TRAIN DEPARTURES

Travelling across Europe by high speed train, through the Channel Tunnel, is a new option that we are the only schools ski tour operator to offer – to our knowledge. The advantages are legion – frequently as fast as a plane, certainly faster than a coach and with fewer options for travel disruption than either of the two other options. The route is to travel from London to Lille Europe, and then direct from Lille Europe to any of Chambery, Grenoble, Lyon or Modane. We travel via Lille because changing trains involves only a change of platform. Travelling via Paris involves changing stations, from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon. Crossing Paris by metro with 40 school students and heavy luggage would seem undesirable, to say the least. The one advantage of the Paris route is that you can access trains that will take you direct to Italy from there, and if you are staying in Bardonecchia, Sauze d’Oulx or Claviere, it does make life easy at that end of the trip.

The final leg of the journey is by coach direct to / from your hotel at the start / end of your week abroad.