The word "alpine" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a region high in the mountains. For example, "Hikers often travel to the alpine meadows of the Rocky Mountains to marvel at the scenery."
The wooden cottages have an almost alpine feel – with a bit of Caribbean gingerbread trim – and facilities include a laundry and a pool.
Now we were in the foothills of the mighty Altai mountain range: a barely touched mosaic of alpine meadows, spruce forests and glaciated peaks along the border between Kazakhstan and the far northwest of China.
"Vals' magic formula is very simple," reads the promotional blurb for the 7132 hotel at Swiss architect Peter Zumthor's famous alpine spa resort, which has been a site of worship for countless design pilgrims since it opened in 1996.
I remember, once, the rubber seal around the car door clipped into the shape of a postage stamp by alpine parrots looking for something to steal.
The new hotel tower, designed by Pritzker prizewinner Thom Mayne's practice, Morphosis, will shoot up 381m into the clouds (almost a third taller than the Shard), a looming spectre visible for miles around the tiny alpine village.
With its soaring church spire, pastel-coloured chalets and splendid lakeside location, Hallstatt looks every inch a picture-postcard alpine town – a place that echoes with the sound of cowbells and yodelling, every windowbox overflowing with edelweiss.
Marmots squeaked and hid as we ran through countless deserted alpine valleys; we saw herds of wild horses on the slopes above and mountain goats clinging to impossibly steep terrain.
The Kinderbauernhof Albeineler in the Pitztal, an alpine valley, is a traditional farmhouse with three apartments.
Popular resorts in Norway are Oppdal, with 37 runs the country's largest alpine ski area, and family-friendly Geilo.
On the face of it, this modest little "hill station" acting as a prelude to the Himalayas was still in bustling, tropical India but its slanted roofs and alpine vistas were more reminiscent of a European town.
Marc became friendly with Macke, whose "Zoological Garden" from 1912, with its deer and exotic birds, reflects their closeness; Klee painted the Alpine view from the Marcs' garden.One large room at the Lenbachhaus focuses on Marc as he moves towards the full expression of his belief that all living things embody a single spirit.
