Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
We have booked a very last minute half term ski holiday to Les Houches, near Chamonix. We are flying into Sion Airport and it seems impossible to find a taxi company who will travel to Les Houches (1.25 hours drive). There does not appear to be any car hire options either. Anyone got any ideas on what we can do? There will be 10 of us - 4 adults and 6 kids so the journey needs to be as easy as possible. Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Train to Geneva airport and then taxi , or pray for bad weather and hope the plane get diverted .
Or cancel Les Houches and go to one of the wonderful ski resorts in the Val d’Anniviers 30 mins from Sion Airport .
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Sun 10-02-19 21:51; edited 2 times in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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There’s a train from Martigny to Chamonix. Martingy is a short train ride from Sion. The train journey is truly spectacular.
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Thank you! I think we may have sorted something now
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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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Take a look at the Swiss Railway timetable at www.sbb.ch/en - from «Sion, Aéroport» to «Chamonix» : as mentioned, the rail journey from Sion to Chamonix should be spectacular in the daytime. As you land you will be flying past Crans-Montana, Verbier, Nendaz, the Val D'annivers and around 30 other resorts that would be only a half hour or so from the airport. However, if your Chamonix accomodation is now fixed, you should still enjoy the ride there. About a 10-minute bus from the airport to the station and about 2 hours, changing at Martigny and Vallorcine.
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Who on earth flies into Sion airport?
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Anyone who is visiting the Valais locations: Verbier, Nendaz, Val d’Annivers, Crans-Montana, Ovronnaz etc. They’re 30 mins by road from Sion as opposed to 1-1/2 to 2 hours from Geneva. Trouble with Sion was it was a shared military runway and they didn’t have the poor-visibility radar etc. The military left this year so the hope is that with investment it can offer slots to scheduled carriers. It already has flights with Swiss and charters in the peak winter weeks. A lot of private jets now go there in preference to GVA because Sion is nice and small, soveasier to transit.
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@Mayfair321, one idea would be to stay in Zermatt?
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