Driving to Val d'Isere from Geneva

Hi,
Can anyone let me know what the drive is like from Geneva (airport) to Val d'Isere? Typical journey time & ease of directions?
Cheers,
Rob

It will be around 2 hours long, depending on Traffic. Its mostly ok, but you have to be carefull after Bourge st Maruice as the roads get narrow and people generaly drive quite fast. But if you take your time you should be ok.

220 km (about 2 hours 39 mins)

1. Head south on Route 1/Boulevard Georges Favon toward Rue du Stand
Continue to follow Route 1

1.0 km

2. Turn right at Route 1/Boulevard du Pont d'Arve
Continue to follow Route 1
Go through 1 traffic circle

1.4 km

3. Turn left at Route 1/Route des Jeunes 0.4 km

4. Merge onto A1a via the ramp on the left to E25/E62/Perly/Lausanne
Toll road
3.9

5. Take exit 1 to merge onto A1/E25/E62 toward France
Toll road
Entering France

2.1 km
6. Continue onto A401
Toll road
1.2 km

7. Continue onto A41 (signs for A40/Archamps/Annemasse/Annecy/Grenoble/Chamonix-Mont-Blanc/Turin/Milan)
Toll road
Speed camera in 23.9 km
70.2 km

8. Take exit 13-14 toward Chambéry/Albertville/Grenoble
Partial toll road
2.0 km

9. Merge onto N201
Speed camera in 2.9 km
6.3 km

10. Continue onto A41/A43
Partial toll road
9.7 km

11. Take the exit toward Turin/Milan/Albertville/Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Toll road
1.3 km

12. Merge onto A43
Toll road
17.8 km

13. Continue onto A430 (signs for A430/Albertville/Tarentaise)
Partial toll road
14.6 km

14. Continue onto N90
Speed camera in 3.1 km
Go through 2 traffic circles
57.6 km

15. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto D1090 heading to N90/Séez
Go through 1 traffic circle
2.2 km

16. Slight right at D902/Route de Val-d'Isère (signs for D902/Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise/Tignes/Val-d'Isère/Villaroger)
Continue to follow D902
10.1 km

17. Turn left to stay on D902
Go through 3 traffic circles
18.1 km

18. Enter Place Jacques Moufflier 41 m

Also you should learn how to put chains on the car if your going up there

Hi ,

As TheoBane mentions you should get a little practice in fitting snowchains,as once past Moutiers if the weather and roads are bad the police can turn cars back that do not have chains, you can find well priced chains on the internet RUUD chains are a very good make and cost around £45 on average.

If the roads from Moutiers to Bourg-Saint-Maurice are ok to drive at the other end of BsM is a SuperU hypermarket which if you go in and over in the far right corner is a section for snowchains, again the road from Sainte-Foy onwards is very twisty and can be quite slick in snowy weather......try and avoid the drive on a Saturday from about 1pm - 2pm onwards if you can as the road is the only one up to Val and also serves La Plagne, La Rosiere ,Ste-Foy and Tignes and can be rammed if you catch it wrong.

Once or twice i have been stood outside a friends house in Villaroger and the traffic has been backed up all the way up the valley.

On saying all this though on a sunny ,cold ,crisp day with fresh snowfall it's truely a great scenic drive.

Have great time and an enjoyable safe trip.

jon.

You don't have to follow the autoroute which I believe is a longer route, you could come off at #annecy and follow the lakeside road to Albertville and pick up the N90 there.

If a Saturday afternoon in high season, or bad weather you can easily add on another hour to the journey time.

Hi DB,

Thats a good point , turning off the A41 at the Annecy Sud junction the route through Annecy is easy to follow as you just follow the green signs for Albertville, and the drive by the lake although sedate has some lovely scenery, i usually stop of at the boating club midway for a coffee and a sandwhich and just watch the world go by for half an hour or so :D :D


jon

:lol:

Annecy ranks very highly on my list of best places to see. The views are simply stunning by the lake.

Hello Mr Doyle, welcome to the forum.

OK, just a quick point, but your question states

Geneva (airport) to Val d'Isere?

so I am assuming you will be using a rental vehicle. It may be worth your while to pre-book some chains, or at least check the prices for them, as they will be an addon. They may also want to "charge" extra for the fitting of winter tyres, so I suggest you read this thread as well Hire Car - Cost of Winter Tires

Hope you have a good trip.

Hi Again,

FQ makes a good point about pre-booking chains from the aiport.....are you using car hire from the French or Swiss side, if using the French side, you will have to add a note requesting snowchains if booking over the internet,or verbally via phone (but do get email confirmation they have been included) as they are not included when hiring from the French side.....on the Swiss side i am pretty sure they are,as are snow tyres.


jon. :D

:thumbup:Hi Again,


Sorry i have abrain like a seive, for car hire check out Autoeurope at www.auto-europe.co.uk or by phone on 0800 169 9797 ,i have used them for years and find them to be pretty damn good :thumbup:


jon.