The European Gay Ski Week 2013

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Getting to Alpe d'Huez

Alpe d'Huez has a great location, when you get off the TGV in the Gare de Grenoble the transfer time to the resort is around 1¼ hours. If you are driving, the A380 autoroute coming within 60km of the resort and for those of you who are flying in, the airports of Grenoble, Chambery and Lyon all within a 1½ - 2½ hours transfer time and even if your flight is into Geneva the transfer shouldn't take much more than 3¼ to 3½ hours.

Please follow the links in the table below for specific details of the alternative ways of getting to and from Alpe d'Huez.

Flying
Chambery Airport >>>	Geneva Airport >>>	Grenoble Airport >>>	Lyon Airport >>>
Travelling by Train >>>		Driving to Alpe d'Huez >>>
Transfers by Coach
From Chambery Airport >>>	From Geneva Airport >>>	From Grenoble Airport >>>	From Lyon Airport >>>
From Grenoble Train Station >>>
Helicopter and Luxury / VIP road transfers >>>
Additional information if traveling from the UK >>>

Driving to Alpe d'Huez if you are travelling to Alpe d'Huez from within Europe, driving is undoubtedly the simplest method of getting there. France's autoroutes are not too busy around the end of March and the A480 autoroute ends within 61km of Alpe d'Huez and even when the weather is bad the road up to the resort is normally passable. It is essential even in March to bring snow chains in case of heavy snowfalls.

A good routing website which calculates the autoroute tolls and your fuel consumption is the ViaMichelin route planner, The ViaMichelin website also has a good number of links to potential stopover's and restaurants. ViaMichelin Route Planner >>>

In addition there is plenty of free parking available and conveniently located right next to Quartiers Les Bergers. If you want covered parking there are a number of pay and display covered car parks located around the resort. If you are staying in our principal hotel Le Pic Blanc there is a number of covered parking spaces available for residents. Please call or email the EGSW office for details.

Grenoble-Isere Airport is served by Easyjet, LOT, Ryanair, Transavia & Wizz Air with flights from Gurnsey, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Sweden & United Kingdom. The transfer time from Grenoble airport is 1½ - 2 hours

It is possible that other carriers may also serve Grenoble airport from other departure points and you are advised to check with the carriers from your Local Airports and or with Grenoble Airport.

For Grenoble-Isere airport >>>

For Transfers between Grenoble-Isere Airport and Alpe d'Huez

The European Gay Ski Week has a private transfer operating between Grenoble-Isere Airport amd Alpe d'Huez and the fare is 22€ each way.

Saturday 16th March - Departing Grenoble Airport promptly at 16.20. If you are using our transfer service please ensure that you have allowed sufficient time to collect your bags, pass through customs and get to the Transfer Coach (The European Gay Ski Week does not accept any responsibility for people missing the transfer coach).

Saturday 23rd March - Departing Alpe d'Huez promptly at 11.00. If you are using this service the European Gay Ski Week recommends that you do not book a flight where the check in closes before 14.30. (The European Gay Ski Week does not accept any responsibility for guests who miss their flights due to the late arrival at Grenoble Airport of the transfer coach).

We have also negotiated special EGSW passholder fare of £40.50 return on the Ben's Bus Transfer service from Grenoble to Alpe d'Huez and back again. You can also get one way tickets which are not discounted for £25.00. They run a regular service throughout the week and we would recommend that you use this service if your arrival or departure times do not fit in with our private transfer. You will receive a discount code for the Ben's Bus transfer service within your booking confirmation , Please ensure you enter it when making your booking or you will be charged the full fare.

Follow this link for a list of incoming flights to Grenoble and the corresponding transfers to Alpe d'Huez >>>

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport is served by the majority of European airlines and has flights from most of the major airports within Europe. The transfer time from Lyon is 2 - 2½ Hours .

Airlines serving Lyon airport >>>>

For Transfers Between Lyon Saint-Exupery and Alpe d'Huez

The European Gay Ski Week has a private transfer operating between Lyon Saint-Exupery and Alpe d'Huez and the fare is 32€ each way.

Saturday 16th March - Departing Lyon Airport promptly at 16.30. If you are using our transfer service please ensure that you have allowed sufficient time to collect your bags, pass through customs and get to the Transfer Coach (The European Gay Ski Week does not accept any responsibility for people missing the transfer coach).

Saturday 23rd March - Departing Alpe d'Huez at 09.30. If you are using this service the European Gay Ski Week recommends that you do not book a flight where the check in closes before 13.30 (The European Gay Ski Week does not accept any responsibility for guests who miss their flights due to the late arrival at Lyon Airport of the transfer coach).

Satobus run a regular service throughout the week and we would recommend that you use this service if your arival or departure times do not fit in with our private transfer service follow the following link for Satobus Booking >>>

Geneva International Airport is a major international hub and is served by a large number of the worlds airlines and has flights from all continents

Airlines serving Geneva International Airport >>>

For Geneva International Airport >>>

For Transfers Between Geneva International Airport and Alpe d'Huez

The European Gay Ski Week has a private transfer operating between Geneva International and Alpe d'Huez and the fare is 42€ each way.

Saturday 16th March - Departing Geneva Airport (Swiss side) promptly at 15.00. If you are using our transfer service please ensure that you have allowed sufficient time to collect your bags, pass through customs and get to the Transfer Coach (The European Gay Ski Week does not accept any responsibility for people missing the transfer coach).

Saturday 23rd March - Departing Alpe d'Huez Les Bergers at 09.30. If you are using this service the European Gay Ski Week recommends that you do not book a flight where the check in closes before 15.30. (The European Gay Ski Week does not accept any responsibility for guests who miss their flights due to the late arrival at Geneva Airport of the transfer coach).

Please be aware that there are no direct transfers between Geneva Airport and Alpe d'Huez. If you have to travel by public transport, it involves either a train and a coach. or two coaches and changing in Grenoble.

Chambery Airport is served by the following airlines FlyBe, Jet2, BA, Snowjet, Titan and some charter flights from Moscow. The transfer time from Chambery Airport to Alpe d'Huez is approximately 2 hours.

The number of carriers flying into Chambery does change from time to time so it is always worth checking with Chambery airport to see if any there are any carriers with routes that would be good for you.

For Chambery airport >>>

For transfers between Chambery Airport and Alpe d'Huez

The coach transfer service from Chambery airport is operated by Altibus. It is an awkward journey which we do not recommend, involving 1 or 2 changes changes en route.

For full infomation about thier timetables and prices please follow this link >>>

Private Taxi's, Car's and Minibus transfers are available, please see the airport website for details.

Traveling by Train:

Thehigh speed TGV has connections to most rail networks throughout Europe and goes directly into Grenoble Station. The transfer time from Grenoble station is 1 - 1½ hours.

For information regarding the french rail network use the following link to the SNCF >>>

Transfers between Grenoble Station and Alpe d'Huez

The European Gay Ski Week hasa private transfer operating between Grenoble station and Alpe d'Huez and the fare is 19.50€ each way.

Saturday 16th March - Departing Grenoble station promptly at 17.50. If you are using our transfer service please ensure that you have allowed sufficient time get from your train to the Transfer Coach (The European Gay Ski Week does not accept any responsibility for people missing the transfer coach).

Saturday 23rd March - Departing Alpe d'Huez at 09.30. If you are using this service the European Gay Ski Week recommends that you do not book your onward travel from Grenoble with a departure time earlier than 11.30 (The European Gay Ski Week does not accept any responsibility for guests who miss their connections due to the late arrival in Grenoble of the transfer coach).

Transaltitude run a regular service throughout the week from the coach station which is next to the train station and we would recommend that you use this service if your arival or departure times do not fit in with our private transfer service. follow this link for Transaltitude Booking >>>

Whitetracks Helicopter and Luxury Road Transfers

Whitetracks offers private & shared helicopter transfers & luxury road transfers to and from Alpe d'Huez and all the servicing airports starting from 314€ per peron per flight.

Transfer times

Airport Helicopter Road

Geneva GVA 45 mins 3½ hours

Chambery CMF 25 mins 1¼ hours

Grenoble St Geoirs GNB
23 mins 1¾ hours

Lyon St Exupery LYS 37 mins 2¾ hours

See Whitetracks brochures for full details

Private Helicopter transfers >>>

Shared Helicopter transfers >>>

Luxury Road Transfers >>>

Traveling from the UK

By Train there are three ways to book, you can book your entire journey via the Rail Europe or Eurostar or book the legs separately using the Eurostar site to book to Paris or Lille then the SNCF site to book your onward journey to Grenoble.

We have found that Rail Europe has been the most cost effective way of booking the entire journey in one go and the prices work out to be the same or lower than booking the separate legs ofthe journey with Eurostar and SNCF. Also Rail Europe does offer the possibility of changing in Lille rather than Paris which means changing platforms rather than having to cross Paris by metro from the Gare du Nord to the Gare du Lyon.

Rail Europe booking >>>

Eurostar booking >>>

SNCF booking >>>

Rail Europe are also very easy to contact by telephone.+44 17 3252 0550

Flying the following carriers fly into at least one of the main airports serving Alpe d'Huez. You can book online by following the links below

Lyon & Geneva	Chambery	Grenoble, Geneva & Lyon	Grenoble	Chambery & Geneva	Geneva

Also http://www.skyscanner.net/ is a great way to compare low cost carriers

Driving with the tunnel and the ferries it is remarkably easy to get across the channel. Fares on the ferries start at around £35.00 each way for a car or minibus with up to 9 passengers.

Once in France it takes around 9 hours to drive to Alpe d'Huez from Calais if you are using the autoroutes. The tolls are approximately 60€ each way..

If you want to avoid the toll roads, the journey time from Calais increases to around 13 hours, if you get an early crossing arriving in Calais by 7am and you should still be able to arrive in Alpe d'Huez by around 9pm.

*all charges are made in euro's, the sterling price is a guide price based on £1.00 = €1.10


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