The road-book on the network of hiking trails of the Via Alpina, which follows five routes through all the Alpine countries, offers basic practical information on the hiking routes, with the walking times between the stages, suggestions for overnight accommodation, tourist offices and maps.
More detailed information on the natural and cultural environment and on the services on offer in the regions covered by the hikes is to be published in 2004. The medium-term plan is to publish a series of hiking guides on the Via Alpina. The road-book can be downloaded from the "Documents" heading on the Via Alpina web site.
Via Alpina is a project subsidised through the EU programme INTERREG IIIB, Alpine Space.