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.

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

Car Hire
We will be happy to arrange discounted car hire for you with one of our partner car hire companies. 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.
10% discount on all car hire (15% for two or more cars)

Transfers
We have a number of transfer partners, either Resorthoppa or ATS, which we can book for you. Please contact us for a quote.

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. Please see the following web sites for more information. From Geneva - www.alpski-bus.com and from Lyon www.satobus-alps.com

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.

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

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