Set at about 1,850 metres in the Belleville valley, on the road that continues to Val Thorens, Les Menuires is roughly 113 km from Chambery Airport; the transfer takes just over an hour and a half in good conditions. It is a private, door-to-door transfer, priced per vehicle and fixed at the moment you book.
Into the Belleville valley
The first part is straightforward: motorway from the airport to Albertville on the A43 and A430, then the N90 as far as Moutiers. At Moutiers the transfer turns off into the Belleville valley and climbs steadily past Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, the old village at about 1,450 metres, to Les Menuires. The drivers know the road in winter, and snow on the upper part is what most often slows it.
Sharing the road with Val Thorens
Les Menuires is the middle of three stops on one valley road. Everyone going to Val Thorens drives up through Les Menuires, and everyone leaving Val Thorens drives down through it, so on a Saturday the resort sees its own changeover traffic plus the traffic for the resort above. Add the N90 queue towards Moutiers and a Saturday transfer runs well beyond the good-conditions time. Saturday is priced at its own rate for that reason.
Meeting you at the airport
Chambery is small and seasonal, with most of its flights at the weekend and many of them from the UK. The driver meets you inside the terminal and walks you to the vehicle, and because the flight is monitored, the meeting time moves with the actual landing. All we need is the flight number, given at booking.
Finding your building
Les Menuires is spread along the mountainside in separate quarters: La Croisette at the centre, with Reberty, Les Bruyeres and others some distance away. With ski bags and children, the walk between them is not one you want to make in the dark, so give the full address of your residence or chalet at booking and the driver takes you to it.
Transfer to Les Menuiresfrom €280 per vehicle, Saturday €380
Price for your dateVehicles for your group
Standard takes up to eight passengers, VIP up to seven in a higher-specification vehicle with more space for each person. If the group needs two vehicles, you book and pay for two, and they travel together.
Children and luggage
There is no charge for child seats, but they must be requested at booking with the children's ages. Declare skis, snowboards and oversized luggage at the same time, so the vehicle that is sent can take them. Tolls and fuel are part of the price, and the amount shown at booking is the amount charged.
The journey home
We calculate the pick-up back from your flight, allowing for the descent through the Belleville valley with the Val Thorens traffic, the N90, and a check-in that will be busy if you are flying on a Saturday. A midweek departure meets far less traffic in the valley than a Saturday one. If you book the return at the same time as the outbound, the two legs are priced separately, by day.
Chambery, Grenoble or Geneva?
All three airports serve Les Menuires, but they do not start in the same place. Transfers from Grenoble come round via Chambery on the motorway, and Geneva transfers reach Albertville only after the run past Annecy. Chambery starts nearest the valley, so if its weekend timetable has a flight for you, it gives the shortest drive.
