Hikes of the Haute Savoie Alps - Rail Travel from London

Meet your HF Holidays Tour Manager and fellow travellers at London St Pancras International railway station. After check-in, baggage checks, and passport control, we’ll wait for our train. We’ll board the Eurostar to Paris Gare du Nord station, where we’ll disembark and transfer across Paris by coach to Paris Gare de Lyon station.  Here, we join the high-speed TGV Lyria service to Geneva in Switzerland.  From Geneva, the final part of our journey will be by coach across the border into the French Alps. Our base for seven nights is the Alpine village of Morzine.

Today starts with a short transfer to the Col de Joux Plane (1,712m) for the start of our walk, with breathtaking views of the Mont Blanc mountain range. 

After a short bus transfer, today’s walks explore the wild areas at the foot of the Terres Maudites (Cursed Lands) ridge and the Tête de Bostan peak. 

Each week there is a free day when no guided walks are offered. This is an ideal opportunity to relax around the hotel, walk independently, or visit local places of interest. Options include: 

Morzine: You may wish to relax and make use of the hotel’s spa or explore more of Morzine, the location of our accommodation. 

Montriond: home to a beautiful emerald-green freshwater lake, this charming village is just a five-minute drive from Morzine or a 1.6-mile (2.7km) walk away. 

Les Gets: A popular ski resort in winter but equally popular during the summer. Less than a 15-minute drive from Morzine, Les Gets offers upmarket shops, restaurants, laid-back cafés and artisanal shops, not to mention an unusually charming Mechanical Music Museum. 

Local transport: Throughout summer and winter, local buses run along the Aulps valley connecting St-Jean d'Aulps, Montriond, Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets 

A short transfer takes us to the Col de l’Encrenaz (1,433m), from where we’ll walk to the more undiscovered west of the village of Les Gets. 

After a short transfer to Avoriaz we’ll walk the Montagne de Séraussaix before walking back to the hotel. 

We leave the French Alps and transfer by coach across the border into Switzerland.  At Geneva railway station, we join the high-speed TGV Lyria service for the journey to Paris Gare de Lyon station. After a coach transfer across Paris, we board the Eurostar service at Paris Gare du Nord station.  Sit back and relax as we travel back to London St Pancras.

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