Flights

Travel Snapshot
Fly to a wide choice of local airports e.g. Geneva, Lyon, Chambery or Grenoble

Low Cost Airlines fly from regional UK airports - eg BMI, EasyJet, Ryanair

Airport Transfers - we can organise these for you

Let the Train take the strain Eurostar to Bourg St Maurice and 30 minute taxi to the Chalet

Self Drive gives you total flexibility and we have plenty of free private parking at the chalet

Chalet Arrival Directions see village map in this section

General Travel Advice - we are happy to help you if we can in any way, so please ask

However, in the summer, to maximise flexibility in resort, we recommend hiring a car (or self drive) as there are many areas to visit which are not accessible by public transport.

Flights
You can fly from most UK airports to Geneva or Lyon, from where it is about a two and a half hour drive to Tignes Les Brévières. Ryanair have also recently launched a service to Grenoble which is even closer to the resort. Listed below are those airlines that fly from various airports in the UK, where they can get you to, and links to their online booking pages.

Flights with airlines such as Easyjet can cost as little as £59 pp return. Easyjet also now fly to Geneva from Bristol, Newcastle and Nottingham.

n.b book as early as possible to get the cheapest fares.

Train
Travel to the Alps by train has become increasingly popular since the inauguration of a weekly, direct service to the French Alps from London St Pancras and Ashford International. It proved so popular that Eurostar introduced an additional weekly service in the shape of an overnight Ski Train - allowing travellers to extend the standard six-day holiday by two days to enjoy the piste. The service runs to Bourg St Maurice from which it is a 30 minute bus or taxi ride both available on arrival at the train station. There is a choice of three different rail options:

Option 1
Direct Service (no changes required) - Daytime Eurostar
www.eurostar.com
Departs London St Pancras Saturday morning (approx 10:00) with a journey time of 7 hours 20 minutes. The return service leaves Bourg at approximately 10:00 on Saturday and arrives back at London Waterloo at about 16:00. The cost is around £270 return.

Option 3
Direct Service (no changes required) - Overnight Eurostar
www.eurostar.com
Departs London St Pancras on Friday evening (approx 20:30) with a journey time of 9 hours arriving on Saturday morning at around 06:30. Travel is in standard Eurostar carriages. Arrival in the resort can be from 07:00 if not earlier. Clients will depart resort late evening on Saturday and catch the 22:00 departure from Bourg St Maurice, arriving back in London at 08:15 on Sunday morning. The cost is around £270 return.

Option 2
Eurostar via Paris or Lille
www.raileurope.co.uk
Leave London St Pancras on Friday afternoon (approx 17:30), on the Eurostar to Paris Gare Du Nord where you connect with the overnight sleeper train to Bourg St Maurice, arriving at 08:45 on Saturday morning. On the overnight trains, travel is in a couchette compartment. These sleep six people and are equipped with pillows, blankets and sheets. Departure will be the following Saturday evening at around 19:15, returning to London St Pancras at 09:30 on Sunday morning. The cost is around £250 return.

The costs:
The cost of driving depends, of course, on how many passengers you cram into your car. You'll pay from around £130 return to take your car with one passenger on a short channel crossing. Allow around £200 for petrol, depending on fuel consumption. Don't forget French motorway tolls - the trip from Calais to Albertville and back will cost around £100.

The options for crossing the channel are:
Cross the Channel early on a Friday morning and return nine days later on the Sunday - giving you both Saturdays in resort. After a full day on the final Saturday, driving towards the Channel for a few hours before stopping for the night means you won't find Sunday's journey too demanding.

Airport Transfers
Car Hire
This can be a reasonable option, especially if you can fill the car. All airports have car hire desks, as does Bourg St Maurice, if you want to make it a one way journey. You should always book in advance, and specify if you need snow chains and/or a ski rack. Directions to the chalet in Tignes Les Brevieres can be found below.

Avis
Hertz Limited
Europcar

IMPORTANT: Please note that the Col Du Petit St. Bernard and the Col De L'Iseran are OPEN from early June to the end of October - depending on conditions.

Private and Shared Taxis
There are several private companies that specialise in taxi and minibus transfers from Geneva or Lyon airport to the chalet.

One of the best is the Airport Transfer Service company - they offer private or shared transfers and will pick up from any airport serving the resort (Lyon, Geneva, Grenoble) and drop off at the chalet. A shared taxi costs about under 80 Euro each way (about the same price as sharing the cost of hiring a car for a week between 4 people). You can book online at www.a-t-s.net

Please email us at SkiBrev for details of other taxi companies (chris@skibrev.com).

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