It is roughly 54 km from Geneva Airport to Annecy, a drive of a little under an hour in good conditions, almost all of it on the A41 motorway. Montivo runs it all year, privately and door to door, for the lake, the old town, weddings and business trips alike; the fare covers the vehicle and is fixed at booking.
A lake town, not a ski resort
Annecy is a year-round destination rather than a winter one. People come for the lake and the old town in summer, for weddings at venues around the shore, for conferences and business in the town, and for a weekend away at any time of year. The transfer is short, and a private vehicle saves working out buses and trains with luggage after a flight.
Met at the terminal
Your flight is followed from take-off, and when it lands, early or late, your driver will be waiting inside the terminal. Geneva has a French side as well as a Swiss one, and although Annecy is in France, the driver will be on whichever side your flight actually arrives at - the flight number at booking settles it.
The A41 south
From the airport the route joins the A41 south, running past the long ridge of the Saleve to the northern edge of Annecy. There is no mountain pass on the way, and the A41 is a toll motorway - the toll is included in the price. The slow parts of this route are the border near Geneva and the town itself at busy times, rather than the road in between.
Rush hours, Saturdays and summer
This route has its own busy times. On weekdays the border crossings around Geneva fill with cross-border commuters, many of them living in the Annecy area: towards Geneva in the morning, back into France in the evening. On winter Saturdays the A41 also carries ski traffic heading for the Tarentaise, and in July and August the roads around the lake slow down with holiday traffic. That is why pick-up times are planned rather than guessed, and why a Saturday has its own rate.
Transfer to Annecyfrom €135 per vehicle, Saturday €160
Price for your dateWeddings, groups and the choice of vehicle
Weddings bring whole groups through Geneva on the same day, often more people than one vehicle holds. A party of that size books the number of vehicles it needs, so nobody is split off onto a shared shuttle. If the venue is elsewhere around the lake rather than in Annecy itself, ask for a quote for that address through the custom request form.
Standard is for up to eight passengers. For a business arrival or the wedding party itself, VIP offers a higher specification for up to seven.
Children, bikes and golf bags
Tell us the children's ages at booking and suitable child seats are fitted free of charge. Anything bulky, such as bikes for the lakeside cycle path or golf bags, should be declared at booking so there is room for it.
Into the old town and beyond
Annecy's old town, built along the canals of the Thiou, is largely pedestrian, and vehicles cannot reach many of the hotels and apartments inside it. The driver pulls up at the nearest point a vehicle can reach, and from there you continue on foot.
Outside the centre, the town is bigger than visitors expect. Since 2017 Annecy has included Annecy-le-Vieux, Seynod, Cran-Gevrier, Meythet and Pringy, so an address that says only "Annecy" can be anywhere from the lakeshore to the business parks. Give the full street address and the name of the hotel.
Back to the airport
For the trip back, the pick-up is timed from your flight, with room for the border and the check-in queues at Geneva. On a weekday morning the commuter traffic is heading the same way as you, towards Geneva, so an early flight needs more margin than an afternoon one. Evening arrivals meet the same traffic in the other direction, going home into France.
