St Gervais Getting Here

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One of the great advantages of ski holidays in St Gervais is its proximity to Geneva airport - less than an hour away from all our ski chalets in Saint Gervais. There is a direct road into the town from the airport which remains open throughout the ski season.

Book Airport Transfers Now!

You can book your airport transfer to St Gervais through MyFrenchChalet. You will be met in the arrivals hall at the airport directly from your flight and taken to your chalet. If you would like to book your airport transfers through us then please email us and include the following:

• name of party
• number of people
• chalet
• one way or return
• flight number and arrival/ departure time at Geneva
• baby seat required

or book online directly with ATS (Airport Transfer Service) using this link: Airport Transfer Service

Getting to St Gervais (Plane and Transfer)

By Plane

Geneva is the closest airport to St Gervais (90km). If you book your flights well in advance you can get some truly exceptional deals (and with our ski holiday accommodation it will be a bargain!). We have known of return trips from London to Geneva for as little as €60 with EasyJet. For flight booking information please use these links:

BMIBaby: www.bmibaby.com

British Airways: www.britishairways.com

British Midland: www.iflybritishmidland.com

CrossAir: www.swiss.com

EasyJet: www.easyjet.com

RyanAir: www.ryanair.com

By Transfer - Car Hire

This is a fast and easy way to get to St Gervais and gives you flexibility for the rest of your holiday. Our advice is to hire the car from the Swiss side, a little bit more expensive than the French side but far less hassle and if you hire from the French side there is an additional Swiss road tax charge of €30. This takes approximately 1hr. For car hire information please use these links:

Alamo: www.alamo.com

Budget Car: www.budgetcar.com

EasyCar: www.easycar.com

Eurocar: www.eurocar.com

Hertz: www.hertz.com

Thrifty: www.thrifty.com

By Transfer - Public Bus

There are daily services between Geneva and St Gervais using the coach company SAT. Please call +33 (0)4 50 53 01 15 for information. Costs approximately €30 per person per single trip. This takes approximately 2hr. For bus booking information please use these links:

http://www.satobus.com/

By Transfer - Taxi

Taxi is a very luxurious way to get to and from Geneva airport - the journey to St Gervais is quick and comfortable but the price will be from approximately €160 for a 5 seater - so unless there are at least two of you travelling this is an expensive transfer. They will obviously drop you off directly at your St Gervais apartments. This takes approximately 50min.
Taxis Ranks - +33 (0)4 50 47 17 53

Alain Bergna (9 seats) - +33 (0)6 08 78 09 95
Taxi Bernard (6 seats) - +33 (0)6 20 15 89 89
Taxi Bobby (4 seats) - +33 (0)6 89 73 67 19
Taxi Alrude - +33 (0)6 08 78 09 95
Taxi Bouchard - +33 (0)6 80 60 80 49
Yves Burgal (7 seats) - +33 (0)6 80 38 93 59
Laurent Mabboux (4 seats) - +33 (0)6 07 48 27 31
Miage Taxi  - +33 (0)6 08 63 65 34
Dominique Roubert (4 seats) - +33 (0)6 08 82 70 10
Jean Jacques Stefen (5 seats) - +33 (0)6 08 63 49 12/ +33 (0)4 50 47 78 93

Getting to St Gervais (Road and Channel)

By Road

There is direct access to St Gervais via the Autoroute Blanche motorway (A40), part of the European motorway network. An average journey from Calais to St Gervais is 8 hours. Take the A26 towards Bethune, St Quentin, Reims, Troyes, then the A5, A31 towards Dijon, then A39 towards Dole, Bourge en Bresse, then the A40 (Geneva) but you head towards St Gervais/ Le Fayet. If you get an early channel crossing (about 9am) - you will easily be here in the evening. You can pay all the tolls by credit card.

By Channel

For channel crossing information please use these links:

Brittany Ferries: www.brittany-ferries.com

Direct Ferries: www.directferry.com

Eurotunnel:  www.eurotunnel.com

Hoverspeed: www.hoverspeed.co.uk

P&O Ferries: www.posl.com

SeaFrance: www.seafrance.com

Getting to St Gervais (Train)

By Train

From December to April, direct TGV from Paris to Saint-Gervais (5 hours). St Gervais/ Le Fayet railway station. Information and reservations +33 (0)8 92 35 35 35. For train booking information please use these links:

Eurostar: www.eurostar.com

SNCF: www.sncf.com/indexe.htm

Getting Around St Gervais

By Bus

The buses to the ski lifts are free on production of a lift pass. During the high season the service is very frequent, every 10-15min, but can get very busy. There is a bus stop conveniently located within two minutes walk of each of our St Gervais apartments. The bus stops are shown on the map.

By Car

There are free car parks at each of the major ski areas, except Le Brevent which costs approximately €4 per day.

By Taxi

See above.