Chalet Pas de Chèvre : The Chalet

Les Gets Les Gets is an excellent summer resort, a fact not often appreciated by British holiday-makers. The climate and scenery in summer is wonderful, and the list of available activities is long: walking, climbing, cycling (road and mountain biking), riding, tennis, golf (Les Gets has its own 18-hole course with spectacular views), white water rafting, skating, hot air ballooning, paragliding, devil-karts (un-powered go-karts free-wheeling down the grass slopes), bungee jumping, swimming/sunbathing (the lake in Les Gets, with supervised bathing and a water slide, is 300m from the chalet, and there are indoor pools in the village and in Morzine). For summer expeditions, Lake Geneva (Evian, Thonon, Yvoire) is 45 mins drive, Annecy about 1hr, and Chamonix and Mont Blanc also approx 1hr.

Getting there by road
Les Gets has very easy access by road. From Calais, the journey is 540 miles, all autoroute apart from the last 15 miles, and can be done in 8hrs driving time. It is legally required to have snow chains in the car in winter, but they are seldom needed, as the road is usually kept well-cleared. Although a car is useful for access to the ski areas, it is by no means essential. You can ski back to the chalet even in poor snow conditions, and on the way out you have to walk about 75m. Les Gets shops and restaurants are within walking distance. The links to Avoriaz and the rest of the Portes du Soleil can be made on skis.

Flights
Geneva is the nearest and most convenient airport, which is just slightly over one hour travel time by car. Geneva is extremely well served by both low-cost carriers and the major airlines. Don't discount the majors - fares can often match the low cost carriers providing you intend to travel return. If you intend to fly and hire a car it is also worth considering alternative airports such as Chambery (approx. 1 _ hours) which tend to be less busy in peak season. Routes and timetables change frequently, so check carrier websites for the latest information:

EasyJet – www.easyjet.com fly from Luton and Gatwick several times daily, twice daily from Liverpool and once daily from East Midlands.
Ryanair – www.ryanair.com (was Buzz) used to fly from Stansted to Geneva, Chambery (1.5hrs' drive), Grenoble (2hr) and Dijon (2.5hr), but were no longer doing so in late 2003. The nearest airport they now serve is St Etienne, the far side of Lyon, about 2-3 hours drive from Les Gets. However, worth looking at their website to see if new routes have started.
Swiss International and British Airways - www.ba.com Swiss and BA are now in partnership, you probably only need to check the BA site for flights with either carrier. They fly many times each day from Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports. Both can be very competitive on price compared with the budget airlines.
British Midland – www.flymybaby.com fly daily from East Midlands to Geneva.
British European – www.flybe.com fly daily from Southampton to Geneva and to Chambery.

Airport Bus
There is a bus service direct to/from Geneva airport. In the 03/04 season, there were 3 departures every day, with 4 on Saturdays, leaving the airport at 11:00, 12:40(SO), 14:15, & 18:15. No booking required from the airport, but advisable to book the return leg. Takes 1hr40m, cost around Euro27 single. For up-to-date info, call either +33 (0)4-50-79-78-51 (Les Gets bus station), +41-22-798-2000 (Geneva Airport) or +33 (0)4-50-75-80-80 (Les Gets Tourist Office).

Taxis
We have included a partial list of taxi services taken from the Les Gets and Morzine Tourist Office brochures. Most operate 7-seater people-movers for airport transfers. We have no personal experience of using any of these for airport transfers, but we believe the cost is typically Euro110 to Euro160+, depending on the number of people and the time of travel.

Landline / Fax / Mobile
Alp'Services Heritier
+33 (0)4-50-75-81-05 / 87-45 +33 (0)6-11-95-02-26

Anthonioz Jean
+33 (0)4-50-75-87-46 / +33 (0)6-09-44-66-52

Blanc Joseph
+33 (0)4-50-75-83-77 / +33 (0)6-89-30-37-74

Costantini Gerard
+33 (0)4-50-75-83-30 / +33 (0)6-09-33-99-44

Gallay Pierre
+33 (0)4-50-75-70-88 / +33 (0)6-07-80-48-13

ADA (Car hire & taxi)
+33 (0)4-50-79-22-09 / +33 (0)6-08-00-50-00

Allo Centrale Taxis
+33 (0)4-50-79-51-30 / +33 (0)6-08-86-00-00

Email us for discount price transfers from Ski Lifts.

Email: Chalet 'Pas de Chèrve'

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