Travel by Car

New motorway links have made driving to the French Alps quite an attractive proposition over the last few years. The journey takes 8 to 12 hours from Calais depending on how observant of the autoroute speed limits you are.

Tip: the Gendarmes are much more active north of Paris.

Once south of Paris, you will be lucky to see a police car, let alone get a ticket for speeding and if you sit at 70 mph, you will be one of the slowest cars on the road.)

Apart from the cost of the ferry or tunnel, you should allow about £60–£80 in petrol and £30 in tolls each way to/from Calais.

You should find your way to Albertville fairly easyly, from there take the N90 to Moutiers.

At Moutiers stay on the N90 toward Bourg St Maurice.

When you get to Bourg St Maurice follow the road through town until you get to the Mc Donalds roundabout, the sign for Tignes is on this roundabout.

Follow this road through Seez the next small village, be carefull not to miss the right hand turn for Tignes at the end of this village.

You will see the sign for Les Brevieres after about 18kms. The turning is on your right.

Drive through the village we are the last chalet on the right. You should see the chalet sign. Parking is 50m past the chalet.

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