Travel to Val Thorens

Here, there's information about travel to Val Thorens - trains, flights, travel by car, buses, transfers, taxis, and car hire.

Travel to Val Thorens: by Car

If you travelling to Val Thorens by car, head to Albertville.

From Albertville, take the N90 to Moûtiers, then from Moûtiers, the D117 leads to Val Thorens via St Martin de Belleville and Les Menuires.

This map shows Val Thorens:

These are the legal requirements for driving in France.

Insurance

It is compulsory to have at least 3rd party insurance that's valid in France.

Documents

You must have with you your driving licence, registration document, and insurance papers.

Items to carry

You must carry the following items:

• country sticker if a non-French car (display on rear of vehicle)
• warning triangle
• high-vis jacket for each person in the car

Speed limits

These vary according to whether the weather is fine, or wet. The limits are as follows (fine/wet):

• Urban areas - 50kmh
• Outside towns - 90kmh (but new in 2018, 80kmh limit on rural roads without a central reservation)
• Dual carriageways - 110kmh/100kmh
• Motorways - 130kmh/110kmh

Travel to Val Thorens: Transfers

For your transfer to or from Val Thorens, you can use a licensed transfer company like Alpine Fleet (see quote box above), or a taxi. Some licensed transfer companies appear in the table below, and taxis are in the next section.

Transfers to Val Thorens

Cool Runnings Airport Transfers Cool Runnings Airport Transfers is a transfer company based in Val Thorens, with English as their first language. Cool Runnings do transfers to Val Thorens from Geneva, Lyon, Chambéry, Grenoble, and Moûtiers. (They also serve other resorts in the Belleville Valley - Les Menuires and St Martin de Belleville - as well as the rest of the 3 Valleys and La Plagne, Les Arcs, Tignes and Val d'Isère). Tel: +33 646 05 89 41.

Alpes Savoie Tours Alpes Savoie Tours have a full range of vehicles, with cars, minibuses of various sizes, and 50-seater buses. Tel: +33 479 24 11 65

Transport Prestige Transport Prestige offers transfers to Val Thorens, plus the rest of the 3 Valleys, Val d'Isere, and further afield. They have a range of high-end Mercedes vehicles. Tel: +33 661 24 00 62

Ben's Bus Ben's Bus runs scheduled, shared weekend transfers from Geneva, Lyon and Grenoble, which are cheaper than private transfers. Group discounts are available.

Travel to Val Thorens: Taxis

These are the taxis listed by the Val Thorens tourist office. Not all are based in Val Thorens, but they are in the Belleville Valley, and serve Val Thorens.

Val Thorens taxis

Taxi company/driver	Telephone number
Yann Leray	+33 660 75 32 10
Noel Jay	+33 479 00 60 12
Maxime Hudry	+33 633 00 87 76
Michel Perret	+33 687 41 74 93
Marc Hudry	+33 683 46 70 51
Sébastien Dumarais	+33 632 85 73 94
Vincent Paraz	+33 786 59 68 39
Sylvie Daumery-Blanc	+33 667 30 45 91
Abdelslam Bouzalmat	+33 658 39 46 51
Jocelyne Cassoulet	+33 659 81 04 25
Thierry Hudry	+33 682 11 95 86
Joomun Shamim Taxi Montagne	+33 767 01 25 13
Antonin Hudry	+33 750 84 41 58
VAG Transfer	+33 667 00 04 23
Aixki Taxi	+33 652 09 72 64
Marie-Laure Paris	+33 645 15 31 54
Julia Hudry	+33 633 81 94 33

This is the tourist office's PDF list of taxis.