The beautiful scenery of the My Way Alpine tour is beckoning but I was wondering if it can actually be done if you are not a hiker? I love to hike but my husband has a hard time with steep inclines. We recently finished the My Way Spain tour and walked an average of 17,000 steps a day so walking isn't a challenge--just steep hills.
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OP
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Thank you so much for your informative and generous reply. We're hoping to go in July of 2023.
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It rains a lot in the Alps in July, late August/first week of September would give you better weather. J
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Southern Oregon
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Late August 2019 was spectacular weather at Chamonix. The views went forever.
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Alexandria, VA
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We did this tour in 2018. We’re not serious hikers, and there were tour members who were not hikers at all. You will find plenty to do, especially if you just went to Spain and handled that well. We did the Best of Spain tour this spring, and the itineraries are similar in activity levels.
For the Alpine My Way tour you will get a book that is cobbled together to include the places the tour visits: so Salzburg, northern Italy for the Dolomites, Fussen in Bavaria, the Lauterbrunnen Valley area, and Chamonix. Study that, and ask questions here.
I don’t agree that the Alpe di Suisi is out of the question. It is a huge meadow, like 20 square miles. There are trails that crisscross it, without going up into the mountains. We were there twice, once accessing it from Ortisei on our own, snd once from Castlerotto on the tour. This is one example of talking with your tour manager to find what’s right for you will pay off.
In Fussen, many of the tour members rented bikes and went for long rides on their great bike trails. We biked to the castles, took the bus to St. Mary’s Bridge, then rode along the lakes and villages for a 50 km trip.
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I just returned from this tour. We did do quite a bit of hiking, but no, you wouldn't have to if you didn't want to. I will say there was a lot of walking! But I imagine that is true no matter what tour you take. You could get a lot of the same views without so much hiking/walking, but you will have to be willing to spend more $ on the lifts/gondolas in Lauterbrunnen and Chamonix. We did rent bikes in Fussen and got the e-bikes. My family didn't think they needed that, but we loved it. We were able to ride our bikes all over for a whole day without getting too tired.