Your driver picks you up from your Lyon address and joins the A43 motorway towards Chambéry and Albertville before continuing into the lower Tarentaise area. Most of the transfer takes place on fast toll roads bordered by mountain ranges and broad valley sections.

Near La Léchère, the road leaves the main valley and climbs towards Valmorel through forested slopes and smaller alpine villages. The final section feels quieter than the busier Tarentaise resort roads, with traditional chalet-style architecture appearing as the road approaches the resort centre.

Your driver comes to your address — hotel entrance, apartment, or any Lyon location. Share the address at booking, or send it the day before your Lyon transfer at the latest. Vieux-Lyon and the Presqu'île have pedestrian zones and restricted access streets. If your address is in one of these areas, we'll suggest a meeting point within a 5-minute walk and confirm it in your booking details — no surprises on the day. Your driver will message you when they're on their way.

Valmorel was built in the 1970s, which in French ski resort terms usually means tower blocks and stark concrete. Not here. The people behind Valmorel made a deliberate choice to build in traditional Savoyard style — stone facades, wooden cladding, lauze slate roofs, pedestrian streets — and the result is a resort that doesn't look like what it is. It's purpose-built, but it feels lived-in. The village sits at 1400 m in the Tarentaise, reached by a 12 km climb from the Isère valley. Part of the Grand Domaine ski area with Saint-François-Longchamp — 165 km of slopes crossing the Col de la Madeleine, from forests at the bottom to open alpine terrain at the top. The skiing suits intermediates well, with long cruising runs and a natural flow back to the village. Your driver brings you as close to your accommodation as the pedestrian zone allows.