Grenoble to Bourg St Maurice?

EileenG

Anyone know the best way to get to Bourg St Maurice from Grenoble airport? We are flying in with Ryanair, so we land mid evening. We'd like bus or train, hiring a car is the least favourite option.

Rhymenocerous

You can take a bus, straight from Grenoble airport, to Bourg Saint Maurice during the winter season, which costs about €45 one way, and €65 return. It usually departs three times daily on transfer day (saturday). You can check details, and book online at http://www.agbus.fr/

Or else you can take a short taxi drive, or an airport bus to the train station. Tickets from there costs about €50 I think, and involves one change of train.

A private transfer would cost somewhere in the region of €250; so if there were five of you (for example), it would cost the same as the train and save a fair bit of hassle. So might be worth lookin' into if that's the case.

De_man

what resort are you planning to go to meribel, val, tigne etc?

i'd recommend you get a shared minibus transfer

www.a-t-s.net

we have travelled extensively around the alps for the ski seasons and they've never let us down,

Even when the flights are delayed ;)

EileenG

Ok, thanks for that. Probably going to Les Arcs. Got three children with us, and I think Les Arcs would suit them better than Tignes, even though they are all fit to ski black runs. Might go for Ste Foy or La Rosiere. So far, we've booked the flights and managed to get them to coincide with school. Everything else is still optional.

De_man

EileenG wrote: »

Ok, thanks for that. Probably going to Les Arcs. Got three children with us, and I think Les Arcs would suit them better than Tignes, even though they are all fit to ski black runs. Might go for Ste Foy or La Rosiere. So far, we've booked the flights and managed to get them to coincide with school. Everything else is still optional.

can relate to that:) shared minibus is the way to go then, when you book your accomodation they might do a deal for you


They'll have a great time in les arcs especially since the introduction the cable car link to La Plagne it's a huge area.

Try and sort out your accom asap, especially since the trip coincides with
the school hols, when in france self catering is the way to go.
realistically, your choice of destination is now down to accom availability and suitability

Ste Foy (excellent especially when Val d'isere and Tignes is skiied out after a powder dump) if your kids do a lot of miles in a day forget this place

La Rosiere, great links with La Thuile (italy) i still enjoy skiing across the borders:D

EileenG

Not too worried about accommodation, there's a little hotel in Seez which is cheap, has a great breakfast and where I've always got accommodation even in school holidays. Even better, there is a free bus that goes from outside the door right to the funi. And you get a 20% discount on lift pass if you stay there.

I've skied in Les Arcs a few times, usually staying in the Youth Hostel so I know my way round it pretty well. Don't know La Plagne yet.

Poster King

Only time we flew into Grenoble we hired cars. Stayed in Peisy Nancroix (beneath the Paradiski Cable Car the links Les Arcs with La Plagne) Drive was easy, good roads all the way, and having the cars during the week was great, I drove to other local resorts a few days for better snow. Hiring cars worked out much cheaper than a taxi transfer too, even with snow tires, ski racks etc.