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Taken the option of travelling by overnight Direct Eurostar to Tignes this
year. Will get 8 days ski-ing for the price of 6, which can't be bad. Can anyone offer any useful advice / tips. Thanks |
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:31:49 +0100, "Neil Walker"
wrote: Taken the option of travelling by overnight Direct Eurostar to Tignes this year. Heh. They've extended it then? I presume you realise that it goes as far as Bourg st, Maurice and you'll have to get a bus/taxi for the last 15 miles? Will get 8 days ski-ing for the price of 6, which can't be bad. Can anyone offer any useful advice / tips. Check the bus times, or be prepared to pay about 60 euros for a taxi. The buses only run about every two-three hours and can sometimes be booked up, so it's probably worth booking in advance. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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Thanks, I did know that the train only went that far and have assumed that
the tour operator would get me from train to resort. As the train arrives at 06:57 I don't fancy hanging around for hours waiting for a loal transfer. "Ace" wrote in message ... On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:31:49 +0100, "Neil Walker" wrote: Taken the option of travelling by overnight Direct Eurostar to Tignes this year. Heh. They've extended it then? I presume you realise that it goes as far as Bourg st, Maurice and you'll have to get a bus/taxi for the last 15 miles? Will get 8 days ski-ing for the price of 6, which can't be bad. Can anyone offer any useful advice / tips. Check the bus times, or be prepared to pay about 60 euros for a taxi. The buses only run about every two-three hours and can sometimes be booked up, so it's probably worth booking in advance. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:31:42 +0100, "Neil Walker"
wrote: "Ace" wrote in message .. . I presume you realise that it goes as far as Bourg st, Maurice and you'll have to get a bus/taxi for the last 15 miles? Thanks, I did know that the train only went that far and have assumed that the tour operator would get me from train to resort. As the train arrives at 06:57 I don't fancy hanging around for hours waiting for a loal transfer. If it's booked through a tour operator they almost certainly will also arrange coach transfers as part of the deal. Check with them first. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:37:18 +0200, Ace wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:31:49 +0100, "Neil Walker" wrote: Taken the option of travelling by overnight Direct Eurostar to Tignes this year. Heh. They've extended it then? I presume you realise that it goes as far as Bourg st, Maurice and you'll have to get a bus/taxi for the last 15 miles? Will get 8 days ski-ing for the price of 6, which can't be bad. Can anyone offer any useful advice / tips. Check the bus times, or be prepared to pay about 60 euros for a taxi. The buses only run about every two-three hours and can sometimes be booked up, so it's probably worth booking in advance. Took this a couple of years ago with a tour op. Train works really well, you can get some sleep and you arrive early enough to get the extra days skiing unlike taking the snowtrain. We went with a tour op and they used a taxi to get us to Val. That cost either £40 (i think) or 40 euros. I thought that was fairly reasonable and I'd do it rather than take the bus but the bus station is next to the train station. Take lots of alcohol for the trip. We didn't take much but others (old uns) on the train had done it before and were all ready - gin drips etc! Train quietened down about 1am and people dozed for the evening. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ |
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Check the bus times, or be prepared to pay about 60 euros for a taxi. The buses only run about every two-three hours and can sometimes be booked up, so it's probably worth booking in advance. We did it last year (2nd week in Jan I think) and had no problems getting on a bus up to Val (which is a bit past Tignes of course). We certainly didn't book but we got straight on the next bus, waiting maybe half an hour at the very most. I seem to recall the frequency of the service being rather more regular then every 2-3 hours - once an hour at worst I think. The bus was about 10-12 euros each and the cabs were, as you say, about 60. There was 4 of us so the savings from going on the bus were not massive. The main bus company is called something like "Autocars Martin". I'm sure they have a website... |
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:57:06 +0100, "Jon"
wrote: Check the bus times, or be prepared to pay about 60 euros for a taxi. The buses only run about every two-three hours and can sometimes be booked up, so it's probably worth booking in advance. We did it last year (2nd week in Jan I think) and had no problems getting on a bus up to Val (which is a bit past Tignes of course). We certainly didn't book but we got straight on the next bus, waiting maybe half an hour at the very most. I seem to recall the frequency of the service being rather more regular then every 2-3 hours - once an hour at worst I think. I did it on a Sunday, when they're considerably less frequent. I'd have needed to wait 2.5 hours for the next one, having got there around midday. Also, the following Saturday there was _no_ chance of getting a bus back down unless you'd pre-booked it. I ended up hitching a lift down to pipck up the Geneva bus from Bourg. The bus was about 10-12 euros each and the cabs were, as you say, about 60. There was 4 of us so the savings from going on the bus were not massive. The main bus company is called something like "Autocars Martin". I'm sure they have a website... Correct on both counts. -- Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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