Your driver collects you from your Chambéry address and heads east on the motorway towards Albertville before joining the N90 through the Tarentaise Valley. Starting close to the Alps means the scenic mountain sections begin quickly after leaving the city.

Past Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the road climbs through the upper Tarentaise towards Tignes. The final approach becomes noticeably higher and more rugged, with reservoirs, exposed mountain slopes, and long winding sections typical of this route.

Your driver comes to your address — hotel, apartment, or any location in Chambéry. Share the address at booking, or send it the day before your Chambéry transfer at the latest. Chambéry's centre is compact and easy to navigate by car. If your address is in a pedestrian zone — around the Vieille Ville or Place Saint-Léger — we'll suggest a meeting point within a 5-minute walk and confirm it in your booking details. Your driver will message you when they're on their way.

Tignes sits high — making it one of the most snow-sure resorts in the Alps and the reason it runs a glacier ski area through summer. The altitude also means the drive up is a serious one: a long climb through the valley with the road gaining height steadily after Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The resort splits into distinct parts. Le Lac is the original centre — the lake, the main shops, most of the larger hotels. Val Claret sits slightly higher and closer to the glacier lifts, popular for its ski-in/ski-out options. Further down the valley, Les Brévières is the lowest and oldest part, traditional in feel and connected to the main resort by gondola. Les Boisses sits between Les Brévières and Le Lac — small, quiet, rarely the first choice but a legitimate base. No access restrictions anywhere in Tignes. After heavy snowfall the upper sections slow down, as you'd expect at this altitude. Confirm which part of the resort you're staying in and we'll take you straight there.