bus service between savoie resorts (tignes, les menuires) ?

Hi,

I'm going skiing in France early January, and reside in Les Menuires
(3 Vallees). However, we would like to go skiing for 1 day in another
Savoie resort, preferrably Tignes/Val d'Isere.

I wonder if there is a bus service running through the area, that
could bring us to another resort in a reasonable timeframe (max 2h).

Thx in advance,

Kevin, counting down to January 2 ...

On 1 Dec 2003 12:18:31 -0800, (kevin) wrote:

Hi,

I'm going skiing in France early January, and reside in Les Menuires
(3 Vallees). However, we would like to go skiing for 1 day in another
Savoie resort, preferrably Tignes/Val d'Isere.

I wonder if there is a bus service running through the area, that
could bring us to another resort in a reasonable timeframe (max 2h).

I don't think you'll find this easy by public transport. Not 100%
sure, but I think you'll need two changes, one in Moutiers and another
in Bourge. The middle bit could be done by train or bus, but the
latter are very infrequent, IIRC.

So you're probably looking at 3-4 hours absolute minimum, so not
really doable for a day's skiing. La Plagne would be similar, while
les Arcs might be slightly better in that you can get the funicular
directly up to Arc 1600 from Bourge (train station, right next to the
bus station), although I still think you'd need two buses to get
there.

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"Ace" wrote in message
...
| On 1 Dec 2003 12:18:31 -0800, (kevin)
wrote:
|
| Hi,
|
| I'm going skiing in France early January, and reside in Les
Menuires
| (3 Vallees). However, we would like to go skiing for 1 day in
another
| Savoie resort, preferrably Tignes/Val d'Isere.
|
| I wonder if there is a bus service running through the area,
that
| could bring us to another resort in a reasonable timeframe
(max 2h).
|
| I don't think you'll find this easy by public transport. Not
100%
| sure, but I think you'll need two changes, one in Moutiers and
another
| in Bourge. The middle bit could be done by train or bus, but
the
| latter are very infrequent, IIRC.
|
| So you're probably looking at 3-4 hours absolute minimum, so
not
| really doable for a day's skiing. La Plagne would be similar,
while
| les Arcs might be slightly better in that you can get the
funicular
| directly up to Arc 1600 from Bourge (train station, right next
to the
| bus station), although I still think you'd need two buses to
get
| there.

PDF format timetable/tariffs at
http://www.alpski-bus.com/pdf/tarifs-alpski-bus.pdf

Doesn't look simple.

Pete

kevin wrote:

Hi,

I'm going skiing in France early January, and reside in Les Menuires
(3 Vallees). However, we would like to go skiing for 1 day in another
Savoie resort, preferrably Tignes/Val d'Isere.

I wonder if there is a bus service running through the area, that
could bring us to another resort in a reasonable timeframe (max 2h).

Thx in advance,

Kevin, counting down to January 2 ...

As other posts have said it is not simple by public transport. I hitched
a couple of times from Val d'Isere to Courchevel and managed to get in
a good days skiing so it is possible. You'd need to allow a good couple
of hours at least (actually that's just for Val to Courchevel, I imagine
Les Menuires is a fair bit further).

Taxis are available and may be feasible if there is a group of you.

(kevin) wrote in message m...
Hi,

I'm going skiing in France early January, and reside in Les Menuires
(3 Vallees). However, we would like to go skiing for 1 day in another
Savoie resort, preferrably Tignes/Val d'Isere.

I wonder if there is a bus service running through the area, that
could bring us to another resort in a reasonable timeframe (max 2h).

Thx in advance,

Kevin, counting down to January 2 ...


You can find some informations about les menuires here :

http://www.your-holidays-in-france.c...smenuires.html


bye
Clementine

You might try speaking to TO reps - they quite often have excursions
to other resorts by coach