Getting to Tignes is relatively easy and by most methods from the UK you
should allow a day to travel there and get settled in. Access to Tignes from the
UK is very similar to that of most other European resorts. It is
driveable in
one day but driver changes are advisable and in France they recommend 2 hour
sessions and frequent stops at their excellent motorway service stations or rest
/ picnique areas.
Other choices available are by flying, from any of the main UK airports to
either Lyon, Geneva, Grenoble or Chambery or by train via the Euro Tunnel, via
Paris to Bourg St Maurice. We will cover these further on.
Once you reach the resort travelling within it is very easy as there is a very
efficient system of buses known as the “Navette”. These run free of charge from
Tignes Les Boisse, down by the dam to Tignes Le Lac every 30 minutes from 8:45am
to 6:45pm as well as from Le Lac via Le Lavachet to Val Claret, starting hourly
from 6.30am to 8:30am and then from 8:30 to 6:30 every 30 minutes and then again
hourly from 8:30pm to Midnight. There is also a chargeable bus service between
Tignes Le Boisse and Val D’Isere but be warned if you get stuck over there with
your skis after 5;30pm you will end up catching a taxi back!
Paris 669km 415 Miles 6hrs 42mins
Lyon Airport 238km 148 Miles 2hrs 40mins
Chambery Airport 133km 83 Miles 1hrs 33mins
Geneva Airport 183km 114 Miles 2hrs 07mins
Calais Port 950KM 590 Miles 9hrs 14mins
Boulogne Port 923Km 574 Miles 9hrs 10mins
Grenoble Airport 163Km 101 Miles 1hr 49mins
Bourg St Maurice 32Km
20 Miles 0hrs
45 mins