Allow about two hours forty minutes in good conditions for the roughly 158 km from Geneva Airport to Peisey-Vallandry, the villages above Landry that sit between Les Arcs and La Plagne in Paradiski. The transfer is private and door to door, with only your group in the vehicle, and the price - per vehicle rather than per person - is fixed at booking.
First, the airport
We follow the flight, so if it is late the pick-up simply moves with it. Inside the terminal the driver is there to meet you and walk out with you to the vehicle. Geneva's Swiss and French sides have separate exits, so the flight number on the booking matters.
Beyond Moutiers, past Aime
The route is motorway to Albertville - the A41 past Annecy, then the A43 - followed by the N90 up the Tarentaise. Unlike the Three Valleys resorts, Peisey-Vallandry does not leave the main valley at Moutiers: the N90 carries on past Aime, where the La Plagne traffic turns off, as far as Landry. Compared with the Three Valleys, more of the journey is on the main valley road and less of it is mountain road.
At Landry the road leaves the valley floor and climbs in a series of bends to Peisey village at about 1,300 m. Plan Peisey and Vallandry are higher again, at about 1,600 m, on the wooded slope across the valley from La Plagne. That last climb is the part snow affects, and the drivers know it well in winter.
Changeover on the N90
On a winter Saturday the whole stretch from Albertville to Landry is shared with changeover traffic bound for Les Arcs, Tignes, Val d'Isere and La Plagne, and as far as Moutiers with the Three Valleys too. Peisey-Vallandry guests leave the N90 before Bourg-Saint-Maurice, but by then they have already sat through most of the slow section. Allow extra time; the Saturday price reflects the longer day. A Saturday departure meets the same traffic coming down the valley, so the pick-up for the return is set earlier.
Vehicle size
A Standard vehicle carries up to eight passengers, a VIP vehicle up to seven, finished to a higher specification. Groups larger than that are priced as two or more vehicles.
Transfer to Peisey-Vallandryfrom €300 per vehicle, Saturday €420
Price for your dateChild seats and equipment
No charge for child seats, as long as they are requested at booking together with each child's age. Put skis, boards and large cases on the booking too, so there is space for the equipment as well as everyone travelling.
Peisey, Plan Peisey or Vallandry
Peisey-Vallandry is several places under one name: the old village of Peisey lower down, Plan Peisey and Vallandry higher up where the lifts are, and the hamlets towards Nancroix further up the valley. Between the lower village and the upper ones is a climb of around 300 m, so book with the exact address, not just the resort name. In the dark and in snow, the wrong one is a long way from the right one.
The lifts are part of Paradiski, linked to Les Arcs, and the Vanoise Express cable car crosses the valley to La Plagne, which makes this a quieter base with the whole of Paradiski within reach by lift.
The return to Geneva
The departure time is set by working back from your flight, allowing for the bends down to Landry, the length of the Tarentaise to Albertville, the motorway north and the check-in queue at Geneva with ski bags. If you book both ways, the outbound and the return are each charged at the rate for the day they run.
