Getting to Les Arcs
Les Arcs is 2 h 05 by road from Chambéry (131 km), 7 h 52 from Paris, 41 min from Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway station.
Les Arcs is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The village sits at 1,600 m and the ski area rises to 3,226 m.
Getting to Les Arcs
By road
- From Chambéry : 2 h 05 · 131 km
- From Annecy : 2 h 20 · 124 km
- From Grenoble : 2 h 21 · 160 km
- From Genève : 3 h 02 · 170 km
- From Lyon : 3 h 15 · 229 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence : 3 h 24 · 253 km
- From Saint-Étienne : 3 h 48 · 278 km
- From Dijon : 5 h 07 · 430 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand : 5 h 08 · 395 km
- From Besançon : 5 h 21 · 343 km
- From Montpellier : 5 h 31 · 457 km
- From Marseille : 5 h 36 · 466 km
- From Nice : 6 h 39 · 470 km
- From Perpignan : 6 h 53 · 605 km
- From Strasbourg : 7 h 09 · 513 km
- From Nancy : 7 h 14 · 641 km
- From Toulouse : 7 h 49 · 691 km
- From Paris : 7 h 52 · 699 km
- From Bordeaux : 9 h 06 · 784 km
- From Pau : 9 h 43 · 881 km
Excluding traffic and winter driving conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
regional station · then 41 min by road (28 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 2 h 03 by road.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see also the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF) : 2 h 16 by road · 138 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB) : 2 h 54 by road · 206 km
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Road conditions
- Savoie Route ↗ — passes, snow chains, winter maintenance
- Bison Futé (national) ↗
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain municipalities (French “loi Montagne II”).
Driving times: OpenStreetMap (OSRM); stations: SNCF open data; airports: Wikidata — read on 24 September 2026. Allow more in the snow.
Where to stay in Les Arcs
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Resort data: declared by Les Arcs Bourg Saint Maurice Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September