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Mountain Refresh - just 1 hour (46 miles) from Geneva airport

Flying

Airlines that fly to Geneva airport include:-

EasyJet from Luton, Gatwick, Stanstead, East Midlands, Liverpool, Bristol, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Newcastle Edinburgh, Glasgow
British Airways from London
Flybe from Southampton, Exeter, Isle of Man, Jersey, Norwich Newquay
Swiss from London City
Aer Lingus from Dublin, Belfast
Jet2 from Leeds Bradford, Manchester
Flybmi British midlands, bmibaby

Transfers from Geneva airport

Book your transfer here at ski-lifts
Alternatives include transfer-intelligence or A-T-S Door-to-door minibus transfers. Around 40 Euros each way per person.
sat-montblanc Buses from Geneva. Around 30 Euros each way.
alpybus.com Scheduled timetable with seats from as little as 19.60 Euros for a single.

If there are more than 2 of you it normally works out as cheap to hire a car rather than book a transfer.

Car hire from Geneva airport

Check the car comes with a Swiss motorway "vignette". If they don't, then be advised that the few miles you will do on the motorway leaving the airport with cost you around 25 Euros unless you use an alternative route out of Switzerland into France. In winter, check the car comes equipped with snow tyres.

If you decide that you just want a car for a day or so, then these can be hired locally from as little as 20 Euros per day.

For directions to Mountain Refresh see our directions.

Driving

From Calais it’s about 8 hours' of motorway driving. Expect to pay about £35 in tolls each way.

St Gervais & Les Contamines are just 15 minutes from the Sallanches exit of the A40 Autoroute Blanche - see our directions.

The RAC have an excellent route planner that will help you to calculate driving times, routes and tolls. (Tip: put 'Les Contamines' in as your destination town.)

Ferry or channel tunnel

If you need to break your journey up, then we suggest hotelformule1. Around 20 Euros a night for up to 3 people Alternatively, check out accor group that lists a number of other hotel companies such as Mercure, Ibis and Novotel.