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Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:18:35 GMT

Hi,
Can anyone let me know what the drive is like from Geneva (airport) to Val d'Isere? Typical journey time & ease of directions?
Cheers,
Rob

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:26:09 GMT

It will be around 2 hours long, depending on Traffic. Its mostly ok, but you have to be carefull after Bourge st Maruice as the roads get narrow and people generaly drive quite fast. But if you take your time you should be ok.

220 km (about 2 hours 39 mins)

1. Head south on Route 1/Boulevard Georges Favon toward Rue du Stand
Continue to follow Route 1

1.0 km

2. Turn right at Route 1/Boulevard du Pont d'Arve
Continue to follow Route 1
Go through 1 traffic circle

1.4 km

3. Turn left at Route 1/Route des Jeunes 0.4 km

4. Merge onto A1a via the ramp on the left to E25/E62/Perly/Lausanne
Toll road
3.9

5. Take exit 1 to merge onto A1/E25/E62 toward France
Toll road
Entering France

2.1 km
6. Continue onto A401
Toll road
1.2 km

7. Continue onto A41 (signs for A40/Archamps/Annemasse/Annecy/Grenoble/Chamonix-Mont-Blanc/Turin/Milan)
Toll road
Speed camera in 23.9 km
70.2 km

8. Take exit 13-14 toward Chambery/Albertville/Grenoble
Partial toll road
2.0 km

9. Merge onto N201
Speed camera in 2.9 km
6.3 km

10. Continue onto A41/A43
Partial toll road
9.7 km

11. Take the exit toward Turin/Milan/Albertville/Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Toll road
1.3 km

12. Merge onto A43
Toll road
17.8 km

13. Continue onto A430 (signs for A430/Albertville/Tarentaise)
Partial toll road
14.6 km

14. Continue onto N90
Speed camera in 3.1 km
Go through 2 traffic circles
57.6 km

15. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto D1090 heading to N90/Seez
Go through 1 traffic circle
2.2 km

16. Slight right at D902/Route de Val-d'Isere (signs for D902/Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise/Tignes/Val-d'Isere/Villaroger)
Continue to follow D902
10.1 km

17. Turn left to stay on D902
Go through 3 traffic circles
18.1 km

18. Enter Place Jacques Moufflier 41 m

Also you should learn how to put chains on the car if your going up there

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:57:41 GMT

Hi ,

As TheoBane mentions you should get a little practice in fitting snowchains,as once past Moutiers if the weather and roads are bad the police can turn cars back that do not have chains, you can find well priced chains on the internet RUUD chains are a very good make and cost around GBP45 on average.

If the roads from Moutiers to Bourg-Saint-Maurice are ok to drive at the other end of BsM is a SuperU hypermarket which if you go in and over in the far right corner is a section for snowchains, again the road from Sainte-Foy onwards is very twisty and can be quite slick in snowy weather......try and avoid the drive on a Saturday from about 1pm - 2pm onwards if you can as the road is the only one up to Val and also serves La Plagne, La Rosiere ,Ste-Foy and Tignes and can be rammed if you catch it wrong.

Once or twice i have been stood outside a friends house in Villaroger and the traffic has been backed up all the way up the valley.

On saying all this though on a sunny ,cold ,crisp day with fresh snowfall it's truely a great scenic drive.

Have great time and an enjoyable safe trip.

jon.

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:59:41 GMT

You don't have to follow the autoroute which I believe is a longer route, you could come off at #annecy and follow the lakeside road to Albertville and pick up the N90 there.

If a Saturday afternoon in high season, or bad weather you can easily add on another hour to the journey time.

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:15:24 GMT

Hi DB,

Thats a good point , turning off the A41 at the Annecy Sud junction the route through Annecy is easy to follow as you just follow the green signs for Albertville, and the drive by the lake although sedate has some lovely scenery, i usually stop of at the boating club midway for a coffee and a sandwhich and just watch the world go by for half an hour or so :D :D

jon

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:10:18 GMT

:lol:

Annecy ranks very highly on my list of best places to see. The views are simply stunning by the lake.

Hello Mr Doyle, welcome to the forum.

OK, just a quick point, but your question states

Geneva (airport) to Val d'Isere?

so I am assuming you will be using a rental vehicle. It may be worth your while to pre-book some chains, or at least check the prices for them, as they will be an addon. They may also want to "charge" extra for the fitting of winter tyres, so I suggest you read this thread as well Hire Car - Cost of Winter Tires

Hope you have a good trip.

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:58:54 GMT

Hi Again,

FQ makes a good point about pre-booking chains from the aiport.....are you using car hire from the French or Swiss side, if using the French side, you will have to add a note requesting snowchains if booking over the internet,or verbally via phone (but do get email confirmation they have been included) as they are not included when hiring from the French side.....on the Swiss side i am pretty sure they are,as are snow tyres.

jon. :D

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:01:00 GMT

:thumbup:Hi Again,

Sorry i have abrain like a seive, for car hire check out Autoeurope at www.auto-europe.co.uk or by phone on 0800 169 9797 ,i have used them for years and find them to be pretty damn good :thumbup:

jon.

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:25:14 GMT

We always hire a car at Geneva, I hate transfer services. We drove to Val last year - traffic was bad, with no major pile-up just SWOT and took almost 4 hours. Another thing re hire cars - if you get it on the French side, watch out for them not doing ANYTHING to winterise the car; we had a frozen diesel issue, and had to leave the thing in Val and get a taxi back. Also, you need a Swiss motorway sticker thing...

On the Swiss side, they winterise and put snow tyres on - es la lei - but also it's often more expensive than on the French side (but then, the sticker is taken care of..). Try the www.carrentals.co.uk web crawler - it's great watching the price of the rental falling as it crawls more sites...

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:50:12 GMT

Timeforabeer wrote:We always hire a car at Geneva, I hate transfer services. We drove to Val last year - traffic was bad, with no major pile-up just SWOT and took almost 4 hours. Another thing re hire cars - if you get it on the French side, watch out for them not doing ANYTHING to winterise the car; we had a frozen diesel issue, and had to leave the thing in Val and get a taxi back. Also, you need a Swiss motorway sticker thing...

On the Swiss side, they winterise and put snow tyres on - es la lei - but also it's often more expensive than on the French side (but then, the sticker is taken care of..). Try the www.carrentals.co.uk web crawler - it's great watching the price of the rental falling as it crawls more sites...

Once you start getting near Geneva on the A40 you will see a sign that says " Telepherique de Seleve" ,once you see this sign keep an eye out for an industrial unit on the right hand side of the road, and a large silver factory with it's name in big red letters saying SAMU ,once you see this you are near the exit for the A411 ,when you see this exit ( it will be on the right hand side in Blue signage with white lettering) take this exit and it will take you back into Geneva via the french side so you do not get stuck on the Swiss motorway and get stung for the "Vignette- 30euro".

Once on this road carry straight on through the checkpoint and over the cross raod and on past the football field, the next turning on the right if you take this will put you on the main road through Geneva, which ends up at the bottom end of the lake, go over the bridge and take the road round to the right and just follow the signs for Ferney and the airport.

All the best

jon.

Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:20:21 GMT

Rob Doyle wrote:Hi,
Can anyone let me know what the drive is like from Geneva (airport) to Val d'Isere? Typical journey time & ease of directions?
Cheers,
Rob

Hi Rob,

If you PM me your postal details I will print off and send you a route map etc.

All the best

jon.

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:01:50 GMT

Hi all,
Cheers for the suggestions so far.
I will have a satnav for the trip it appears. Will this be a benefit or not do you think?
We're arriving into Geneva at 3:30pm local time.
Cheers again,
Rob

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:15:41 GMT

Hi Rob,

A Satnav should be ok, are you taking one or is it supplied with the car? (not sure if you mentioned which side of Geneva you are picking up your car ,French or Swiss)...if it's the French side when returning back to Geneva make sure before you get near Geneva that it is sending you back the French way otherwise you may get stuck paying the 30euros "vignette" for the luxury of using 3 mile stretch of Swiss motorway :thumbdown:

Apart from that I don't see there being a problem with using one.

Jon.

Re:Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:16:48 GMT

Hi Jon,
I'm taking a Satnav with me (avoids cost of rental!). We will be taking picking the car up from the Swiss side.
Cheers for your help,
Rob