Coming in Haute Maurienne Vanoise
In line with its commitments, Haute Maurienne Vanoise suggests the most environmentally-friendly transport solutions to reduce CO2 emissions.
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For your trip, Haute Maurienne Vanoise invites you to choose public transport or carpooling if possible, to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Travel accounts for the majority of a vacation's carbon footprint.
By train
Easy, fast and low-carbon!Haute Maurienne Vanoise is an ultra-easy-to-reach mountain destination by train.
Modane station puts you just a few kilometers from the area's six ski resorts: Valfréjus, La Norma, Aussois, Val Cenis, Bessans and Bonneval sur Arc. Direct buses run between the station and each of these resorts, for a smooth, easy journey.
Modane is served by high-speed trains (TGV and Frecciarossa) with direct connections from Paris in just 4 hours. Once you're here, all you have to do is get off the train and set off on a hike, bike ride or gravel run! The station lies on the route of the GR5, the the Route des Grandes Alpesand close to emblematic trails such as Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise or the Chemin du Petit Bonheur.
By car
A43 freeway to Turin, exit 30 (Modane/Haute Maurienne), then departmental road D1006.
To reach the villages and resorts from Modane via the main roads:
- Valfréjus: D216 (8 km)
- La Norma: D1006 then D214 (5 km)
- Aussois: D215 (7 km)
- Val Cenis Sardières: (D215 via Aussois) then D83 (11 km)
- Val Cenis Bramans: D1006 (10 km)
- Val Cenis Sollières: D1006 (15 km)
- Val Cenis Termignon: D1006 (17.5 km)
- Val Cenis Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis: D1006 (23 km)
- Val Cenis Lanslevillard: D1006 (26 km)
- Bessans: D1006 then D902 (35 km)
- Bonneval sur Arc: D1006 then D902 (43 km)
Traffic info
In winter, the Col de l'Iseran and the Col du Mont Cenis are closed to traffic. The Col de l'Iseran is blocked by meters of snow (up to 8m at the aptly named "Pont de la neige") and the Mont Cenis road is transformed into the Val Cenis ski run (L'Escargot, the longest green run in the world at 13km).
To get to Val Cenis and find out all about traffic conditions, roadworks and detour, visit savoie-route.fr
By plane
The airports of Chambéry, Grenoble, Geneva, Lyon and Turin are less than 2h00 away from Haute Maurienne Vanoise. In winter, there are bus connections from Chambéry airport to Haute Maurienne.
Don't want to take the train or bus? Rent a car or order a cab and have it waiting for you when you get off the plane!
Getting around Haute Maurienne
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