Observer Highlights Mountain Huts

A quick heads up on an article in Sunday's Observer Escape  travel section for anyone contemplating a trip to the Alps with Eric Kendall picking out his  '20 Alpine Retreats For Summer' including some eminently affordable high mountain options.


For once - and this is unusual for a Sunday paper - many of the picks are reasonably-priced walking huts rather than ridiculous boutique hotels, though the odd one of those does sneak in as well. Check out the 'Walkers' section for options in Switzerland and France and the 'Easy Access' ones for similarly reasonably-priced mountain refuges in Italy and Austria as well.

For some reason the atmospheric, historic and very accessible Montenvers Hut above Chamonix doesn't merit a mention, though we'd recommend it. The nearby Albert 1st Refuge under the Aiguile Vert however does.

Well worth an idle, fantasty trip-planning browse over your lunch hour. See www.observer.co.uk.