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 |
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Gatwick |
BA |
Easyjet |
Easyjet BA |
Easyjet BA |
Easyjet*** |
Easyjet BA |
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Stansted |
Ryanair |
Ryanair** Easyjet |
Ryanair |
Ryanair |
Ryanair* Easyjet |
Ryanair (B) |
Easyjet FlyG |
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Luton |
Easyjet |
Easyjet |
Easyjet |
Ryanair (B) |
Easyjet |
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Norwich |
Flybe |
Flybe |
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Cardiff |
Bmi |
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Bristol |
Easyjet |
Easyjet |
BA(M) |
Easyjet |
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Exeter |
Flybe |
Flybe |
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Southampton |
Flybe |
Flybe |
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Bournemouth |
Thom |
Easyjet |
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Birmingham |
Thom (C) |
Bmi |
BA(M) |
Bmi BA Flybe |
Flybe |
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Doncaster |
Thom |
Easyjet |
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Nottingham |
Bmi Easyjet |
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Manchester |
Jet2 |
BA Alit(M) |
BA Jet2 |
Jet2 |
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Liverpool |
Easyjet |
Easyjet |
Ryanair (B) |
Easyjet |
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Leeds |
Jet2 |
Jet2(B) |
Jet2 |
Jet2 |
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Newcastle |
Easyjet |
Ryanair(B) |
Easyjet |
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Glasgow |
Ryanair |
FlyG |
Ryanair (B) |
Easyjet FlyG |
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Edinburgh |
FlyG |
BA(M) |
Easyjet FlyG |
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Belfast |
Easyjet |
Easyjet |
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Dublin |
Ryanair |
Ryanair (B) Alit |
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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
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Turin |
Marseille |
Lyon |
Grenoble |
Genoa |
Nice |
Milan** |
Geneva |
Chambery |
Briancon |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |