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Geneva airport is the main gateway to the Alps, a little over an hour away from some of the biggest and best ski resorts in France and Switzerland.
La Clusaz is a pretty resort within two hours of Geneva airport
With plenty of flights to Geneva from both the UK’s local and national airports, and with transfer companies offering lifts to ski resorts within a three to four hour radius of the airport, you’ll find Geneva the easiest and most convenient airport to book a flight to for your ski holiday to France or Switzerland.
The best ski resorts near Geneva
The map below shows you all of the best ski resorts that are within a four hour radius of Geneva, including the popular resorts of Morzine, Avoriaz, Les Arcs, La Plagne, Meribel, Val Thorens, Tignes, Les Deux Alpes and more!
The ski resorts in mid blue are between one hour and two hours from Geneva, while the resorts in dark blue take between two hours and four hours to transfer.
Transfer times from Geneva Airport
| RESORT | SKI AREA | TRANSFER TIME |
|---|---|---|
| Chamonix, France | Chamonix Mont Blanc | 1 hr 15 |
| Flaine, France | Grand Massif | 1 hr 15 |
| Samoens, France | Grand Massif | 1 hr 15 |
| Les Gets, France | Portes du Soleil | 1 hr 15 |
| Morzine, France | Portes du Soleil | 1 hr 30 |
| Avoriaz, France | Portes du Soleil | 1 hr 45 |
| La Clusaz, France | Aravis | 1 hr 30 |
| Valmorel, France | Le Grand Domaine | 2 hr 30 |
| Les Deux Alpes, France | Grande Galaxie | 3 hr 30 |
| La Rosiere, France | San Bernardo | 3 hr 30 |
| La Plagne, France | Paradiski | 3 hr 30 |
| Les Arcs, France | Paradiski | 3 hr 30 |
| Peisey Vallandry, France | Paradiski | 3 hr 30 |
| Meribel, France | 3 Valleys | 3 hr 30 |
| Val Thorens, France | 3 Valleys | 3 hr 30 |
| Courchevel, France | 3 Valleys | 3 hr 30 |
| La Tania, France | 3 Valleys | 3 hr 50 |
| Les Menuires, France | 3 Valleys | 3 hr 10 |
| Brides le Bains, France | 3 Valleys | 3 hr 50 |
| Tignes, France | Espace Killy | 4 hr 00 |
| Val d'Isere, France | Espace Killy | 4 hr 00 |
The cheapest ski resorts nearest Geneva
You’ll find really great deals in the majority of ski resorts accessible from Geneva airport, but if you’re looking for a cheap ski holiday, you’ll find the following resorts tend to lend themselves to the best prices if you’re comparing like for like accommodation:
Flaine
Chamonix
Samoens
Avoriaz
La Plagne
La Tania
Les Menuires
Tignes
Ski in ski out ski resorts near Geneva
You really don’t need to travel too far from Geneva to find a resort with ski in ski out accommodation.
Family-friendly Flaine is the closest resort offering ski in ski out accommodation at just over an hour from Geneva, followed by the pretty resort of La Clusaz at one and a half hours, while bustling car-free Avoriaz is a truely ski in ski out resort and just under two hours away.
If you’re prepared to travel a little further afield, you’ll also find lots of ski in ski out accommodation options in La Plagne, Les Arcs, and Val Thorens, which are roughly three hours 30 minutes from Geneva.
High ski resorts near Geneva
At just over an hour from Geneva, Chamonix isn’t just shortest transfer from the airport, it also offers some of the highest skiing in the French Alps, thanks to its proximity to Mont Blanc - the highest mountain in Europe.
The Aiguille du Midi cable car whisks you up to an off-piste paradise at 4,000m, and ensures skiing from early December through to the end of April.
If high pisted (rather than off-piste) terrain is more what you’re looking for, then head to either Avoriaz or Flaine, where you’ll find a mix of gentle blue and excellent red runs at over a snow-sure 2,000m high.
A little further afield, the glacier resorts of La Plagne and Les Arcs offer fantastic skiing above 3,000m, while the spectacular heights of Tignes, Val d’Isere and Val Thorens enable them to offer some of the longest seasons in the Alps.
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