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Geneva or Lyon for the Three Valleys: which airport, for which village?

Geneva is the airport most people book for the Three Valleys, and Lyon is the one that gets them there sooner. The difference is small on a clear road and disappears on a Saturday, which is why the real decision is about flights rather than kilometres. Here are the measured drive times from both airports to Val Thorens, Les Menuires, Méribel and Courchevel, what happens at Moûtiers, and how to choose.

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  • Swiss Alpine valley in winter with a motorway along the valley floor

    Zurich or Geneva: which airport for which Swiss ski resort?

    Switzerland is small enough that every resort looks close to both of its big airports, and large enough that the wrong choice costs two or three hours each way. The answer splits along a fairly clean line: Geneva for the Valais and the Vaud Alps, Zurich for the Grisons, central Switzerland and most of the Bernese Oberland. Here are the measured drive times from both airports, the exceptions, and the resorts where a third airport is worth a look.

    11 min read

  • Sunny Italian Alpine valley with a hairpin road leading to a mountain village

    Flying into Turin for the Milky Way, Cervinia and Monterosa

    Turin is the airport most skiers outside Piedmont never consider, and for a long list of resorts it is the closest one by a wide margin. It serves the Milky Way on the French-Italian border, the Monterosa valleys and Cervinia, and two French resorts that most people assume are reached from France. Here are the measured drive times from Turin, how they compare with Geneva, Milan Malpensa and the French airports, and the few resorts where Turin is not the answer.

    11 min read

  • Hairpin bends climbing a snowy mountainside in winter sunshine

    Grenoble airport for Alpe d’Huez, Les Deux Alpes and Chamrousse

    Grenoble Alpes-Isère is a small airport with one clear purpose in winter: it is the closest to the Oisans and to Chamrousse. It is also the one with the thinnest midweek timetable, which is why so many skiers bound for Alpe d’Huez and Les Deux Alpes end up flying into Lyon or Geneva instead. Here are the measured drive times from all four airports, what each extra half-hour or hour buys you, and how to decide.

    11 min read

  • A plane descending over an Alpine lake between snowy mountains

    Chambéry airport: when the Saturday flights make sense

    Chambéry is the airport most skiers bound for the Three Valleys should look at first, and the one that most often has no flight on their dates. Here is what it is closest to, measured on the road network, how a weekend-only winter airport shapes your week, and when Lyon or Geneva is simply the better answer.

    13 min read

  • Valley motorway leading from the lowlands towards snowy Alpine peaks

    The closest ski resorts to Geneva airport, ranked by drive time

    Fifteen ski resorts lie within two hours of Geneva airport on a clear road, and the order is not the one most people expect. Here they are ranked by measured drive time rather than by distance on a map, with what sets each apart for a week or a weekend — and the Saturday caveat that reshuffles the list.

    12 min read

  • People carrier unloading ski bags outside a chalet below glaciated granite peaks

    Geneva to Chamonix: bus, train or private transfer

    Chamonix is one of the shortest transfers in the Alps from Geneva, and one of the most confusing to plan: you land in Switzerland, ski in France, and have a choice of buses, shuttles, trains and private vehicles. Here is how each option really works, what it means with skis and children or on a late flight, and how long the road actually takes — measured on the network, not guessed.

    10 min read

  • Mountain shuttle train waiting at a covered platform with ski bags on luggage trolleys

    How to get to Zermatt from Geneva: train, Täsch or private transfer

    Zermatt has no road access for visitors, so the question is not only which transport to take from Geneva, but where you change from one to the next. Here is how the three options really work — the train all the way, a private transfer to Täsch and the shuttle train, or a mix — with road times measured on the network and an honest view of when each one is the better trip.

    11 min read

  • Hairpin road climbing to a sunny terrace of chalets with a gondola above

    How to get to Verbier from Geneva: train or transfer

    Verbier is one of the easier big resorts to reach from Geneva — one motorway, one valley, one climb — and still a journey worth planning, because the train and the road end in different places. Here is how each option works, when the train is the better trip and when a transfer is, and how the same questions apply to Crans-Montana, with road times measured on the network rather than guessed.

    11 min read

  • Snow falling on an airport apron at dusk while an aircraft is de-iced

    What happens to your ski transfer if your flight is delayed

    Winter flights into the Alps run late more often than summer ones: weather at both ends, de-icing queues, the occasional diversion. Here is exactly what happens to a private ski transfer when your flight does not land on time — what is automatic, what needs a message from you, and the few situations where acting quickly makes all the difference.

    13 min read

  • Line of vehicles climbing a snowy valley road to a ski resort at dusk

    Saturday changeover day in the Alps: how to plan around the busiest day of the week

    Most ski weeks in the Alps begin and end on the same day, and for a few hours every winter Saturday the whole mountain moves at once: the people leaving and the people arriving use the same airports, the same valleys and the same climbs. It is the busiest day of the week on every road we drive. Here is why it happens, where the queues form, how much time they add, and what you can do about it — from the flight you choose to the time you leave your chalet.

    10 min read

  • Van boot loaded with ski bags, a snowboard bag and suitcases in a snowy village

    Travelling to the Alps with skis and snowboards: bags, boots and what fits in the vehicle

    On a ski holiday the luggage decides the vehicle before the passengers do. Six people fit easily into a minibus; six people with six suitcases, six ski bags and six boot bags are a different calculation. Here is how much each of our vehicles actually carries, what counts as a piece of luggage, what airlines generally ask of skiers and snowboarders, and what to tell us when you book so that everything travels in the boot and nothing on your knees.

    11 min read

  • People carrier outside a chalet with a pushchair, children’s skis and suitcases

    Family ski transfers: children, car seats and getting through a long travel day

    A ski holiday with children starts with the longest day of the week: an early alarm, an airport, a flight, a baggage hall and a mountain road, all before anyone has seen snow. The transfer is the part of that day you can plan most precisely. Here is what to tell us about your children when you book, what the rules on car seats expect, how to fit naps and meals around the drive, and how to choose a vehicle that carries the family and everything a family brings.

    11 min read

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