Hi everyone,
I'm considering going to a part of the Alps I don't know this summer (September) for three full weeks, taking my car from the Paris area. First I thought Austria, but I can't find a proper hiking book in English or French. Rother do some fine hiking books, but only translate a small part of them, the rest is in German. And there's like 20 books for Austria alone, none in English. So instead I think maybe Switzerland or Italy. I'd prefer Italy as Switzerland is much more expensive. I'm sure a few of you have been to the Dolomites or other parts of the Italian Alps. Did you just improvise for hikes, or did you find some nice books with detailed itineraries ? That would be for day hikes only. I'm also interested in areas like Gran Paradiso, Stelvio, Val Grande and any area that's not too touristy (so no Italian lakes and preferably no hikes that start in big ski resorts). I'm not the type of guy who goes blindly to an area without researching it in books unfortunately, so I would love some help, thanks