Grenoble Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The bus station (04 76 87 90 31; rue Émile Gueymard) next to the train station is the main terminus for several bus companies, including VFD (0 820 833 833; www.vfd.fr in French) and Transisère (04 76 87 90 31; www.transisere.fr in French). Destinations include Chambéry (€5.10, 1¾ hours), Lyon St-Exupéry airport (€20, 65 minutes), Chamrousse (€4, 1¼ hours), Bourg d’Oisans (€5.10, 50 minutes), Les Deux Alpes (€5.10, 1¾ hours) and the Vercors ski stations.

Intercars (04 76 46 19 77; www.intercars.fr in French; 9am-noon & 2-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon & 2-5pm Sat) handles international destinations.

Train

From the train station (rue Émile Gueymard), next to the Gare Europole tram stop, trains run to/from Paris’ Gare de Lyon (from €86, three hours), Chambéry (€9.50, one hour, 10 to 13 daily) and Lyon (€17.30, 1-¾ hours, five daily). Train tickets are sold at the station and in town at the SNCF boutique (15 rue de la République; 9am-6.30pm Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat).

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Air

A clutch of budget airlines, including Ryanair and easyJet, fly to/from Grenoble-Isère Airport (04 76 65 48 48; www.grenoble-airport.com), 45km northwest of Grenoble, from London, Bristol, Stockholm, Warsaw and Rome.

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