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Chamonix Ski Chalet, Self Catering Apartment Accommodation

 Travel Information & how to get to Chamonix...!

 

Tim's top tip! By air to Geneva & then take the coach the 88km to Chamonix. Alternatively take a taxi which can be as economical if there are four of you. Agree the price with the driver before setting off. The coach takes you to Chamonix town center from where you can either take a taxi or train the 1.5Km to Les Praz & Le Chalet du Lac. Alternatively if you have little or no luggage it is a pleasant 15 minute walk!

Fly/Hire Car: This is a good option if there is a group of 4 - 5 of you. Be warned, try to hire your car in France (Geneva Airport - French sector), as Switzerland is more expensive than France is for car hire. Geneva Airport Terminal has an exit into France and if you take that exit & hire your car it is much cheaper! Alternatively hire via UK agent or on the WWW.

 By air

International airports:

• Geneva Cointrin (88Km) Information (+33 (0) 4 50 53 05 55 Daily direct coach transfers.  Coach Information S.A.T. (+33 (0) 4 50 53 01 15 Taxis & car hire. Geneva airport is a small airport and there is only one baggage claim area for international flights. After the baggage claim you have to choose between two exits. One in front of you which exits on the Swiss side and another one on the left which goes to the French side (panels indicate these two different exits). On either side you must go through the airport police and customs and then you enter a room where you will find car rentals and telephone booths. From there you exit to the parking lot where the shuttle bus stop is situated. The shuttle bus to Chamonix starts from the French side and stops on the Swiss side before entering the highway to Chamonix.

• Lyon Satolas (220Km) Information (+33 (0)4 50 53 05 55
  Train connections, taxis & car hire
• Aerodromes:
  Annecy Meythet (90Km) for TAT flights (+33 (0)4.50.27.30.06

Transfers

• Mont-Blanc Bus (+33 (0)4 50.53.05.55
• SAT Coaches (+33 (0)4 50.53.01.15
• Taxis:
  Alp Taxi Rochaix (+33 (0) 4.50.54.00.48
  Taxi Gopée (+33 (0) 6.07.51.42.16
  Taxi Marie Jean (+33 (0) 4.50.53.08.05
  Taxi Rousseau (+33(0)6.07.67.88.85
  Transports Verin (+33 (0)4.50.53.82.73
  Taxi rank (+33 (0)4.50.53.13.94
• Group Transport: Transports Verin (+33 (0)4 50 53 82 73
• AlpyBus Transfers from Euros 19.50 per person/- more.....
• Car hire: EUROPCAR (+33 (0) 4 50.53.63.40

By Car

Haute-Savoie is at the cross-roads of the European motorway system: Germany to Spain via Switzerland; France to Italy via the Autoroute Blanche and the Mont-Blanc Tunnel. Chamonix is Europe's most readily accessible mountain resort 4 Lane highway right into town centre 1 hour from Geneva, 6 hours from Paris, 3 hours from Turin & 2 hours from Lyon. Road tunnel under the Mont-Blanc into Italy.

Chamonix is only 560 miles from Calais & the Channel Tunnel - AutoRoute all the way & the roads are really good. It takes me about 7 - 8 hours & the Autoroute tolls cost £70 return for a car (price correct January 1998), add 30% for a mini-bus! Distances from Chamonix to: Geneva 80km; Lyon 226km; Marseilles 521km & Paris 612km via the AutoRoute Blanche (A40 motorway) just 20km away linked to the national and European motorway system. Except during severe snowstorms, roads into Chamonix are cleared. For more information on road conditions & Traffic information (+33 (0) 4 50 53 05 01 or CRICR (Centre Regional d'Information et de Coordination Routiere) (+33 (0) 4 78 54 33 33. You can also listen to the radio, FM 107.7 for up to date traffic & road information. For cross channel Ferry & hannel Tunnel deals check out the information on the WWW. MOD people should contact The Services Booking Center at RAF Brampton ((UK) 01243 267041 for the latest MOD/Service discounts. From Le Chalet du Lac there is easy road access to Switzerland via the Col des Montets 16km away and to Italy through the Mont-Blanc tunnel (11,5km. long) with Aosta 60km away and Turin 175km.

Cross Channel Ferry Services - Time Tables, Prices & Bookings  FerrySavers.co.uk

SNCF (French Railways)

• Rail Chamonix railway (+33 (0)8 36 35 35 35
• European mainline railhead, the Saint Gervais-Le Fayet railway station offers direct connections with Paris - Lyon - Marseilles - Nantes - Nancy - Strasbourg - Nice Brussels - Bordeaux.
• TGV (High-speed train) direct at weekends and with weekday connections with Annecy, Aix Les Bains, Bellegarde & Geneva. Saturday morning TGV arrival in Le Fayet Rail information (+33 (0)8 36 35 35 35
• Chamonix to Martigny (Switzerland) via Vallorcine by rail, there is a station on this line in Les Praz, 100m from Le Chalet du Lac.

Coach: Departs from London Victoria Bus Station @ £100 return, details can be found in the National Express Web Site or Eurolines. London - Chamonix journey takes 16 hours!  

The British Mountaineering council also charter coaches, check out the British Mountaineering Council's web site www.thebmc.co.uk for details.

Coach Services in Chamonix: There are daily services to Annecy, Geneva, Grenoble, Courmayeur, Aosta, Turin and the other resorts of the Mont-Blanc region. Departures from the railway station. Chamonix-Bus ( 04 50 53 05 55

Panoramic Helicopter Flights: Chamonix Mont-Blanc Helicopters ( 04 50 54 13 82

Bicycle: There are a number of specialist bicycle & mountain bike hire shops in Chamonix. For the more adventurous, on a bicycle it is 6 easy days to Calais - I did it in 1988. A bike is really useful as Naples is only another six days South & I did that too! Then if you live in Arbroath, Scotland it is only 1,845 miles home again from Naples (18 days).

Office de Tourisme Chamonix
Tél. 33 (0) 4.50.53.00.24 - Fax 33 (0) 4.50.53.58.90
E-mail: chamonix-tourisme@compuserve.com, chamonix-tourisme@wanadoo.fr.
Office de Tourisme Argentière: Tél. 33 (0) 4.50.54.02.14