The four Arc stations above Bourg-Saint-Maurice are roughly 187 km from Grenoble Airport, and the transfer takes about two and a half hours in good conditions, the last part a climb to whichever station you are staying in. Montivo drives it as a private, door-to-door transfer, and the price is per vehicle, fixed at booking.
Collecting you at Grenoble
Once your flight number is in the booking, we monitor the flight and move the pick-up to its actual landing time. Your driver is inside the terminal and walks you out to the vehicle. In winter Grenoble is a weekend airport, busy with UK arrivals on Saturdays. It is also out in the countryside at Saint-Etienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, around 40 km north-west of Grenoble, so the transfer never has to start in city traffic.
Grenoble to Bourg-Saint-Maurice
The A48 takes you from near the airport to Grenoble, then the A41 runs towards Chambery and the A43 on to Albertville. From there the N90 runs up the Tarentaise past Moutiers and Aime to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the town at the foot of Les Arcs. Beyond Moutiers the valley road is narrower and slower than the motorway, and it is the part that fills up on a busy day. Chambery airport is closer to Les Arcs, so if its flights suit you, compare the two.
Bourg-Saint-Maurice is the last town of any size before the climb. Optional stops can be added on some routes, so if you want to pick up groceries there, check at booking whether that is possible on yours.
Four stations, one mountainside
From Bourg-Saint-Maurice the road climbs to the stations: Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950 and Arc 2000, each named for its approximate altitude, so the drive to Arc 2000 is noticeably longer than the drive to Arc 1600. A funicular also runs from Bourg up to Arc 1600, but the transfer takes you by road to the station you are staying in.
Arc 1800, the largest, is itself several separate clusters of buildings, and Arc 1950 is built as a pedestrian village, so there the drop-off is as close as vehicles are allowed to go. Peisey-Vallandry shares the ski area but is reached on its own road from Landry, lower down the valley, and has its own entry in the booking form. Wherever you are staying, tell us the station and the residence name at booking.
Saturdays below Bourg
On changeover day the N90 between Albertville and Moutiers carries the traffic for every resort in the valley, and above Moutiers it is still carrying La Plagne, Les Arcs, Tignes and Val d'Isere. Then the road up to the Arc stations has its own queue of arrivals. Expect a longer drive than the good-conditions time; the Saturday rate reflects it.
Transfer to Les Arcsfrom €320 per vehicle, Saturday €475
Price for your dateVehicle options
Standard seats up to eight passengers, while VIP seats up to seven in a higher-specification vehicle with more space for each of them. A group bigger than one vehicle is priced as two or more.
Children, boards and bags
Child seats are free if you ask for them at booking and give the children's ages. Declare skis, snowboards and oversized bags at the same time, so the vehicle sent has room for the whole load.
Going home from Les Arcs
The return pick-up is worked back from your flight time, taking in the descent to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the length of the Tarentaise, the motorway back towards Grenoble and ski luggage at check-in. The higher your station, the longer the descent, so Arc 2000 needs more margin than Arc 1600, and a Saturday needs more again. Each leg of a return is priced at the rate for its day.
