TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
FLIGHTS
There has been an explosion of cheap flights on the market in the last few years which can be booked on line. Those operating into Geneva include:
www.easyjet.com from Liverpool, Gatwick, Bristol, Newcastle, East Midlands and Stansted.
Globespan from Edinburgh and Glasgow
bmibaby from Eastmidlands and Birmingham
flybe from Southhampton
British Airways from Manchester, Heathrow, City Airport
Swiss from London City Airport
To book flights we highly recommend Barrie and Sophie at Satellite Travel: www.satellitetravel.co.uk tel 020 86433666
but you can also try:
www.travel.kelkoo.com
www.charterflights.co.uk/flights/switzerland/geneva/
www.skyscanner.net
www.justtheflight.co.uk
www.flightcomparison.co.uk
www.expedia.co.uk
www.onetime.com
www.getmore4less.co.uk/geneva
www.seek365.co.uk/geneva_flights
www.volagratis.com
Geneva airport has a list of flight operators from UK and Ireland into Geneva on this site:
www.gva.ch/en/news/WinterFlightsFromUK/WinterFlightsUK_liste.pdf
TRAINS
Our nearst major railway station is Le Fayet / St. Gervais which has a connecting narrow guage railway link directly to Les Houches. You simply have to walk across the platform.
To Les Houches via St. Gervais from Paris.
There are fast speed TGV trains from Paris to St. Gervais at weekends. There is a night train from Paris to St. Gervais every day.
Visit www.tgv.com
BY ROAD
FROM CALAIS: It's about an 8 hour drive from Calais to Les Houches. Most of our guests prefer to avoid Paris by continuing on the A26 autoroute to Laons, Chalons and Troyes and then on the A5 to Dijon. There is a new road after that: the A39 that passes Lons-Le Saunier to Bourg en Bresse. After that Geneva is signposted on the A40. Passing Geneva you are on the "Route Blanche" or A40 autoroute signposted Chamonix and the Mont Blanc tunnel.
APROACHING LES HOUCHES About 20 km from Chamonix you'll climb a very long bridge. After the bridge you'll pass through two small tunnels. Directly after the second tunnel there is an exit marked Les Houches. Take this and you will come to a T junction with the Bellevue cable car right opposite you. Turn right. Keep straight on till you come to a roundabout, (the only roundabout in Les Houches!). Take the second exit. Ignore the tiny left turning. After this the main road swings left (there's a signpost on the corner marking lots of guest houses including Chalet Savoy) and the road will start to climb. You will swing round several corners, one to the right and one to the left. Very soon you will see the chalet to the left below slightly below the road. The name will be marked on a post box by the road and also on a sign on the building just after the chalet.
If you can't find us ring us. In fact it would be nice if you could ring us from around Geneva if you have a mobile to tell us how your journey is going so we know when you will be arriving.
Phone: +33 (0) 4 50545663
You can use this link for a Mappy route plan.
Your itinerary : From Calais To Les Houches
But please note that at the very end of the route where it suggests the shortcut up Chemin de la Ravanière it is best to carry on up Route des Chavants and go round the hairpin instead.
You can use this link for a ViaMichelin route plan.
Calais - Chalet Savoy
But please note that when it gets to Les Houches Via Michelin tries to take you up a road that is only suitable for 4x4 vehicles. Please follow the above instructions from Bellevue cable car at the end of your journey.
Bon Voyage.