Saint-Martin-de-Belleville is roughly 144 km from Geneva Airport, and the drive takes just under two and a half hours in good conditions. It is the first resort you reach in the Belleville valley, below Les Menuires and Val Thorens. Montivo drives it privately and door to door; nobody else shares the vehicle, and its price is fixed at booking rather than charged per head.
Landing at Geneva
Flight monitoring means the driver works to your aircraft rather than the timetable, so a delay at the other end does not cost you your transfer. Inside the terminal, the driver meets you and leads the way to the vehicle. Put the flight number on the booking so we know whether you will come out on the Swiss or the French side.
From Geneva to the Belleville valley
From the airport it is the A41 south past Annecy, the A43 towards Albertville and then the N90 up the Tarentaise to Moutiers. Moutiers is where the mountain driving starts: the road turns south out of the main valley into the Belleville valley and climbs steadily alongside the Doron de Belleville.
Saint-Martin, at about 1,450 m, is the first resort on that road. Guests for Les Menuires and Val Thorens still have the higher climb ahead of them when you arrive, which makes this the shortest of the three Belleville transfers.
Staying low, skiing high
Saint-Martin suits guests who want to stay in a real village and ski the Three Valleys from it. The lifts from the village connect with Les Menuires and Meribel, so the rest of the area is within reach on skis. For the transfer, the lower altitude means a shorter drive and less mountain road than the resorts higher up - Val Thorens sits some 850 m above the village at the head of the valley.
Changeover Saturday
On winter Saturdays every resort in the Tarentaise changes guests at once, and all of that traffic uses the N90 between Albertville and Moutiers. At Moutiers the Belleville valley road then takes on the share bound for three resorts. Being the lowest of them helps a little, because you leave the queue before the upper climb, but the crawl out of Moutiers is the same for everyone. Allow extra time in both directions; the Saturday rate is there because the day is longer.
Transfer to Saint-Martin-de-Bellevillefrom €300 per vehicle, Saturday €400
Price for your dateStandard or VIP?
Up to eight passengers travel in Standard. VIP carries a maximum of seven, in a higher-specification vehicle with more room around each seat. A bigger party books two vehicles, or more, and pays for each.
Car seats and ski bags
Child seats are provided at no charge, but they need to be on the booking, together with how old each child is, so the right ones are fitted. List skis, snowboards and oversized cases on the booking as well, so the vehicle has space for all of it rather than just for the passengers.
Finding the chalet in Saint-Martin
Saint-Martin is a traditional village of stone and timber, much older than the resorts above it, and some of its lanes are narrow and steep. Accommodation ranges from chalets among the old houses to apartments near the lifts, with more chalets in the hamlets along the valley road.
The exact address matters more than usual here. Saint-Martin, Les Menuires and Val Thorens all belong to the commune of Les Belleville and share a postcode, so an address that reads only "Les Belleville" could be in any of the three. Give the street, the hamlet if there is one, and the chalet name.
The departure pick-up
We set the time by counting back from your flight: the descent to Moutiers, the Tarentaise and the motorway north, then check-in with ski bags at Geneva. Starting lower makes the first part quicker than from the resorts above, but a Saturday departure still needs the extra margin. A return is booked as two legs, and each is charged at that day's rate.
