French Alps and Mediterranean coast surprise frontrunners to host 2030 Winter Olympic Games

Alps, a small segment of a discontinuous mountain chain that stretches from the Atlas Mountains of North Africa across southern Europe and Asia to beyond the Himalayas. The Alps extend north from the subtropical Mediterranean coast near Nice, France, to Lake Geneva before trending east-northeast to Vienna.

The Alps are a majestic arc of mountains in the south-central part of Europe stretching from the Mediterranean coast near Nice, France to the edge of the Pannonian Plain in Slovenia. Officially ...

The Alps mountain range stretches from the north of the Mediterranean Sea near Monaco in southern France into Switzerland, then through northern Italy into southern Germany, and towards Vienna in Austria.

The French Alps, and the Mediterranean city of Nice, have become the unexpected frontrunners to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee executive board gave the nod to ...

The Alps (/ ælps /) [a] are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, [b][2] stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across several Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia. [3] The Alpine arch extends from Nice on the western Mediterranean to Trieste on the Adriatic and Vienna at the ...

The Alps (/ ælps /) [a] are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, [b][2] stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across several Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia. [3]