Located in the southern Alps, Serre – Chevalier ski resort is about midway between Grenoble (France) and Turin (Italy), at about 110kms from either destination. Most people fly to these cities and use a train and bus transfer combination or hire a car. Serre – Chevalier also has good rail connections and self-drive is popular.

Turin’s Casselle Airport is the nearest to Serre – Chevalier and there are regular train transfers, via Turin, to Oulx (Italy), from where buses take you over the border and on to the resort. Serre – Chevalier is 120kms and 1 hour, 30 minutes away from Casselle Airport by car, along the A-32, SS-24/N-94 and N-91. Alternative airports are Grenoble, Chambery and Lyon.

Travelling by car is fairly straightforward as Serre – Chevalier is connected to the European motorway network at Grenoble, via route N-91. If coming from the UK, the quickest way from Calais utilises major, tolled autoroutes (motorways) and goes via Reims, Dijon, Lyon and Grenoble. From here, follow the N-91 all the way to Serre – Chevalier (970kms; 10 hours).

There is a direct overnight train service from Paris to Briancon station (near Serre – Chevalier) that arrives at 08:30 (after a trip time of 10 hours, 30 minutes). Eurostar services run regularly from London (Waterloo) to Paris (Nord) in under four hours; from here, you need to take the metro to gare de Lyon for the Briancon departure.

Buses then run to the various villages of Serre – Chevalier. High-speed TGV trains also go to Grenoble from Paris, from where a long distance coach goes to the resort.