An independent guide to Val Thorens
Information about travel to and from Val Thorens.
You can travel to Val Thorens from the UK by train, plane or car. Tour operators include transfers from the airport or station; if you're travelling independently, you can use a transfer company or taxi, or take the bus.
Find out about Val Thorens travel here.
Skiing Made Easy is a Kindle ebook and paperback. It's a practical guide to learning to ski, based on many happy seasons of ski teaching in Val Thorens.
'This is the book I wish I'd had when I started skiing' - Amazon reviewer.
Read more about Skiing Made Easy.
Buy the paperback direct or on Amazon. Buy the Kindle ebook.
The Eurostar ski train service is via Lille, and whisks you to Moûtiers, Aime-la-Plagne or Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
You can also travel by train to the Alps if you're prepared to change trains in Paris.
Read more about Ski Trains to the French Alps.
There are flights from many UK airports to Geneva, Lyon, Grenoble and Chambéry. Airlines include Easyjet, Jet2, British Airways and Swiss.
See details of flights, as well as transfer distances and times.
Flying involves high greenhouse gas emissions, which ultimately melt the snow on which skiing relies.
Read more about Val Thorens Flights.
The Val Thorens by car page has all the information you need for driving to Val Thorens.
There are the options for Channel crossings - the ferry companies and Eurotunnel. There's also a suggested route for driving to Val Thorens, including directions and timings.
Finally, there's information about tour operators who offer self-drive packages.
Read more on the Val Thorens by car page.
Alpine Fleet ski transfers are easy, reliable and convenient. Based in Geneva, the company's founders Hugh and Simon are British and British-Italian. Find out more about Alpine Fleet.
Alpine Fleet offer shared and private transfers to Saint-Martin, Les Menuires and Val Thorens (and other ski resorts). Use the form below to get a quote in Swiss Francs, CHF. If you proceed to booking, use the code ValThorensG to get a 5% discount.
If you need a transfer to Val Thorens, from an airport or train station, see information and contact details for transfer companies.
There's also a list of taxis, for transfers or any local trips you may wish to make.
Finally there are links to car hire firms.
Read more about Val Thorens transfers.
Find the timetables and prices for the public bus to Val Thorens from Geneva, Lyon and Grenoble airports, as well as Moûtiers train and bus stations.
There are also transfers with Alpine Fleet from a number of airports to Val Thorens and other ski resorts.
Read more on the Val Thorens buses page.
Val Thorens has a free resort shuttle bus, which runs from 8am to 8pm every day during the winter season. There are two loops - both starting from the place des Arolles, one doing a loop through the upper part of resort, the other to the lower part.
There are also a small number of free shuttles between Val Thorens and Les Menuires, for walkers and cross-country skiers.
Read more about the Val Thorens resort shuttle bus.
Val Thorens has a heliport capable of accommodating three helicopters at any one time. It is used for helicopter transfers to and from resort, and panoramic helicopter flights.
A ski resort relies on cold weather and snow, and should not be encouraging and facilitating one of the most carbon-intensive forms of transport as a leisure activity.
Skiing Made Easier is the follow-up to Skiing Made Easy, and covers technique beyond basic parallel turns - carving, short turns, bumps and off piste.
Read more about Skiing Made Easier.
Buy the paperback direct or on Amazon. Buy the Kindle ebook (affiliate links).
Snowcarbon have produced a Top Gear-style race to the Alps film, to compare the journey time by train and plane.
I hope it goes smoothly when you travel to Val Thorens!
