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Travel
*Note:
If
your
hire
car
doesn't
have
a
Swiss
motorway
"vignette"
then
be
advised
that
the
few
miles
on
the
motorway
leaving
the
airport
may
cost
you
around
25
Euros
unless
you
use
an
alternative
route
out
of
Switzerland
into
France. In
winter,
check
the
car
comes
equipped
with
snow
tyres.
For
directions
to
evasion74
see
our
directions.
Driving
From
Calais
it’s
about
8
hours'
of
motorway
driving.
St
Gervais
&
Les
Contamines
are
just
15
minutes
from
the
Sallanches
exit
of
the
A40
Autoroute
Blanche
-
see
our
directions.
The
RAC
have
an
excellent
route
planner
that
will
help
you
to
calculate
driving
times,
routes
and
tolls.
(Tip:
put
'Saint
Gervais
Les
Bains'
as
your
destination
town.)
For
ferry
and
channel
tunnel
options
see
these
links
ferry,
ferry
smart,
ferryoffers,
eurodrive
If
you
need
to
break
your
journey
up,
then
we
suggest
hotelformule1.
Around
20
Euros
a
night
for
up
to
3
people
Alternatively,
check
out
accor
group
that
lists
a
number
of
other
hotel
companies
such
as
Mercure,
Ibis
and
Novotel.
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Helpful
links:
Feeling
carbon
guilty?
Consider
using
the
train
which
produces
around
20
times
less
carbon
than
if
you
drive
and
8
times
less
than
if
you
fly.
Daily
trains
to
St
Gervais
from
London
can
be
found
on
snowcarbon's
website.
Route
planner
Railway
links
Eurostar
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