Courchevel to Zermatt

We will not have a car. Can anyone recommend the best way of getting from
Courchevel to Zermatt?

Thanks

Richard

Light aircraft from Courchevel

Nigel

Richard and Barbara wrote:
We will not have a car. Can anyone recommend the best way of getting from
Courchevel to Zermatt?

Thanks

Richard

Without it costing a fortune!

Richard

Hi

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 21:07:23 +0200, David Off
wrote:

Richard and Barbara wrote:
Without it costing a fortune!

Richard


hitch... in other words find someone who is doing the same trip when you
want to go.

Is there not a bus from Courchevel to the Geneva Airport?
And than with railway till Zermatt.

Johannes

"David Off" wrote in message
...
Richard and Barbara wrote:
Without it costing a fortune!

Richard


hitch... in other words find someone who is doing the same trip when you
want to go.

You could hitch a ride on one of the many tour operator buses going to
Geneva airport on Saturdays and Sundays, then train from there. There are
also scheduled bus services between Courchevel and Geneva airport, but they
are not cheap

http://www.rail.ch/pv/index_e.htm for train timetable and prices

http://www.gva.ch/en/transport/tpublics2.asp for bus timetables


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Zermatt is in a car-free zone. The public road ends at Täsch railway
station. All visitors including the very rich have to come by train.

Hope that helps a little bit
Turan

We will not have a car. Can anyone recommend the best way of getting from
Courchevel to Zermatt?

I don't think you can do it in one day without a car.

You must at least take a bus from Courcheval to Moûtiers. Then from Moûtiers
to Geneva, you can either take a bus or a train. Then from Geneva, you can
take regular Swiss trains to Brig. Then from Brig you get on the special train
to Zermatt.

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:48:58 GMT, (Usenet user) wrote:


We will not have a car. Can anyone recommend the best way of getting from
Courchevel to Zermatt?

I don't think you can do it in one day without a car.

Except you then go on to show how it _can_ be done.

You must at least take a bus from Courcheval to Moûtiers. Then from Moûtiers
to Geneva, you can either take a bus or a train.

The only train services from Moutiers to Geneva go via Albertville,
Lyon or even Milan, so you're looking at a minimum five hour trip. Bus
services are about three hours, IIRC.

Then from Geneva, you can
take regular Swiss trains to Brig. Then from Brig you get on the special train
to Zermatt.

The swiss railway site, www.sbb.ch is very useful, and shows the
following connections:

Station Date Arr. Dep.
Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bai 21.10.03 8:56
Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux 10:16 12:28
Culoz 13:01 13:49
Genève 14:45 15:18
Visp 17:32 17:37
Zermatt 21.10.03 18:43

Duration of journey : 9:47
runs Mo - Sa, no 1., 11. Nov

Station Date Arr. Dep.
Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bai 21.10.03 12:08
Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux 13:35 13:59
Milano Centrale 17:55 18:10
Brig 19:57 19:57 Walk
Brig FO/BVZ 20:04 20:25 BUS 317
Täsch 21:32 21:35
Zermatt 21.10.03 21:46

Duration of journey : 9:38
runs Fr, also 21. until 26. Oct

Station Date Arr. Dep.
Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bai 21.10.03 16:39
Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux 17:54 18:16
Genève 19:38 21:18
Visp 22.10.03 23:39 5:30
Zermatt 22.10.03 6:54

Duration of journey : 14:15
runs always

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"Richard and Barbara" wrote in message
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We will not have a car. Can anyone recommend the best way of getting from
Courchevel to Zermatt?

Thanks

Richard



Going off the Swiss railways information site
(http://www.sbb.ch/pv/index_e.htm) it looks possible to get from Moutiers to
Zermatt by bus and train in 8 or 9 hours.
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Michael MacClancy

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We will not have a car. Can anyone recommend the best way of getting from
Courchevel to Zermatt?

Thanks

Richard

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As everyone else has written, Geneva to Zermatt is straightforward and
the Swiss Federal Railways site (www.sbb.ch) is highly useful.

The French end of the trip is more problematic. In my experience its
best to forget the idea of a train, and take one of the regular,
albeit expensive, buses run by Cars Martin. From Courchevel I think
there is a connecting service to Moutiers. Timetable (and fares) are
at : www.alpskibus.com with links in English. Courchevel is 64 EUR
one-way or 104 EUR. Journey time from Moutiers to Geneva is 2 hours
(scheduled with good conditions and no traffic jams).

Some tour operators MAY have spare seats on transfer coaches, but they
seem to have realized that its an opportunity for making some cash, so
don't count on
this method.

Either way it is best to change at Geneva Airport: there are lots of
trolleys which can be taken down into the station by escalator, there
are a couple of decent bars and restaurants (a pizzeria above the
station). The Gare Routiere (Bus Station) is just far enough from the
main station in Geneva to be inconvenient, particularly when lugging
skis), and the station itself is quite crowded, lots of steps etc.

About the best timing is as follows:

arr dep

Courchevel ??:?? -- probably 1 hour earlier
Moutiers ??:?? 12:20
Genève-Aéroport 14:20 15:09
Visp 17:32 17:37
Zermatt 18:43

So 6:23 from Moutiers, probably an hour longer from Courchevel itself,
but three simple changes. Its expsnsive though, at least 120 EUR
one-way!

For anyone interested in going the other way, there is a ticket office
for the buses on the arrival concourse of the airport, abuot halfway
along its length.
Sticking to the airport for changing from train to bus is even more
worthwhile in this direction, as the facilities at the Gare Routiere
are rudimentary.

Hope this helps,

Jerry Clough