Lyon Saint-Exupery to Courchevel is roughly 188 km and takes about two hours twenty in good conditions. It is further than Geneva in kilometres but often quicker in practice, because almost all of it is motorway. Montivo drives it privately, door to door, at a price fixed per vehicle.
Why people fly into Lyon
Lyon is the alternative to Geneva for the Tarentaise, and for some travellers it is the better one: flights are sometimes cheaper, the airport is calmer at Saturday changeover, and there is no border to deal with. The drive is mostly open motorway rather than valley road, so the journey time holds up better in bad weather than the distance suggests.
Meeting your driver at Lyon
Lyon Saint-Exupery is compact and straightforward. The flight is monitored and the driver meets you inside the terminal and walks you to the vehicle. Give us your flight number at booking.
The drive to Courchevel
Motorway east from Lyon towards Chambery and Albertville, then into the Tarentaise valley to Moutiers, then the climb to Courchevel. Only the last forty minutes or so is genuine mountain road; the rest is fast, predictable driving.
Saturdays
Saturday is changeover day in the Three Valleys and the section from Albertville to Moutiers carries everything at once, whichever airport you flew into. Lyon transfers feel the same bottleneck, just later in the journey. Allow more time and expect the Saturday rate.
Transfer to Courchevelfrom €300 per vehicle, Saturday €420
Price for your dateStandard or VIP
Standard for up to eight passengers, VIP for up to seven in a higher specification vehicle. Groups larger than one vehicle are priced as the number of vehicles needed.
Children, skis and luggage
Child seats free when requested at booking with the children's ages. Declare ski and snowboard bags so the vehicle sent fits both people and equipment.
Arriving in Courchevel
Courchevel is a series of villages up one mountainside: Le Praz, Courchevel Village, Courchevel Moriond and Courchevel 1850 at the top. They are several minutes apart by road, and 1850 is booked as its own destination; for the others, book Courchevel and give the exact address.
Going home
For a Lyon departure we work back from the flight time and allow for the descent to Moutiers plus the motorway run. Because the motorway section is reliable, Lyon returns need slightly less padding than Geneva ones, but ski luggage at check-in still takes what it takes.
