Via Alpina

The Via Alpina is the only long-distance hiking trail that connects all eight Alpine countries. In 2000, thanks to the French hiking association "Grand Traversée des Alpes", various organisations from the Alpine region joined forces to create the Via Alpina from the existing network of paths. Today it covers 2000 kilometres and almost 100.000 metres of altitude difference in 116 daily stages from Trieste (IT) to Monaco right across the Alpine arc. It allows hikers to discover the diverse cultures and landscapes of the Alps and enables the people along the way to develop sustainable tourism and strengthen their local economy. As the Via Alpina contributes to several objectives of the Alpine Convention, it has also been an official implementation project of the Alpine Convention for more than two decades.

The Via Alpina is funded by Landesverwaltung Fürstentum Liechtenstein, Gouvernement Princier Monaco, Schweizer Wanderwege, and the Alpine Lions Cooperation.

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