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Val Thorens resort shuttle

There's a free resort shuttle bus in Val Thorens. It can be useful, for example for getting to ski school with small children or beginners, or for getting home when you're tired after a day's skiing. As well as the service around resort, free buses go down to parkings P3 and P4, and there are five services a day to Les Menuires and Saint-Martin-de-Belleville for walkers and cross-country skiers. Read about the Val Thorens resort shuttle here.

Val Thorens resort shuttle: winter 2016/17 timetable

The free Val Thorens resort shuttle bus runs from 8.05am to 8pm each day in winter, with buses every 20 minutes. It covers the whole of Val Thorens. Buses start from the bus station (gare routiere) at place des Arolles. There are two circuits (shown on a diagramatic map on the resort shuttle timetable):

Circuit de la Boucle

This bus goes up from the bus station, to the Maison de Val Thorens (tourist office), the church, place Péclet, rue de Gébroulaz, parking P0, Les Balcons, and back to the bus station.

Circuit du Soleil

This bus goes from the bus station down the rue du Soleil, to Montagnettes du Soleil, Village Montana, Temples du Soleil, parking P2, and the Altapura, then back up to the bus station. 

This is the 2016/17 Val Thorens resort shuttle timetable. 

Val Thorens resort shuttle: services to parking P3 (UCPA) and parking P4

There's a free shuttle bus from the bus station in Val Thorens to parking P3 (UCPA) and P4, and back up, from 10th December 2016 to 21st April 2017. There are twelve buses per day from Sunday to Friday, and twenty-four buses on Saturdays. The service operates from 0830 (0800 on Saturdays) to 2000. See the timetable for full details.

Val Thorens resort shuttle: to Les Menuires and Saint-Martin-de-Belleville

From 11th December 2016 to 21st April 2017, there are five free shuttles a day from Val Thorens to Les Menuires, for walkers and cross-country skiers, and five a day in the opposite direction (see timetable). The shuttles continue to St-Martin-de-Belleville (buses open to anyone between Les Menuires and Saint-Martin). 

These are the times of the service:

Val Thorens place des Arolles	0925	1210	1350	1710	1815
Les Menuires Gare Routière	0945	1230	1410	1730	1835
Saint-Martin-de-Belleville place de la Mairie	1010	1255	1435	1755	1900

Saint-Martin-de-Belleville place de la Mairie	0835	0930	1300	1445	1715
Les Menuires Gare Routière	0900	0955	1325	1510	1740
Val Thorens place des Arolles	0920	1015	1345	1530	1800

Val Thorens travel: transfers

If you need a transfer to Val Thorens, from an airport or train station, we have information and contact details for transfer companies and taxis. 

Cool Runnings is the only British transfer company based in Val Thorens, and we recommend them for transfers. We also have contact details for many other transfer companies, and a full list of taxis in the Belleville Valley. There are links, too, to car hire companies, should you decide to hire a car at an airport or railway station, and drive to Val Thorens.

Read more on our Val Thorens transfers page.

Val Thorens travel: public buses

Find the timetables for the public bus to Val Thorens from Geneva, Lyon, Chambéry, and Grenoble airports, as well as Moûtiers train and bus stations. Details of Ben's Bus, the Altibus, and other services, plus prices. The websites of the local French companies operating these buses to Val Thorens - Transavoie, Altibus, Alpski, and Satobus - are not always especially clear, and it's not necessarily easy to find the information you need. We set out the details of the services clearly.