Getting To Chamonix and Argentiere

Getting There by Air

Lyon: 220km (135 miles).
Geneva 80km (50miles).
Airport bus available, railway station in resort, on the St Gervais-Le Fayet/Vallorcine line.
Direct TGV (fast train) link from Paris on weekends.

Getting There by Rail

The TGV main lines from Paris :
Paris to Annecy
Paris to Lyon
Paris to Bellegarde
Paris to Chambéry - Aix Les Bains

Then connections by Train Express Régional (TER) to Saint Gervais Les Bains - Le Fayet located at 20 km from Chamonix.

The Mont-Blanc Express services the Chamonix Valley from Saint Gervais les Bains to Vallorcine at the swiss border.

Getting There by Road

Direct access via the « Autoroute Blanche » E25-A40 linked with the European motorway network.
16 km from Switzerland via the Col des Montets
A 15 km 15 km from Italy via the Mont-Blanc Tunnel

A regular public bus service links Chamonix with:
- Geneva (timetable and rates : winter, spring and summer)
- Courmayeur (timetable and rates : autumn, winter and spring, summer)