01-09-2025
Accessing Les Deux Alpes: Your Complete Guide
Les Deux Alpes, a premier ski resort in the French Alps, offers year-round adventure with its vast glacier skiing and summer biking trails. This guide details the best ways to reach this high-altitude destination efficiently.
By Private transfer
For groups or families, a private transfer offers door-to-door convenience. Although more expensive than a bus, it allows for customized pick-up times and flexible routes.
Choose reliable services that operate throughout winter and summer; most vehicles are equipped for mountain driving and luggage transport.
By Car
Driving provides flexibility for families or groups, with Grenoble as the main gateway about 1.5 hours away via the A480 and D1091 roads. From Lyon or Geneva airports, expect 2-3 hours depending on snow conditions; park at designated lots near the base village and use free shuttles to slopes.
- Winter Tyres and snow chains or 4x4 are recommended for the final 12km mountain pass.
- Tolls apply on motorways.
- Fuel up in Bourg-d'Oisans
By Air
Fly into Grenoble Isère Airport (GNB), 90km/1.5 hours by transfer, or Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS), 180km/2.5 hours. Budget carriers serve both seasonally; pre-book private transfers with Alp Venture transfers
Geneva (GVA) works for Swiss-side access, adding 3 hours total.
By Train
High-speed TGV to Grenoble train station
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