Getting Here

Location
Monetier-les-Bains is at an altitude of 1500m in the Vallée de la Guisane,at the foot of the Col du Lauteret and 12km from the Napoleonic fortress of Briancon, in the Haute-Alpes department of Provence.

BY AIR
Turin-        Easyjet(Luton), Ryanair(Stansted )-BA-Gtwick1.5-2hrs transfer
Grenoble-  Easyjet(Luton, Gatwick, Bristol). Monarch , Ryanair(Stansted,Dublin)-1.5-2hrs.
Geneva-    Newcastle, Liverpool, Luton etc. 3-3.5hrs 

EUROTUNNEL

Three trains an hour transport you and your car underneath the English Channel in less than 35 minutes. Very convenient, and great for pet owners.

Our Serre Chevalier Apartment blog  has details of hotels we have stayed in that we would recommend for your journey, many of them dog friendly and ranging from comfortable family hotels to more luxurious ones with Michelin star restaurants. 

BY RAIL
Eurostar to Paris, then sleeper to Briancon from Paris Austerlitz, arriving 8.30 am each day. Transfer to Monetier by taxi or local bus service which runs regularly. Alternatively take the TGV to Oulx in Italy at the bottom of the Col de Montgenevre, and transfer by bus or taxi. Trains may not run daily during low season. 

For more information on train travel, have a look at the  Man in Seat 61 

by Helen Beaumont