Getting to Saint-Jean-d’Arves
Saint-Jean-d’Arves is 1 h 18 by road from Chambéry (94 km), 7 h 05 from Paris, 26 min from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan railway station. 1 coach line runs directly from the station to the resort.
Saint-Jean-d’Arves is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Saint-Jean-d'Arves. The village sits at 1,555 m and the ski area rises to 1,800 m.
Getting to Saint-Jean-d’Arves
By road
- From Chambéry : 1 h 18 · 94 km
- From Grenoble : 1 h 34 · 123 km · avoids Col de la Croix-de-Fer, closed in winter
- From Annecy : 1 h 47 · 141 km
- From Genève : 2 h 17 · 179 km
- From Lyon : 2 h 28 · 192 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence : 2 h 38 · 216 km · avoids Col de la Croix-de-Fer, closed in winter
- From Saint-Étienne : 3 h 02 · 241 km
- From Dijon : 4 h 20 · 393 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand : 4 h 21 · 361 km
- From Montpellier : 4 h 36 · 379 km
- From Besançon : 4 h 36 · 351 km
- From Marseille : 4 h 41 · 388 km
- From Nice : 5 h 24 · 426 km
- From Perpignan : 5 h 58 · 527 km
- From Nancy : 6 h 27 · 604 km
- From Strasbourg : 6 h 32 · 568 km
- From Toulouse : 6 h 54 · 613 km
- From Paris : 7 h 05 · 663 km
- From Bordeaux : 8 h 19 · 748 km
- From Pau : 8 h 48 · 803 km
Excluding traffic and winter driving conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan station
regional station · then 26 min by road (20 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 h 16 by road.
- From Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan station (stop « Rue Ramassot ») : S32 — ST-JEAN DE MAURIENNE ↔ ST-SORLIN D'ARVES (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 49 min to the “Les Chambons” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 12:15, last 17:50 · timetable du 15 décembre 2026 au 15 avril 2027, Cars Région Savoie (Altibus) · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys, from transport.data.gouv.fr timetables.
By plane
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF) : 1 h 29 by road · 101 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB) : 2 h 12 by road · 183 km
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By electric car
No publicly accessible charging point within 2 km (checked on 9 September 2026). Chargers reserved to car-park customers are not listed.
Publicly accessible charging points from the French national charging-point database ↗, checked on 9 September 2026. Installed, not necessarily free tonight.
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 9 September 2026. Allow more in the snow.