Les Deux Alpes, the Oisans resort known for its glacier skiing, sits at about 1,650 metres, roughly 220 km from Geneva Airport, and the transfer takes a little over three hours in good conditions. Montivo drives it as a private, door-to-door service: your group alone in the vehicle, no other passengers to collect on the way, and a single price for the vehicle, settled when you book.
Arrivals at Geneva
Your driver waits inside the terminal and brings you out to the vehicle. The flight is monitored, so if its arrival time slips, the pick-up slips with it. Include the flight number when you book: Geneva has a French side and a Swiss side, and the flight tells us which one to be at.
Grenoble, Bourg-d'Oisans and the Chambon dam
The first and longest part is motorway, the A41 south past Annecy and Chambery to Grenoble. Beyond Grenoble the road goes through Vizille and follows the Romanche upstream to Bourg-d'Oisans, where the Alpe d'Huez traffic turns off, and then carries on up a narrower stretch of the valley towards the Chambon dam.
Near the dam the road for Les Deux Alpes leaves the valley and climbs through Mont-de-Lans, bend after bend, to the resort. That climb and the valley road below it are where the weather makes the difference, and the drivers know both in winter.
When two resorts change over at once
Les Deux Alpes and Alpe d'Huez both change guests on a Saturday, and both are reached by the same Romanche valley road through Bourg-d'Oisans. With no second way in from Grenoble, the valley slows for everyone, in both directions. Saturday transfers are priced at their own rate because the drive takes longer, and a Saturday departure means an earlier pick-up.
One long main street
The resort is laid out along one long main street, with hotels, residences and chalets either side and on the slopes behind. It is longer than most people expect, and an address at the wrong end means a long walk with luggage, so give the full address at booking and the driver goes to that door.
Venosc, linked to the resort by gondola, is down in a different valley and reached by its own road. Tell us at booking if your address is there.
Transfer to Les Deux Alpesfrom €350 per vehicle, Saturday €450
Price for your dateWhy not Grenoble or Lyon?
Geneva is the long way round to Les Deux Alpes, and it is fair to say so. Grenoble airport is about half the distance. Lyon Saint-Exupery is also nearer, has no border to cross and is usually calmer on a changeover Saturday. Montivo runs this transfer from both, so if their flights work for you, compare them. If Geneva is where the best flight lands, most of the extra distance is motorway.
Standard or VIP for three hours
Standard seats up to eight passengers. VIP seats up to seven in a higher-specification vehicle and gives each person more room, which counts for more on a drive of this length than on a short hop. When there are more of you than one vehicle holds, the booking prices the number of vehicles required.
Seats for children, space for skis
Child seats are included at no charge; add them when booking, with the children's ages. If you are bringing skis, snowboards or unusually large bags, put them on the booking as well, so we send a vehicle with the load space.
Heading home
The return pick-up comes from your flight time, taken backwards: check-in with ski bags, the motorway from Grenoble, the valley road and the descent from the resort, with more time on a Saturday or after snow. Expect to leave earlier than the three-hour figure alone suggests. The return is priced as its own leg, at the rate for its day.
