Getting There

By Car
Montalbert is approximately 600 miles from Calais, which is about a nine hour drive (at peak times this may be longer) you may download directions here or we will send you full directions to the apartments a few weeks before your departure date. It’s an easy drive, being largely motorways, but you might well want to take your time and enjoy the French countryside too. A good website for route planning in France is www.mappy.fr. Please allow approximately £100 for all motorway tolls.

To get across the English Channel there are plenty of ferry services, plus the Eurotunnel. Try www.eurotunnel.com, www.speedferries.com or www.poferries.com.

If you want to take a more leisurely drive down to Plagne Montalbert, there are ample opportunities to stop off in scenic and interesting tourist spots. The following hotel groups all have a large number of hotels en route. Their web sites are in English, often include local tourist information, and offer on line booking facilities:

www.accorhotels.com
www.premierclasse.fr

By Air
There are four airports within easy reach of Plagne Montalbert – Geneva and Lyon (approximately 2.5 hours), Grenoble (approximately two hours) and Chambery (approximately one hour). All can be reached by low-cost airlines; so take a look at these sites to get the best deal. Remember, low-cost airlines offer the best prices to early bookers!  We have just teamed up with Satellite Travel who specialise in ski flights to the Alps from a range of regional airports in the UK. Booking can be made on line at www.satellitetravel.co.uk or please contact them on 0208643 3666. Please mention Mountain Heaven when booking.

www.easyjet.com
www.britishairways.com
www.bmibaby.com
www.flybe.com
www.jet2.com
www.thomsonfly.com
www.flyglobespan.com
www.ryanair.com
www.ski-flights.com

Car Hire
We are now pleased to offer highly discounted car hire to all of our guests, for 2007/8 we are now offering 15% discount on all car hire, the amount will be added to your final invoice. If arranging car hire yourself and you are arriving at Geneva airport hire the car on the Swiss side of the airport as this is much easier.

Please note that whilst traveling in the Alps snow chains are mandatory from December to April and you can be fined and denied access to the mountains if you do not have them.

All cars in Switzerland come with chains/tyres but our prices do not include them and it is a mandatory extra charge payable locally- this is typically approximately £20. At French airports snow chains are not automatically provided and you must request them, however sometimes even if not requested they will be in the car and you must pay for them if taken. The cost will be approximately €30 - €40 payable locally.

Other charges will be incurred for extra requested items such as child seats and ski racks and in addition, small airports do often make a charge for “out of hours” collection and return of the cars.

Please ensure that you check carefully what you sign for at the airport as this is fully your responsibility and in addition it is advisable to fill the car with fuel before you return it as extra costs will be incurred for refueling should it be necessary.

Please note that we are acting as agents on behalf of the car hire companies and any complaints must be directed to them and not us

Transfers
We are very pleased to announce our new transfer partners for the forthcoming season. We have chosen these partners as they offer a more personalised service and we will be pleased to book these on your behalf at no extra cost. These partners are:

Alpine Cab who offer a private transfer service from all of the airports our guests come in at and their vehicles are mostly equipped with  DVD players and as most are  4X4’s .

Transfer Intelligence who offer the whole range of travel options from scheduled buses to shuttle buses & private cars to helicopters.

In order to be able to book these we will need your flight details although we will be able to give you an estimated cost at the time of booking. Please book early as transfers fill up quickly especially for the peak weeks.

Please note that we are acting as agents on the behalf of Alpine Cab and Transfer Intelligence and so any complaints must be directed to them and not us.

A number of other transfer companies also operate across the Alps and you may book these yourself please contact  Resorthoppa, Cool Bus or ATS.

Bus
You can reach La Plagne by bus from Chambery, Lyon or Geneva airports. If you come by this method you must alight at Aime and get a taxi to Montalbert (about €30) or at weekends there are frequent local bus services

Pre-booking of the buses is advised (but is essential during the busy periods), please see the following web sites for more information and on line bookings:

Rail
There are two options - Eurostar and The Snowtrain and these stop in Aime and take only about 8 hours from Waterloo station. Then get a taxi to Plagne Montalbert which is about €30. Note on the way back you cannot rejoin at Aime only at Bourg St Maurice or Moutiers. We cannot arrange taxis for you this must be done via the tourist office or done privately.

Please note that the trains only arrive/depart on a Saturday and for those of you with very early morning arrivals and/or late departures you cannot get into the chalet apartments before 4pm and must leave by 10am. We will endeavour to store you luggage at your own risk

Final Information
To help you we have now included a downloadable final information pack - please click here to obtain it.

We are partners of chalet food and we can deliver all your groceries to your chalet apartment. To order simply click on the logo opposite and quote Mountain Heaven.