 Poster: A snowHead
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9 of us are planning on using train travel for a trip to the 3V in April.
I've not done this before, so, can anyone help with some general advice?
What is the best website that I should be booking the train tickets on?
How good are the busses from Moutiers to Val Thorens?
Is there anywhere to leave baggage in Val T on arrival day?
Many 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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Ray Zorro, I've fixed up to travel to Grenoble by train in March. I booked each individual leg as tickets gradually became available, first the iTDGV which launched some 19Eu Paris-Grn seats in Nov, then the E* bit (£35 and £40), and finally the return Grn-Par just a couple of days ago (22Eu). I think you should find it easier as you're doing the route that is sold specifically for skiing. If you're getting a straight through from London then it probably doesn't matter where you book, so going with E* themselves is likely easiest. Something to note is that through them you print your tickets at home, but through RailEurope you have to go to a ticket machine in London to collect them when travelling.
For specifics for the Moutiers route, have a look at the Eos_B threads as they organised train travel last year (think either Talltone or Admin did the arrangements) and I think Flowa was trying to do so for this year.
A website with a ton of info on train travel is the man in seat 61.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ray Zorro, have a look at the man in seat 61 www.seat61.com, all the infomation on the various rail companies and how best to book, have used it to plan a number of rail journeys.  just noticed that Butterfly, has recomended it as well. Eurostar run direct servcies at weekends from London to Moutiers.
Check out the tourist office www.valthorens.com/winter-en/home-page.1.html details on transfers from Moutiers.
Dumping your gear, have been luck in that if its a hotel or a catered chalet they let you leave your gear, in the strore room or similar, the tourist office will be able to give you more info.
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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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For bus transfers Altibus is the local operator you can book in advance on
http://www.altibus.com/index.aspx
The bus station is right next to Moutiers train station. Rail can be booked on Rail Europe up to three months in advance, the site is in english, book early for busy periods.
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Was a long time ago I did it down to 3 Val on the snow train, but what I recall was there was a fair bit of hanging around with luggage. I was in a self catering chalet at the time and booked it via a local rental estate agent. Problem is the overnight train dumped me there very early and the chalet was not available until after lunch. So that meant either hanging around Moutiers or hanging around the resort with luggage (this was Meribel). Took the latter option, but the estate agent was reluctant to store luggage for incoming because they're already storing luggage for the outgoing lot.
Going back the night train is very late from Moutiers, and that means hanging around again. The bus went in the middle of the day, so I was carrying luggage around Moutier from mid afternoon to something like 10pm! Couldn't find luggage storage, though this was back in 2000.
P.S. You probably are aware, but just note that the night Eurostar ski train is a party train. Don't expect to sleep  . Going out that is. Going back it was quiet.
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FAQ
) If possible, with 9 of you, try & get a direct train, although changing in Paris isnt the end of the world.
