La Plagne Transport & Parking

There are a good number of open air and covered car parks throughout the La Plagne resorts, however, parking is closely supervised and you should always look out for signposts informing you of restrictions. When snow clearing is scheduled to take place there may be alternative parking provided, but if you are parked in the wrong place at the wrong time, your vehicle may be unceremoniously dragged away or you may end up with a hefty fine!

However, with the exception of Belle Plagne, all levels of the resort have extensive free outdoor parking and should you be travelling in a motor home or camper van, you will find designated areas in Plagne Soleil and Plagne Villages with toilets and facilities for filling and emptying water tanks.

Parking tickets for cars and camper vans can be bought depending on the length of your stay (but cost approximately €35 per week) and should you find your car snowed in while you're here, La Plagne Tourist Office offers shovels free of charge! (You will simply be required to leave a small refundable deposit.)

If you want to keep your car underground and snow free during your stay, then you will need to pay to park in one of the following covered car parks:

The nearest airports to La Plagne are Chambéry (130km), Geneva (180km) and Lyon (220km).  They are all accessible by public transport, please see the links below for routes and timetables.  You can also hop on a train to Aime la Plagne (for the high altitude resorts and Montalbert), Moûtiers (for Champagny la Vanoise) or Landry (for Montchavin).  There are shuttle buses that run services between the train stations and the various resorts, please see the links below for details.  We have also included a link to SNCF, the French rail network, so that you can plan your journey in advance. For more information on travelling to resort please read Travelling Between the Airport & La Plagne.

All six resorts of La Plagne are linked via a free télécabine and bus service during the day, or you can simply ski between them. There is no direct bus service between Belle Plagne and the other villages in La Plagne but you can however, take the télécabine lift between Belle Plagne and Plagne Bellecôte from where you can then take a bus to the other resorts. The bus services run from 8am till around midnight, and the télécabine service terminates shortly after. The links between resorts work as follows:

There is also a free shuttle service aimed at cross country skiers and walkers providing access to Mairiers, which stops at the top of the Bobsleigh run at 2pm every day except for Saturdays and Sundays.  For those visiting the bob sleigh run itself, a return bus is available at 5pm from the village "de la Roche" and for cross country skiers and walkers, the return bus departs from the top of the bob run.  There is also a specific Bobsleigh shuttle bus that runs from each resort Tuesday - Friday.  Check with the tourist office for the latest times.

It is possible to reach La Plagne from Aime via bus or taxi, both of which depart from in front of the train station. A one way taxi ride should cost in the region of €50 and the journey takes approximately 45 minutes. We would recommend booking your taxi in advance, details of local companies are available on our Resort Taxis listing page.

The 6 altitude resorts of La Plagne are all interlinked by a free telecabine or bus service but you may find the following selection of timetables useful for going further afield:

For La Plagne, the most convenient airport is Chambéry, situated 120 kms (2hrs) away. From here, you have a number of different methods of transport to choose from to get you up to resort.

If you can’t get a flight to Chambéry, the next best options are Grenoble (187kms), Lyon (198kms) or Geneva (201km); all of which are serviced by a number of the major airlines. Each airport has it pros and cons. Chambery is closest but may close in bad weather and your flight be diverted elsewhere. Geneva has excellent bus/shuttle links to La Plagne, but finding the route in a hire car isn't particularly easy. Lyon St-Exupery has fewer links to La Plagne, expecially midweek, but the journey is easier and quicker than from Geneva if you hire a car. Each major airline carries destination information on its website - although you either have to try all of them to find one which operates to from your local airport or know your local operators. However, before succumbing to a bargain flight into one of these airports, take a few minutes to investigate your onward transfer options below; your flight may only cost you £50 but your transfer to resort could set you back €300 - €400!!