Grenoble Airport to Serre Chevalier transfers
Ben’s Bus operates shared transfers from Grenoble Airport to Serre Chevalier on Saturdays during the 2019 / 2020 ski season. We’ve been running low cost airport transfers for 14 years. Each year we transport more passengers as we expand our network. Our transfers are the cheapest on the market and our staff will ensure you have a smooth journey. Passenger generally travel in large coaches which reduces their carbon footprint.
There are 4 ski transfer buses on Saturdays to all the Serre Chevalier resorts and an additional 4 Saturday buses to Bourg d’Oisans and the Lac du Chambon. On Sundays and weekdays, we have services from Grenoble Airport to Bourg d’Oisans and Lyon Airport to Bourg d’Oisans. Expand our sections below for more details. Please note that our last direct bus to Serre Chevalier on Saturday leaves at 17:10!!
TRANSFERS FROM GRENOBLE AIRPORT TO SERRE CHEVALIER
A shared ski transfer from Grenoble Airport (GNB) to Serre Chevalier with Ben’s Bus will cost you just £82pp Return. With some great discounts for groups, you could pay as little as £72pp Return. A single costs just £44pp. 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 Serre Chevalier.
GRENOBLE AIRPORT TO SERRE CHEVALIER TRANSFER TIME
The transfer time from Grenoble Airport to Serre Chevalier is about 3 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 Serre Chevalier is 153 km. We have 4 buses a day. Expand the section below for more details on this. Our vehicles usually take the A48 motorway to Grenoble, then the N85 to Vizille, then the D1091 to Bourg d’Oisans, where we may ask you to change buses. From Bourg d’Oisans we continue along the beautiful D1901, over the high pass, the Col du Lauteret. Don’t fall asleep, the views are stunning!
SERRE CHEVALIER BUS STOPS
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. We have 4 bus stops in Serre Chevalier, at Briancon, Chantemerle, Villeneuve and Monetiers Les Bains. If you are staying at the UCPA centre, the stop you need is Villeneuve. You can see a map showing these stops 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 SERRE CHEVALIER AND GRENOBLE AIRPORT
For information about Serre Chevalier, explore the Serre Chevalier Tourist Office. You can download a Serre Chevalier piste map here
For a decent snow report, the snowforecast website seems pretty good. For live webcams, try the excellent Serre Chevalier webcams
We have more information on our Serre Chevalier page, our Grenoble Airport FAQ page or our Grenoble Airport page.
DATES
We do not operate a Sunday or weekday service for this route. Please see below for advice on Sundays and weekdays.
Saturdays
Our buses run between Grenoble Airport and Serre Chevalier every Saturday from the 21st December 2019 - 28th March 2020.
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 Bourg d'Oisans and make your own onward travel arrangements from there.
Please Note The Following Exceptions:
– On the 21st December 2019 we only have a service from Grenoble airport
– On the 28th March 2020 we only have a service to Grenoble airport
Sundays & Weekdays
We operate a service from Grenoble Airport to Bourg d’Oisans connecting with every scheduled flight into Grenoble Airport. Bourg d'Oisans is about half way to Serre Chevalier. From here you can take the public bus which runs past all the Serre Chevalier resorts - the LER 35 - but it is not that regular. More details can be found on the LER Website. At other times, you could consider a private taxi.
PRICES
Our Prices and Group & Child Discounts from Grenoble Airport to Serre Chevalier 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) £82pp Return & £44pp 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 the Serre Chevalier resorts 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 Bourg d'Oisans 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 Bourg d'Oisans page.
JOURNEY TIME
The transfer time between Grenoble Airport & Serre Chevalier Monetiers Les Bains is usually about 2 hours 50 minutes. 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.
Serre Chevalier Villeneuve is 10 minutes further down the road, Serre Chevalier Chantemerle a further 5 minutes and then 10 minutes later our bus will arrive at Briancon.
Please note that we may ask you to change buses at Bourg d'Oisans, which is about half way to Serre Chevailer. Our drivers and / or reps will help you with this.
BUS STOP LOCATION
Serre Chevalier is split into 4 main towns, each with their own name. Further down this section you will see exactly where are stops are in each resort. Below is a map of the whole Serre Chevalier valley showing each town.
We will pick you up and drop you off at the stops marked below. The Serre Chevalier Tourist Office map of the resort will help you find your accommodation so you can see how close our stop is to your accommodation. The free shuttle buses that circulate the resort all depart from or very close to the Ben's Bus stops. The correct map below will be shown on your e-Ticket along with the pick up time.
Briancon Bus Stop
At the bus stop "LE PROREL" opposite "le Casino de Briancon" pretty much in the centre of Briancon. The GPS coordinates are 44°53'45.9"N 6°37'53.0"E and you can see it on google maps here.
Chantemerle Bus Stop
At the bus stop "ST CHAFFREY CHANTEMERLE" on side of the road heading to Grenoble. There is a wooden bus shelter there and you should see the "Grand Hotel" off to your left. The GPS coordinates are 44°56'05.0"N 6°35'13.6"E and you can see it on google maps here.
Villeneuve Bus Stop
Also known as "La Salle les Alpes". If you are staying at the UCPA, this is the stop for you. We use the stop "LA SALLE FREJUS-PRELONG" on side of the road heading to Grenoble, opposite the Centre Commercial. The GPS coordinates are 44°56'46.3"N 6°33'36.6"E and you can see it on google maps here.
Monetiers Les Bains Bus Stop
We use the stop "LE MONETIERS LES BAINS L'EGLISE" on side of the road heading to Grenoble, just in front of the church. The GPS coordinates are 44°58'34.8"N 6°30'26.4"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 transfer service 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.
