Turin to Tignes

let the train take the strain :D

daved wrote:let the train take the strain :D

It would be a bit of a walk with the luggage. The train line finishes at Bourg St Maurice.

Hire cars at Turin airport aren't normally supplied with winter tyres or chains, you have to pay extra for them. In the province of Aosta it's mandatory to either use winter tyres or carry chains between the 15th October and 15th April. The route via the Fréjus tunnel will cost 53 Euro each way in tolls, if conditions are good the journey will take about 3½ hours. The route via the Mont Blanc tunnel will cost 92 Euro in tolls and takes about 4 hrs

If you decide use public transport the route is:

Bus from the airport to Turin Porta Nouva station
Train from Turin to Chambery
Train from Chambery to Bourg-St. Maurice
Bus from Bourg-St. Maurice to Tignes

Travelling time will be between 5½ and 7½ hours. The winter time tables aren't published until December; the easiest place to check times is via the German railways website http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/index.shtml

try

http://www.raileurope.co.uk/default.aspx?tabid=92

Torino to Tignes its a long journey.unless there are 5 or you and each saving hundred on the flight by the time you pay say fifteen euros motorway in Italy[i][i] plus tunnel 50euros and another tenner to Chambery and further 6-7 to end of mitorway on Tarentaise valley and after 4-5 hours journey ( that is if the tunnel goes with no queue I suggest cancel flight to Torino ,buy one to Lyon ,grenoble Geneva or Chamber/ Aux des Bains[/i] and from there within 2hrs max you will be on the slopes.Less travel-more skiing is the formula me thinks :)