 We offer a unique selection of French ski chalets to rent in some of the most popular ski resorts in the French Alps. Getting to our ski chalets is easy. The area is well served by a number of cheap airlines as well as major airlines like British Airways and Air France. If booked in advance, tickets with easyjet, bmi and thomsonfly can cost as little as £30 return. Ryanair fly to St.Etienne, 65 km outside Lyon, and provide efficient bus service to the centre of Lyon, from where there are trains and buses to various destinations in the Alps.
Another simple way to access ski chalets and appartments we offer for rent in the French Alps is to fly to Geneva with easyjet and drive from there, it is a short drive to some French ski resorts. British Airways operate regular flights to Lyon throughout the year. In the last two years, faced with competition from cheap airlines, they have considerably reduced their prices and if booked in advance tickets can be very reasonably priced.
www.britishairways.com regular flights from Heathrow to Lyon’s main airport, St.Exupery, otherwise known as Lyon Satolas.
www.easyjet.com regular and often cheaper flight from London Stansted to Lyon St.Exupery as well as Geneva in Switzerland
www.ryanair.com regular flights from London Stansted to St.Etienne, 65 km from Lyon
www.flybmi.com flights from Heathrow to Lyon, St.Exupery during the skiing season, from December to April, on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
www.thomsonfly.com regular flights from Coventry, Doncaster-Sheffield & Bournemouth to Lyon, St.Exupery
www.satobus.com The site for the bus service from Lyon airport into the centre of Lyon, lists the timetables and fares.
www.altibus.com Bus service from the airport Lyon, St.Exupery to some of the ski resorts. It also operates from all major railways stations in France to all major ski resorts
www.lowfareflights.co.uk The site compares the latest airfares of the low-cost airlines from the UK
www.cheapflights.com The site for airlines from all UK airports.
Consider flying from your local airport to Paris then on to Lyon, or to Geneva in Switzerland
www.opodo.co.uk Cheap flights to various European destinations
www.ski-flights.com UK travel specialist flying you to the snow this winter
From the USA
Check www.airfrance.com for flights to Lyon of Geneva in Switzerland. Otherwise, consider flying to London with the British Airways, United, Virgin Atlantic or Delta and then taking one of the low-cost airlines listed above.
www.britishairways.com
www.virgin-atlantic.com
www.unitedairlines.com flights from major US airports to London and Paris
www.aa.com American airlines flights from major US airports to London and Paris
www.delta.com flights from Rochester to Lyon via Cincinnati (or Atlanta) and Paris
Aiport Parking
Start your holiday in France by saving on your UK airport parking.
www.flypark.co.uk
www.uk-airport-car-parking.co.uk |
 From London to Lyon take the main motorway A216, A26 & A6.
Distance from London 915 km, estimated driving time 8 hours
From Lyon, take directions to Chambery, Albertville and from there to
your resort. Most our resorts are within no more than 2 hours drive
from either Lyon or Geneve.
Distances to resorts and estimated driving times:
Lyon – Meribel 180 km; 1 hour 50 min
Lyon – Megeve 206 km; 2 hours
Lyon – Valmorel 172 km; 1 hour 40 min
Lyon – Chamonix 216 km ; 2 hours 15 min
Lyon – Serre Chevalier 253 km ; 3 hours |
Geneve – Meribel, 192 km; 2 hours
Geneve – Megeve 64.5 km; 0.35 min
Geneve-Valmorel 185 km; 1 hour 55 min
Geneve-Chamonix 76.5 km; 0.45 min
Geneve-Serre Chevalier 247 km; 2 hours 45 min |
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 Eurostar.com London to Lyon trains, with a change over either in Paris
or Lille, take around 6 hours, and that is from the centre of London to
the centre of Lyon, with no waiting and having to arrive just 30 min before the Eurostar departure. NB: While in Paris one has to take 3
stops by metro from Gard du Nord to Gard de Lyon, in Lille it’s only a matter of changing platforms. If booked more than two weeks in advance, these tickets can cost as little as €130 return.
voyage-sncf.com To book tickets on French railways, including speed trains TGV (“Trains de Grand Vitesse) which will take you from Paris to Lyon in less than 2 hours! This might be a good alternative to second-leg flights following trans-Atlantic flights.
RailEurope.com Another site to book train tickets on French railways. |
www.Accor.com handles on-line bookings for several hotel chains.
There is a number of budget hotels along French motorways:
Formule 1 - less than €30/night
1ere Class – less than €30/night
Etap - €30 to €40 /night
Ibis - €45 to €65 /night
Novotel, Mercure and Sofitel all about €60 to €90 /night.
Guidesdecharme.com Charming hotels and B&B. |
