Our correspondent gets the chance to hike the Maritime Alps, staying in rifugios between hikes. The excursion proves more difficult than expected.
When the snowfields have been replaced by flower-strewn meadows, the high French Alps remain a wonderful destination, with enchanting small hotels and an increasing number of delicious and distinctive cuisine.
The French department of Haute-Savoie and its towering Mont Blanc Range have attracted generations of American skiers. But when the snowfields have been replaced by flower-strewn meadows, the high Alps remain a wonderful destination, with enchanting small hotels--some of which have been owned by the same families for more than a century--and an increasing number of fine restaurants serving the region's delicious and distinctive cuisine.
The French Alps have recently emerged as a gastronomic destination on par with Burgundy and Provence. Many people now travel to the region purely to enjoy its outstanding and inventive restaurants. In fact, in the recently released 2012 Michelin Guide to France, the only new three-star restaurant is chef Emmanuel Renaut's superb Flocons de Sel in Megeve.
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