ʻO nā Alps (the Alpes) ka poʻe kaulana loa o nā pae mauna o'Europa me ke kumu maikaʻi. Hiki i ka hikina o Farani a ma ka palena Swiss a Italia, ua lanakila ka lalani ma luna o Mont Mont Blanc, ma 15,774 ft (4,808 mika) ke kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke Komohana oʻEulopa. ʻAʻole loa ia e nalowale i ka hau. Uaʻikeʻia ma ka kenekulia 19 mai ka piʻiʻana o nā pōhaku, aʻo kēia lā ke hoʻokani nei i ka haʻuki nui no ka mea hoʻomaka, akā, me ka hoʻonuiʻana i nā helu o Via Ferratas .
Ma nā Alps eʻikeʻoe i kekahi mau papa hoʻolālā hanohano loa, nā wahi kiʻekiʻe iʻikeʻia mai ke kahakai Mediterranean, me ka hāʻawiʻana i kahi hōʻailona nani i nā kūlanakauhale e like me Nice a me Antibes . I ka hoʻoilo,ʻo ka poʻe Alps he paradaisoʻia; i ke kauwela ua piha nā wahi kiʻekiʻe i nā holokai a me nā mea hoʻopupuʻai, nā holo kaʻa a me nā kānaka e lawaiʻa ana i nā moana mākeʻe.
Nā Main Towns
ʻO Grenoble , 'ke poʻo o nā Alps', he kūlanakauhaleʻona e piha ana i nā hale kūʻai a me nā haleʻaina. Hāʻawiʻia hoʻi nā mōhai kūlohelohe maikaʻi mai kahi hale kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kūikawā i kēia manawa i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Resistance. Hoʻomaka ke kūlanakauhale e like me ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Roma i paʻa i ka pā. ʻO ia ka hopena hope loa o ka Route Napoléon ma hope o ka hōʻeaʻana o ka Emperor Farani i Malaki 1815. He papa honua honua mokulele ia a lawelawe i nā hōkele ski de Les Deux-Alpes a me L'Alpe d'Huez.
E nānā i ka Hale de la Montagne ma 3 rue Raoul-Blanchard no nā manaʻo no ka heleʻana a me nāʻike e pili ana i nā pale. Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia e ia i ka hoʻokūkū jazz ma kēlā me kēia Malaki a me ka hoʻokani pīʻaʻi male a me nā'enekani iʻApelila.
ʻO Annecy, aia he 50 mau mile (31 mau mile) ma ka hema o Lake Geneva a kau ma luna o ka naniʻo Lake de Annecy,ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa ma nā Alps Farani.
He mau monumana ka hoʻomana e like me ka Castle, hale hale hoʻokipa a me ka hale kiaʻi, kahi Old Town piha i nā hale kūʻai nui a me ka Palais de l'ile, kahi pākaua ma waena o nā alahaka ma waena o ke kahawaiʻo Thiou.
Nohoʻo Chambéry ma ke komoʻana o nā kuahiwi i Italia, hāʻawi nui i ke kūlanakauhale ma keʻano he kālepaʻoihana ma nā kenekulia 14 a me 15. ʻO ia ke kapikala o Savoy, i hoʻomaluʻia e nā aliʻi i noho mua i ka hale pelekane. He kūlanakauhale maikaʻi loa ia, me nā hale hana maikaʻi e kipa a me ka hoʻolālā nui e mahalo ai. Aia i ka'ākau ke kumukūʻai o Aix-les-Bains, i kaulana no kona mauʻauʻau hoʻomaʻemaʻe. ʻO ka Lake du Bourget, ke kahakai nui loa o ka'āina, kahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa ma Farani no nā kahawai wai.
Briançon , 100 km (62 mau mile) hikina o Grenoble, ke poʻokela o ka wahi Ecrins. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe loa o'Europa (1350 mika aiʻole 4,429 ft ma luna o ka moana), a he mea kaulana no kona hale kaulana a me nā pā kaua i kūkuluʻia e Vauban i ka kenekulia 17. No nā hanana likeʻole, e hana i ka Parc National des Ecrins a me Vallouise ma kahi o 20 km (12 mau mile) i ke komohana hema.
ʻO Sports Sports
Aia nā Alps i kekahi o nā wahi ski ski iʻoi loa aku. Les Trois Vallées i Courchevel, Méribel, La Tania, Brides-les-Bains, Saint Martin-de-Belleville, Les Menuires, Val Thorens a me Orelles, a ua hoʻonui i 338 mau kapuaʻi a me 600 km mai ke alahele.
ʻO nā wahi'ē aʻe e komo ana i nā Portes du Soleil (288 mau palena, 650 km o nā paliʻaʻole i pili pono); Paradiski (239 mau palena a me 420 km o nā alahele), a me Espace Killy (137 mau palena, 300 km o nā pali).
Nā Hōʻike
Aiguille du Midi: Ke kau nei ma luna o ke kaʻa nui,ʻo kekahi o ke kiʻekiʻe o kaʻawelike kaʻa nui o ka honua e lawe iāʻoe i 3000 mau mika ma mua aʻe o ka awāwa o Chamonix e hāʻawi iāʻoe i kaʻike kupanaha iā Mont Blanc. ʻAʻole wale no ka mea hele; ʻikeʻoe i ka piko o ke ao nei. He kumukūʻai (55 euros no nā poʻe mākua) akā ua waiwai.
E hele ana ma nā pākuʻu āpau a āpana'āina paha ma kahi e like me Ecrins a me Chartreuse he wahi o nā kuahiwi kuahiwi, ka wao nahele a me nā wahi hānai.
ʻO ke kai moana ma Lac d'Annecy , e lawe ana i hoʻokahi aʻelua paha mau hola, aiʻole heʻelua aʻelua paha o ka holoʻana ma kahi o kaʻaina awakea. Pōʻani pōkole e pili ana i 14 mau kālā; ʻO kaʻaina awakea a me kaʻaina awakea mai kahi 55 a pau.