Get here

By Air

Flights and routes

The closest airports to the Durance valley are Turin , Marseille and Grenoble . Which one is closest depends on exactly where you are staying. For instance, Turin is closer to Briancon (about 1.5 hours) and Marseille closer Embrun (about 2 hours). Given that the journey time between the two is only some 45 minutes it shows that the difference is not that great, especially when you consider how long it can take to get to one of the London airports from central London .

What we have done on this page is take all the different airports that either we, friends or clients have used to get here and identify the low cost carriers that currently seem to fly here direct (as at March 2006) and where they fly from in the UK. Further down on the page we have set out the timings and costs of travelling from those airports to the relevant locations for the accommodation. That way you can calculate more easily whether it makes more sense to travel in the UK or within France/Italy. What we would say is that our experience is that travel timings within France and Italy tend to be more reliable than within the UK

This information is all based on our searches of the internet; we would therefore be grateful if you could let us know if any of the information seems to be incorrect, needs updating and in particular whether any new carriers come on line. We have deliberately only gone for direct flights, but again if there are carriers (especially perhaps from Ireland ) which operate efficiently and cheaply please do let us know.

Places

Turin

Marseille

Lyon

Grenoble

Genoa

Nice

Milan

Geneva

Chambery

Heathrow

Bmi

BA

Bmi

BA

BA ***

Alit ***

BA

Gatwick

BA

Easyjet

Easyjet

BA

Easyjet

BA

Easyjet***

Easyjet

BA

Stansted

Ryanair

Ryanair**

Easyjet

Ryanair

Ryanair

Ryanair*

Easyjet

Ryanair (B)

Easyjet

FlyG

Luton

Easyjet

Easyjet

Easyjet

Ryanair (B)

Easyjet

Norwich

Flybe

Flybe

Cardiff

Bmi

Bristol

Easyjet

Easyjet

BA(M)

Easyjet

Exeter

Flybe

Flybe

Southampton

Flybe

Flybe

Bournemouth

Thom

Easyjet

Birmingham

Thom (C)

Bmi

BA(M)

Bmi

BA

Flybe

Flybe

Doncaster

Thom

Easyjet

Nottingham

Bmi

Easyjet

Manchester

Jet2

BA

Alit(M)

BA

Jet2

Jet2

Liverpool

Easyjet

Easyjet

Ryanair (B)

Easyjet

Leeds

Jet2

Jet2(B)

Jet2

Jet2

Newcastle

Easyjet

Ryanair(B)

Easyjet

Glasgow

Ryanair

FlyG

Ryanair (B)

Easyjet

FlyG

Edinburgh

FlyG

BA(M)

Easyjet

FlyG

Belfast

Easyjet

Easyjet

Dublin

Ryanair

Ryanair (B)

Alit

Shannon

Ryanair (B)

Bmi

Bmibaby.com

Ryanair

Ryanair.com

Easyjet

Easyjet.com

BA

Britishairways.com

Thom

Thomsonfly.com

Alit

Alitalia

Flybe

Flybe.com

FlyG

FlyGlobespan.com

Jet2

Jet2.com

Getting from the airport

Set out below is a table showing timings, costs and mileage from each of the airports listed to our accommodation centres of Briancon, Embrun, L’Argentiere and Vallouise. Each of these has been calculated using mappy.com. If you plug into mappycom. the addresses of the properties shown below you will get accurate route descriptions

In practice form our observation of car hire prices we estimate that car hire should work out at roughly £50 per person per week for 4 or more people with prices being a bit higher for less than four. If you are having problems finding car hire for this price do let us know

 

Turin

Marseille

Lyon

Grenoble

Genoa

Nice

Milan**

Geneva

Chambery

Briancon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time

1hr 12

3hr 05

2hr 50

2hr 28

2hr 50

3hr50

2hr15

3hr44

2hr50

Dist (km)

108

262

205

160

280

390

222

260

170

Cost (Euros)

20

30

26

14

40

30

40

27

17

L’Argentiere

Time

1hr 30

2hr 53

3hr 05

2hr 40

3hr 05

4hr05

2hr30

4hr

3hr

Dist

125

250

220

175

295

405

240

275

190

Cost

22

29

27

14

41

32

41

28

18

Vallouise

 

 

Time

1hr 6

3hr 05

3hr 13

2hr 50

3hr 15

4hr14

2hr50

4hr05

2hr50

Dist

130

260

225

180

300

414

260

281

180

Cost

22

30

27

15

41

32

41

30

18

Embrun

 

 

 

 

Time

1hr 55

2hr 25

3hr 07

2 hr 45

3hr 30

3hr40*

3hr11

4hr

2hr55

Dist

156

216

230

180

330

235

290

286

200

Cost

23

27

27

15

43

16

42


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