 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All,
I have to drive back to Geneva tomorrow morning from Val d'Isere, which is best route to take to avoid the 30 Euro charge or whatever it is is you use the Swiss toll. I need to return the car to car hire place on French side.
Took me over 4 hours getting to Val D from Geneva as didn't know the way, think I went through some peoples back gardens along the way
Please help!
Thanks all
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hard to explain but.........
Drive from Val towards Geneva.
Just before French/Swiss motorway border crossing, come off the French motorway at little french town called St Julien-en-Genevois.......
Drive through the little town of St Julien-en-Genevois, turn left at the traffic lights oppositte the Train station in St Julien-en-Genevois and follow the road until you cross the French/Swiss border in this town on the non-motorway border crossing (Road is the D1201). Now you will now be in the Swiss town called Perly (you won't even notice it but the town name changes when you cross the border) then keep heading straight for approx 1/2 mile after you have crossed this border, past some garages and petrol stations.
Get into the left hand lane after just under a mile turn left at maybe the 2nd or 3rd set of lights and follow Green signs to the Airport (Green signs in Switzerland are for the Motorway)
Join the motorway on the Swiss side even though you will drive past a sign saying Vignette obligitary.
Drive on the Swiss motorway a few miles and go Past the airport, very soon after the airport take the Ferney exit to come off the motorway (Ferney is in France where the French sector of the airport is).
Drive through a tunnel which is actually under the airport runway. Cross the border back into france immediately after the tunnel. 20 yards after the border turn left at a roundabout made up of cones/temporary barriers. Proceed to drop off hire car.
The 'trick' with this is that you miss the border crossing on the motorway where the Swiss guys would make you buy the Vignette.
Or scrap all of that and just pay the 40CHF at the French/Swiss border at the motorway border crossing?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I had to go from Tignes to Geneva at Christmas to collect someone. Tried to stop and buy and "thing" at the border, but all the spaces were full and I couldnt park (should have bought one at the services). So I carried on anyway.
On the return a few hours later, I just carried on. No problem at all.
Are you feeling lucky? 
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Thanks all, made it in the end with a small detour towards the end. A combination all your info's got me the result I wanted. Thanks again 
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