Travel information for Verbier
Flights
Geneva is the favoured airport, however Zurich, Turin, Milan and Berne are all within easy reach of Verbier.
Geneva is well served from all of the London airports, as well as many regional airports including Southampton, Bristol, Edinburgh East Midlands and Liverpool . Flights from London airports typically take about 1 hour 10 minutes of flying time. There are a number of useful websites with helpful information, for example:
British Airways Swiss Airlines EasyJetFlybeSki-flights.comTransfers
Verbier is situated in the canton of Valais and is approximately one hour forty minutes drive from Geneva airport. Due to Swiss legislation, we are unable to provide our own transfer service. We have however outsourced transfers (primarily from Geneva but also Zurich) to a reliable local taxi firm with vehicles that seat up to 8 passengers. Prices are as follows, based on Geneva to Verbier and return
1 - 3 Passengers £600
4 - 8 Passengers £800
9 - 12 Passengers £1,100
To book please contact Julian at the sales office
julian@skiarmadillo.com or +44 (0) 1799 586652
Alternatively, you can take the train to Verbier, which departs from Geneva airport and follows the shores of Lake Geneva arriving at Martigny where you need to change for Le Châble, where a bus will then take you to Verbier. Total transfer time is approximately three hours.
Car hire
Car hire from Geneva airport can be very reasonable and often works out cheaper than a private hire transfer, with the added benefit of giving you the extra flexibility of, for instance, taking a day trip to Chamonix or Zermatt . We are pleased to recommend Auto Europe, who offer a best price car hire deal, guaranteed and have customer service advisors available 24 hours. Please follow the link below:
Rent a CarDriving
Calais to Verbier takes approx 8 to 9 hours to drive. We recommend that you drive via Geneva, in winter, as the Besancon route crossing the Jura mountains can be a bit icy and hairy especially in the dark in the middle of January. Via Geneva the route is on autoroutes all the way from Calais to Martigny (30 Km short of Verbier). You will need to buy a Swiss Vignette (40 CHF) to drive on the Swiss autoroute when you cross the border.