The drive from Chambery Airport to Les Arcs is roughly 122 km and takes about an hour and three quarters in good conditions. Most of it is motorway and valley road; the climb to your station starts at Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Montivo drives it privately, door to door, and the price is per vehicle, fixed when you book, so a full family pays the same as a couple.
Four stations above one town
Les Arcs is not a single village. Arc 1600, 1800, 1950 and 2000 sit at different heights on the mountainside above Bourg-Saint-Maurice, and the number in each name is roughly its altitude. Arc 1800 is the largest, Arc 2000 the highest. They share the ski area but each has its own final approach, so the booking needs the station and the residence name, not only "Les Arcs".
Arc 1600 can also be reached by the funicular from Bourg-Saint-Maurice. If you would rather ride it up than be driven, raise it when you book.
At Chambery airport
You are met inside the terminal by your driver, who walks you out to the vehicle. We track the flight from the number you give at booking, so a late landing from the UK moves the pick-up rather than cancelling it. On a winter Saturday, with several flights landing close together, the small terminal gets busy, and being met in person means you are not searching the crowd for your transfer.
Up the Tarentaise to Bourg-Saint-Maurice
The A43 and A430 take you from Lac du Bourget to Albertville with little delay. The N90 then follows the Tarentaise past Moutiers and Aime to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the town at the upper end of the main valley. That is where the mountain part of the drive begins, as the road leaves the town and climbs in a series of bends towards the Arc stations. The drivers know the road in winter, and fresh snow slows this last section more than anything below it.
Saturday around Bourg
Bourg-Saint-Maurice is the point where the changeover traffic for Les Arcs, Tignes, Val d'Isere, Sainte-Foy and La Rosiere all meets. On a Saturday the town and the valley below it can be slow for long periods, and there is no alternative road. We price Saturday separately because the journey genuinely takes longer, and we allow for it on the return.
Transfer to Les Arcsfrom €300 per vehicle, Saturday €455
Price for your dateVehicles, child seats and skis
Standard seats up to eight passengers, while VIP, a higher-specification vehicle, seats up to seven. A party too large for one vehicle books the number it needs, each priced per vehicle. Child seats are free when requested at booking with the ages of the children, and ski bags, snowboards and oversized luggage should be declared so a vehicle with room for them is sent.
The way back to Chambery
Pick-up for the flight home is set backwards from your departure time. It allows for the descent from your station to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the Saturday queue through the valley, the motorway and a check-in that is at its busiest on changeover day. Book the return along with the outbound; each leg is priced at the rate for the day it runs.
Why Chambery suits Les Arcs
For Les Arcs, the airport that shortens the journey most is the one nearest the valley. A Geneva transfer reaches Albertville only after the run past Annecy, and a Lyon transfer adds the motorway from Lyon to Chambery. From Chambery the whole trip is shorter than either, provided there is a flight on your dates.
