Bourg Saint Maurice

Get in

thumb|right|200px|A Eurostar service from London arrives at Bourg-Saint-Maurice Bourg-Saint-Maurice's train station is served by TGV and local train services all year round. In addition, during the winter season Eurostars run direct from London (£225 return), and Thalys trains from other parts of Europe.

Flying in, the nearest airports are Geneva (2 hours by car; 4 by trains) and Lyon (4 hours by car; 5 by coach; 4 by train). Budget airlines operate to both airports, with lots of services during the winter season.

The town can be accessed by road via the N90 road, although the use of cars in the town is being discouraged.

Get around

thumb|Shops in Bourg-St-Maurice Some bus services are available for getting around in the village; some of these are free, others require fares. There's a free shuttle bus that services Bourg-Saint-Maurice. More info and timetables here.

The pistes are well served by ski lifts and cable cars. To get to the slopes in Les Arcs, free shuttle buses run from the town to the bottom of the ski lifts; these operate 07:30-19:30. For access from Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Arc 1600, there is also a funicular railway that is a lot quicker than taking the bus. Use of the funicular railway is included with ski passes and there is a ticket office at the bottom station. The bottom station is near Bourg-Saint-Maurice train station. There are also two occasional stops along the route (check timetable).

The whitewater course is in the centre of the town.

See

thumb|Église Saint-Maurice de Bourg-Saint-Maurice Mount Blanc can be seen from the town, and hiked to during the summer. Of course, the natural views of the Alps are always spectacular.

The town's whitewater course is one of the training grounds of choice for European national teams.

Buy

Ski equipment purchase and rental is available in the winter; hiking and kayaking equipment purchase and rental in the summer.

A Lidl supermarket is available in town. Super-U and Intermarché have larger stores just outside town, 1km from the railway station to the North East, just off of the D1090 road.