Transport to and from Course Venue
Transport to and from Course Venue
All Guiding and Courses do not include the cost to the venue or valley base. Using the information provided here or in the accommadation or links section will help you make your travel arangements.We will endeavour to help you make any reservations but all payment must be paid to the service provider. Once we have met you at your valley base we will use our transport to shuttle folk to the venue of the day.
Getting to North Wales
There is an excellent direct train service from many major cities in the UK to Bangor station, which is on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park. Virgin trains run from London Euston to Bangor as part of the mail train service to Holyhead. Holyhead being a major ferrt link to Dublin in Irland. Train times are connected with local buses to Llanberis where we suggest you base yourself. There is also an excellent Taxi rank just outside the Train station where taxis can transfer you to Llanberis. £10 per taxi ride approx 2006!
Getting to Geneva nearest Airport to Chamonix base area
www.ryanair.com, www.easyjet.com, www.jet2.com, www.baairlines.com and www.bmibaby.com all have reasonable and reqular flights from many of UK airports to Geneva International Airport. Geneva Airport is about one and half hours drive South of Chamonix.
Geneva Airport to Chamonix
There are many ways of getting to and from the Airport.
Transfering by Car
If you are on a course with another person/s it may work out cheaper to hire a car from the Airport together for a week rather than everybody paying a transfer fee. This may help with any transport issues and add flexibility to yourselves. We can help connect all parties. If you are hiring a car it may be cheaper to hire the car from the French side of the Geneva Airport. The Airport has both a French and Swiss side accessed by a customs control point. Watch for the bell!
Transfer Company
The most popular method of transfer is by transfer mini bus. There are many companies that do this, plenty speak good English. The advanyage of this is that they wil pick you up and drop you off at your Hotel Door. Just watch out for on line booking systems that cancel your booking after you have made the booking! Best check all is OK by phone prior to leaving.
www.resortrides.com
Resort Rides an ideal transfer company for St Gervais, Megeave and Contamine.
Chamonix also. Andy and Mel are friends and run a great service.
www.chamvan.com
Bus
There is an excellent Bus services that leaves from infront of the main Arrivals door of Geneva Airport. Sometimes going via Geneva central. The Bus stops at La Feyat, st Gervais la Bain and Chamonix and infact stops outside the Chauminere Hotel where we recommend in Chamonix. It is very reasonable and takes about 2 hours from Chamonix to Geneva (30 euros each way 2006 price)
Bus timetable Chamonix to Geneva Airport winter 2007
|
Chamonix |
La Fayet |
Geneva Airport |
|
7.05 |
7.35 |
8.50 |
|
10.15 |
10.45 |
12.00 |
| 11.05 | 11.35 | 12.50 |
|
14.05 |
14.35 |
15.50 |
|
16.35 |
17.05 |
18.20 |
|
Geneva Airport |
La Fayet |
Chamonix |
|
8.00 |
9.30 |
10.00 |
|
11.00 |
12.15 |
12.45 |
| 13.50 | 15.05 | 15.35 |
|
15.45 |
17.00 |
17.30 |
|
17.00 |
19.05 |
19.35 |
Check out www.swisstravel.com
Train
It is possible to take the Euro Star from London to Paris and then take th Train to Chamonix easily. From Geneva Airport you have to take the train from down stairs to Geneva Central and then change again to get to Chamonix. This is the least used mode of transfer but still is very reasonable and not much longer than the Bus.
