Monday, 14 December 2009

Alpe d'Huez Transfers


Alpe d'Huez Transfers from The Alpine Transfer Company. The most popular airports for the ski resort of Alpe d'Huez are Grenoble and Lyon. Both of these airports are served by The Alpine Transfer Company.

Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (French: Aéroport Lyon Saint-Exupéry) (IATA: LYS, ICAO: LFLL), formerly known as Lyon Satolas Airport, is one of the two airports located in the agglomeration of Lyon, France. The airport is named after the French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a native of Lyon.

The airport lies in Colombier-Saugnieu, 11 NM (20 km; 13 mi) east southeast of Lyon city centre. Its two runways are aligned north-south. It is an important transport facility for the entire Rhône-Alpes region. Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Lyon and other towns in the area including Chambéry and Grenoble. However links to ski resorts tend to be served by the more specialist companies who offer, for example, Alpe d'Huez transfers.

So which airlines use Grenoble GNB airport? Airlines presence at Grenoble, Saint Geoirs is moderate with a total of 7 airlines. The biggest airline is Ryanair with 29% of the airport destinations. Other airlines operating in this airport are Wizz Air, bmibaby, Easyjet, Air Southwest, TUIfly and Transavia.

If you are flying to Grenoble or Lyon and need to get some Alpe d'Huez Transfers, sorted then please call The Alpine Transfer Company on +33 679 280 413 or +33 685 687 131.

Grenoble Deux Alpes Transfers


Grenoble Deux Alpes Transfers from The Alpine Transfer Company. This is from Grenoble, St Geoirs to Les Deux Alpes, Vénosc, France. This journey is 111 km – so about 1 hour 38 mins, much more if it is snowing.

Currently the airlines we can connect with for Grenoble Deux Alpes Transfers are:
  • Air Southwest to Newquay , Plymouth
  • Aurigny Air Services to Guernsey
  • EasyJet from Birmingham , Bristol , London-Gatwick , London-Luton
  • LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw
  • Ryanair, from Birmingham, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Stockholm-Skavsta
  • transavia.com Rotterdam
  • Wizzair Cluj-Napoca
So what is Les Deux Alpes all about? Les Deux Alpes (also Les 2 Alpes or Les 2 Alpes 3600) is a ski resort in the French Isère département. The village sits at 1650m (5,413 ft.) and lifts run to 3600m (11,811 ft.). It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix.

Les Deux Alpes offers approximately 220km of pisted runs and 2300m (7 545ft) of vertical drop. In terms of pistes the resort has been termed "upside-down", as the lower slopes down to the resort are steeper and more challenging than the higher ski areas, including the wide and forgiving glacier runs. Less advanced skiers either take a gondola down to the resort or follow a lengthy, gentle but narrow, track on the path of the access road. A wide area at the very bottom by the town is given over to nursery slopes. In total there are 100 marked runs spread across the resort however, in addition, it is said to have as much off piste as groomed piste.

Les Deux Alpes also boasts one of the most extensive and revered snowparks in Europe, with a halfpipe, multiple kickers, and two boardercross courses.

To book your Grenoble Deux Alpes Transfers call +33 679 280 413 or +33 685 687 131 now.

Grenoble Alpe d'Huez Transfers


Grenoble to Alpe d'Huez Transfers by The Alpine Transfer Company. Grenoble-Isère airport is becoming more and more popular as the airport that serves Alpe d'Huez and Les Deux Alpes.

Grenoble-Isère Airport or Aéroport de Grenoble-Isère (IATA: GNB, ICAO: LFLS), is an airport serving Grenoble which is situated 2.5 km north-northwest of Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs and 40 km northwest of Grenoble, both communes in the Isère, département of France. It is also known as Grenoble - Saint-Geoirs Airport. The appellation, Isere, refers to the town, Romans-sur-Isere southwest of the airport.

Coach links connect the airport with the centre of Grenoble, but if you are looking for a coach to Alpe d'Huez you need to look at one of the Grenoble Alpe d'Huez Transfers services.

So why Alpe d'Huez? L'Alpe d'Huez is a ski resort at 1,860 to 3,330 metres (6,100 to 10,900 ft). It is a mountain pasture in the Central French Alps, in the commune of Huez, in the Isère département in the Rhône-Alpes region.

Alpe d'Huez is one of Europe's premier skiing venues. The site of the Pomagalski's first surface lift in the mid thirties, the resort gained popularity when it hosted the bobsleigh events of the 1968 Winter Olympics. At that time the resort was seen as a competitor to Courchevel as France's most upmarket purpose built resort.

With 249 km of piste and 84 ski lifts, the resort is now one of the world's largest. Extensive snow making facilities helped combat the ski area's largely south-facing orientation and helped Alpe d'Huez appeal to beginner skiers, with very easy slopes. The expansion of the skiing above the linked resorts of Vaujany, Oz-en-Oisans, Villard Reculas and Auris boosted the quantity and quality of intermediate grade slopes but the resort is mostly known for freeskiing, drawing many steep skiing enthusiasts to its high altitude terrain.

Aside from the Tunnel and Sarenne black runs, the latter the world's longest at 16 km, many Off-piste opportunities exist both from the summit of the 3330 m Pic Blanc and the 2808 m Dome des Petites Rousses. These include the 50-degree Cheminees du Mascle couloirs, the open powder field of Le Grand Sablat, the Couloir Fleur and the Perrins bowl. Up to 2200 m of vertical descent are available with heli drops back to the resort's altiport.

To book your Grenoble to Alpe d'Huez transfers call +33 679 280 413 or +33 685 687 131 tonight.

The Alpine Transfer Company


The Alpine Transfer Company is a Serre Chevalier based transport company providing shared and exclusive transfers to Serre Chevalier, Alpes D’Huez, Deux Alpes, Montgenvre, Vallouise and Puy St Vincent. We operate fully licenced vehicles and are able to cater to your specific needs with regards to small children, extra baggage and ski equipment etc.

The Alpine Transfer Company offer exclusive transfers for up to 8 clients or shared transfers where you may be with others not from your group.

We run coaches from Grenoble and Turin into our resorts and we can also arrange private coach hire for large groups.

The cost of your transfer depends on the number of people, the distance traveled and nature of your transfer. ATC will always endeavor to arrange the cheapest possible transfer to meet your needs. Simply fill in the enquiry form on the home page and we will contact you with a price.
Our vehicles are fully equipped to deal with adverse conditions often found on local mountain passes and all of our drivers are experienced in alpine driving.

The Alpine Transfer Company are happy to help you with your holiday in any way we can and with that in mind we have extended our services available. We can arrange your ski passes for you and have them ready to give to you on your transfer. We have built up many partnerships over time and are happy to recommend and help you find the best accommodation, ski schools and ski hire. We even offer some discount vouchers on some of these.

We ask that payment is made on the transfer, however if you are a large group we may ask you for a deposit. Payment for Ski Passes is in advance, you may pay us online or with a credit card over the phone.

Please see our “Ski Passes and Holiday Extras” and “Accommodation” pages for more information and as always please feel free to contact us if we can be of any other assistance.