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.
- Until March 30, 2025: stop at Saint-Michel-Valloire station, then direct buses to the 6 Haute Maurienne Vanoise resorts: Valfréjus, La Norma, Aussois, Val Cenis, Bessans, Bonneval sur Arc.
- From March 31, 2025: enjoy the reopening of Modane station! Enjoy a direct Paris-Modane journey by TGV or Frecciarossa (Italian high-speed train). From Modane, direct buses take you to all the area's resorts and villages. Modane is also on the GR5, on the Route des Grandes Alpes, and offers easy access to numerous trails: Tour des glaciers de la Vanoise, chemin du petit bonheur... You can get off the train and head straight for a hike, or get on your bike, mountain bike or gravel bike!
In just 4 hours from Paris by TGV, you're in the heart of the mountains and unspoilt countryside!


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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