Grenoble Airport to La Grave transfers
Ben’s Bus operates shared transfers from Grenoble Airport to La Grave on Saturdays during the 2018 / 2019 ski season. We’ve been running low cost airport transfers for 12 years. Each year we transport more passengers as we expand our network. We pride ourselves on offering the cheapest ski transfers on the market and our staff will ensure you have a smooth journey. We generally use large coaches which reduces your carbon footprint.
We have 4 ski transfer buses on Saturdays to La Grave. We also have an additional 4 Saturday buses (and Sunday and weekday buses) to Lac du Chambon in case our buses are not timed well for your flights. Expand the DATES sections below page for more details about this.
TRANSFERS FROM GRENOBLE AIRPORT TO LA GRAVE
A shared ski transfer from Grenoble Airport (GNB) to La Grave with Ben’s Bus will cost you just £77.50pp Return. With some great discounts for groups, you could pay as little as £67.80pp Return. A single costs just £41.90pp. If you are travelling with children under 12, they will receive a 10% discount. Get an Instant Quote for your group in seconds or expand the PRICES Section below to see more details. We’re sure you won’t find a cheaper way of getting from Grenoble Airport to La Grave.
GRENOBLE AIRPORT TO LA GRAVE TRANSFER TIME
The transfer time from Grenoble Airport to La Grave is about 2 hours, depending on the date, time of day, the weather and traffic conditions. We allow more time for the journey when we know traffic may be bad. The distance from Grenoble Airport to La Grave is 119 km. Our vehicles usually take the A48 motorway to Grenoble, then the N85 and the D1091 to Bourg d’Oisans, where we may ask you to change buses. From Bourg d’Oisans we continue along the D1901, over the Barrage du Chambon and onto La Grave. Click on the map to see the route we take.
LA GRAVE BUS STOP
Ben’s Bus reps will greet you at Grenoble Airport to give you all the information you may need and to help your journey to resort go as smoothly as possible. Our bus stop in La Grave is right next to the Post Office, opposite the Tourist Office. La Grave is quite small so you can walk to your accommodation from our stop. You can see a map showing this stop if you expand the section below “BUS STOP LOCATION“. A map and a description of the bus stops will be on the eTicket that we send you when you book with us.
INFORMATION ABOUT LA GRAVE AND GRENOBLE AIRPORT
For information about La Grave, explore the La Grave Tourist Office. You can download a La Grave ski area map here
For a decent snow report, the snowforecast website seems pretty good. For live webcams, try the excellent La Grave webcams
We have more information on our La Grave page, our Grenoble Airport FAQ page or our Grenoble Airport page.
DATES
Saturdays
Our buses run between Grenoble Airport and La Grave every Saturday from the 22nd December 2018 – 30th March 2019.
We do not have a service to La Grave for flights arriving onto Grenoble Airport after 16:25. If you arrive on a flight after this time, you can take our service to the Lac du Chambon and make your own onward travel arrangements from there. See below for details.
Please Note The Following Exceptions:
– On the 22nd December 2018 we only have a service from Grenoble airport
– On the 30th March 2019 we only have a service to Grenoble airport
Sundays & Weekdays
We operate a service from Grenoble Airport to Lac du Chambon, connecting with every scheduled flight into Grenoble Airport. The Lac du Chambon is very close to La Grave. From here you can take the public bus, the LER 35 – but it is not that regular. More details can be found on the LER Website. At other times, we’d recommend a taxi with www.taxidelameije.com email address: fege@9online.fr
PRICES
Our Prices and Group & Child Discounts from Grenoble Airport to La Grave can be seen below.
To find the price of your group quickly, use the Get A Quote Now button in the top right of this screen. It will automatically calculate the price of your group, including all discounts.
- Adults (over 12 yrs old) £77.50pp Return & £41.90pp Single
- Children under 12 receive a 10% discount
- Groups of 8 or more people receive 1 seat for free.
- Bookings made the day before or day of your first transfer will be charged a Last Minute Booking Fee of £10 per booking
- We do not charge anything extra for carrying skis
- For a full list of our prices to all the ski resorts we cover, please visit our prices page.
BUS TIMES
We have 4 buses on Saturdays to La Grave but we do not service any flights arriving onto Grenoble Airport after 16:25. If you arrive on a flight after this time, you can take our service to the Lac du Chambon and make your own onward travel arrangements from there.
Our bus timetable may not work well for your particular flight, as there may be a delay between your flight landing / departing and our bus leaving / arriving. We would advise you to put your dates into our Instant Quote form to see what time our buses leave. If the times don’t suit your flight, try searching again but to either Bourg d’Oisans or Lac du Chambon, as we have twice as many buses from these points. You can take a taxi or public bus to/from your resort to these points and you can find details about that on our La Grave page under the section “TRAVELLING FROM LAC DU CHAMBON TO LA GRAVE”.
JOURNEY TIME
The transfer time between Grenoble Airport & La Grave is usually about 2 hours. These times are approximations. We allow extra time on certain dates & certain times of the day when we know the traffic may be bad. With years of experience running shared ski transfers, we know how long to allow for the journey depending on the time and date of the transfer. Once you put your details into our online booking system, we will show you a list of the available bus times.
Please note that we may ask you to change buses at Bourg d’Oisans, which is about 3/4 of the way to La Grave. Our drivers and / or reps will help you with this.
bus stop location
The Ben’s Bus Stop is at the bus stop right next to the Post Office, opposite the Tourist Office. Please ensure you are at the stop 10 minutes before departure time to allow us to pack your luggage onto the bus. Our vehicles will have signs in the window but please keep an eye out for taxis and buses passing by. The map below will be shown on your e-Ticket along with the pick up time. The GPS Coordinates are 45°02’46.7″N 6°18’26.5″E and you can see it on google maps here.
WHAT IF MY FLIGHT IS DELAYED?
We allow a minimum of 45 minutes for customers to clear Passport Control and Baggage Reclaim. At busy times of the day, we allow even more time, but on weekdays, we allow less time.
If you are delayed, we will wait for you but we may not be able to hold our bus for longer than 15 minutes after its scheduled departure time. After that we will do everything we can to get you on our next available ski transfer at no extra cost.
Our team at the airport monitor flight arrivals so you don’t need to contact us if you are delayed. Our team will be busy juggling buses around to try to accommodate you on another service – or we may be holding the bus back. We have many buses going back and forth each day and our record for getting people to resort is extremely good.
ABOUT OUR SERVICE
Our Service
- We provide a telephone number on your e-Ticket in case you need to contact us.
- We always try to call our missing passengers to help them out.
- We have bilingual managers to greet you at the the Airport.
- We typically use large coaches which are kinder on the environmentally.
- We use experienced drivers who know the mountainous terrain.
- We are a well established company who have been operating in the Alps for many years.
Please note that our transfers from Grenoble Airport may require a stop at Bourg d’Oisans, where you may need to change over to another feeder coach. Our reps and / or drivers will help you with this and we will try and keep this inconvenience to a minimum.
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