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For Couples - Tour du Mont Blanc

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🟨 Morgan Hiking in Europe
February 19, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

🚀 Exciting News, Hut to Hut Hikers! 🥾

There’s a just a few easy to book spaces left on the legendary Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) Trek, an 11-day Alpine adventure! 🏔️✨ Circle the awe-inspiring Mont Blanc, and soak in the views across France, Switzerland, and Italy. 🇫🇷🇨🇭🇮🇹

Our affiliate partner offers cozy private stays (1 night in shared accommodation) and handle your luggage transfer. 🛏️🎒 Fancy a breather? Consider a rest day in picturesque Courmayeur. 🛌

Heads Up: The TMB is tough, with high gains and thrilling ladders. 🧗‍♂️ It's popular too, so expect some fellow hikers. 🚶‍♀️🚶

Best trek times? Mid-June to mid-September. ⏰ Watch out for early/late season snow. ❄️

🔥 LIMITED spots on Guaranteed Itineraries with our partner's Classic Package, confirmed for duos. 📅 Snap them up from July 31st to August 27th, 2024!

Missed out? Click "GO Book the Tour" for more options like the “Alternative TMB” which has much of the same landscapes but less crowds.

You can book a guaranteed itinerary for 2024 here.

In case you missed it last week:

📹 Watch my waterfall hike in Febrary at the 120ft high Bad Urach Waterfall near Stuttgart Germany.

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Hut to Hut Self Guided Tours 2024

Tour du Mont Blanc Alternative

Don’t like the crowds? This TMB alternative has the same views with a fraction of the people.

Less Stress : Less Crowds: More Hiking 👎🏻

Here’s an assortment of self guided treks that don’t require as much planning ahead as the popular Alta Via 1 and Tour du Mont Blanc.

✈️ This is my favorite kind of hiking tour! These are best accessed from Innsbruck, Austria or Munich, Germany.

  • 8 days Culinary Hiking Tour: This hut-to-hut hiking tour in Austria and Switzerland offers mouthwatering food by top chefs, breathtaking scenery, a good calorie burn, and can be customized to meet any fitness and comfort level.

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  • 6 Days Hut to Hut Tour: This family-friendly hiking tour in a lesser-known area of the Alps offers well-cared for trails, spectacular scenery, no crowds, and easy access from Innsbruck, with options for family-sized rooms in the huts, although it's best to avoid late-June and early September due to snow.
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  • 3 Days Culinary Hiking Tour: This hut-to-hut hiking tour in one of Austria's premier hiking regions offers mouthwatering food by top chefs, breathtaking scenery, a good calorie burn, and can be customized to meet any fitness and comfort level, although it's best to avoid late-June and early September due to snow.
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  • 8 Days Bike Tour Across Alps: This beginner-friendly bicycle tour across the Alps follows a historic Roman trading route, offers impressive views, and ends at Lake Garda, with the option to skip uphill passages by taking a shuttle at an additional cost, starting in Garmisch, Germany and passing through Austria and vineyards in Italy, with well-established signage and routing that makes the tour enjoyable for cyclists of all levels.
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Hiking Traveler Toolkit - The websites & apps I use:

  • Flight search: I check all prices and routes skyscanner first. Then I use Wayaway or Booking.com or direct with the airline.

  • Hotels: I book ALL my hotel nights with booking.com or airbnb. If I can book directly with the hotel over their website, phone or email i’ll skip the OTA to save the provider the fees.

  • A Necessity! Sleeping in huts and planes: I've been living the high life, or should I say, the high-altitude life, for over 7 years now. I take over 2 dozen flights a year and spend my free time sleeping in crowded Dolomites mountain huts. And let me tell you, getting some shut-eye in those cozy little cabins ain't easy. But fear not, my fellow adventurers, for I have discovered the ultimate sleep hack: the Manta Sleep mask. This bad boy blocks out every speck of light and leaves no trace of those pesky sleep lines on your face, even after a night spent snuggled up with strangers in a tiny hut. Plus, you can even hook it up to your phone and play some soothing tunes or meditation apps to help you drift off into dreamland. Check it here.

  • Tours and adventure activities: GetYourGuide is my go-to site for booking tours like paragliding, rafting and occasionally hikes. I also love Manawa because they have more off-the-beaten path destinations. For exclusive self-guided Hut to Hut Hiking Tours I love AlpenventuresUnguided because the owner has done each hike personally and knows how to shape a wonderful experience. And Skyhook Adventures is great for small guided group hikes.

  • Travel Insurance: Insurance depends on your trip so it's best to use a tool like Hey Mondo Travel Insurance to find what works best for you and my readers get 5% discount.

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➡️ Want to book a Dolomites hut to hut hiking trip DIY style? You can use my spreadsheets to book your own.

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