Directions from Calais
Do not go via Paris! Follow the route via Reims. It's motorway all the way to Cluses
- Follow A26 (E15 then E17) past Reims to Troyes
- Follow A5 (E54 then E21) towards Dijon
- East of Dijon take A39 towards Bourg en Bresse (do NOT take E17 towards Macon)
- At Bourg en Bresse take E21 towards Geneva.
- Near Geneva take A40 signed Chamonix, Turin, Mont Blanc tunnel.
- Exit the A40 at junction 18. This is Cluses. Samoens is signed
Directions from the motorway A40
- Leaving the A40 at Junction 18, where Samoens is clearly signposted. Follow the signs for Samoens through Cluses.
- Continue to follow the signs for Samoens, up to and through Chatillon, and then down the hill towards Taninges.
- Before Taninges and about 2km after Chatillon, the road splits, turn right here for Samoens (signposted).
- Follow for Samoens until you come to Morillon and continue through the centre of the village.
- Continue straight for about 4 km (ignore signs for Samoens 1600). The road bends, you then cross a river and come to a small roundabout.
- Turn right here and you will pass the Grand Massif Express lift on your right.
- Continue for about 500m to the end of this road, and you will come to another roundabout where you should turn right, direction Sixt Fer a Cheval.
- Continue along this road past the laiterie until you come to a T junction and turn right towards Sixt Fer a Cheval
- You are now on a bolt straight, slightly raised road on a flat plain between the mountains.
- Continue for about 2km until you pass a firewood merchant on the left.
- Turn left after the merchant, virtually doubling back on yourself.
- The chalet is on the right after about 500metres
- Pull into the driveway and park directly outside
- Unpack. Pour drink. You’ve arrived!