By road, La Plagne is roughly 184 km from Grenoble Airport and about two hours twenty away in good conditions: motorway to Albertville, the Tarentaise valley to Aime, then the climb to your village. Montivo drives it privately and door to door, and the price is per vehicle, fixed when you book rather than charged per passenger.
Met inside the terminal
Your driver meets you inside Grenoble's terminal and walks you to the vehicle. With the flight number in the booking we monitor the flight, so the pick-up follows the time it actually lands. Grenoble's winter flights, many of them from the UK, are concentrated on weekends, and Saturday is the day the airport is at its busiest. The airport is not in Grenoble itself but at Saint-Etienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, about 40 km to the north-west.
The route to Aime
Motorway carries you most of the way: the A48 from the airport to Grenoble, the A41 north-east along the Isere and the A43 to Albertville. The N90 then takes the valley up past Moutiers to Aime, the small town below the main La Plagne road. Chambery airport is closer to La Plagne and worth comparing if its flights suit you; from Grenoble, the extra distance is almost all motorway.
Up to the villages
From Aime the road climbs a long series of hairpins to the high stations, Plagne Centre and Aime La Plagne among them, with Belle Plagne and Plagne Villages beyond. The high stations sit at around 2,000 m, so from the valley floor at Aime this is a climb of well over a thousand metres. Not every village is on that road. Montchavin and Les Coches are reached from Bellentre, further up the valley, and Champagny-en-Vanoise from Bozel, which is reached from Moutiers rather than Aime. The village, not the resort name, decides the drive.
Changeover day
Saturday is the slow day in the Tarentaise. The N90 carries changeover traffic for every resort, and the road up from Aime is shared by all of La Plagne's arriving and departing guests, in coaches and minibuses as well as cars. The drive takes longer than the good-conditions figure, and the Saturday rate reflects the extra time.
Transfer to La Plagnefrom €320 per vehicle, Saturday €475
Price for your dateStandard, VIP or more than one vehicle
Standard vehicles carry up to eight passengers and VIP vehicles up to seven, with a higher specification and more room each. For a larger group the booking prices however many vehicles are needed.
Child seats, skis and luggage
Ask for child seats at booking, with the ages of the children, and there is no charge. Declare skis, snowboards and oversized luggage too, so there is room for the kit as well as the people.
Book the right village
Belle Plagne, Montalbert and Champagny-en-Vanoise each have their own entry in the booking form, because the drive to them is different; for the other villages, book La Plagne and give the full address and residence name. That includes Plagne Centre and the other high stations, such as Plagne Bellecote, Plagne Soleil and Aime La Plagne. Plagne Centre and Belle Plagne are purpose-built stations high on the mountain, while Montchavin and Champagny are older villages lower down, so the address really does decide where the driver stops.
Getting back to the airport
For the flight home we set the pick-up by working back from departure time: the descent to Aime, the Tarentaise, the motorway back through Grenoble and on to the airport, and check-in with ski luggage. Saturday returns start earlier. Return legs booked together are each priced at the rate for their own day.
