t let it upstage the other ‘haute’ hiking havens here. Stay in mountain chalets and walk straight out onto trails that go on forever, such as Haut Giffre valley, with over 900km of trails alone, or the natural amphitheatre, Bout du Monde valley.
Mercantour National Park

4. Mercantour National Park

This park is about 150km in length and covers two French ‘départements’: Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Picture a massif with six valleys emanating from it, many barely trodden. The Vallée des Merveilles has thousands of visible ancient petroglyphs; other Mercantour marvels include trekking with pack horses or donkeys along ancient shepherd trails, or wolf tracking tours – all just an hour north of Nice.
Mont Blanc summit

5. Mont Blanc summit

The highest peak in Western Europe, this magical massif is iconic. Summiting its 4,810m is a serious challenge, as it is covered in snow and ice all year round, demanding serious alpinism skills and training. Plus the guidance of expert High Mountain Guides. There are holidays that include the training as part of the package, guiding you up either the Gouter Route or more challenging Cosmiques Route. Both require sleeping in mountain huts.
Tour de Mont Blanc

6. Tour de Mont Blanc

Rather than summiting, walk around this wonder of nature on a 170km circumnavigation. Because this is one big mother massif. The Tour de Mont Blanc, or TMB, can be done in 7 or 14 days depending how much you want to push yourself or how much luxury you want. Camp, chalet or chic it, all the time hiking on paths that weave through the seven valleys surrounding the prestigious peak.

Our French Alps holidays reviews

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Jo Mourant31 Aug 2025
The trekking and the incredible sceneryread more
Saskia Copeland10 Aug 2025
We had a full week of fantastic activities with lovely families in a beautiful place. Being brave and giving every activity a go was fantastic...white water rafting, daily yoga, mountain trekking, parapenting, biking and high rope coursing...it was all fantastic and we loved every minute!read more
Bernard Samtoy20 Jul 2025
The hikes, led by the friendly and knowledgeable Bruno. The area around Samoens is very beautiful, with a fair variety of wildlife.read more
Vicky Poole19 Jul 2025
10/10 Excellent.read more
Written by Catherine Mack
Photo credits: [Page banner: Jerome Bon] [Mercantour National Park: Conor Lawless] [Haute Savoie: N i c o l a] [Ecrins National Park: Nicolas Lefebvre Sensoriel-Film] [Chamonix: Cristian Bortes] [Temp chart: Rhys A.]