There are 11 ways to get from Forres to Chamonix by plane, bus, train, car, car train, train (Eurostar, TGV), or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane INV - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
8h 48m€149–353Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane INV - MXP
- Take the bus from Milan to Chamonixbus
11h 48m€98–342Train, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Annecytrain Ter
- Take the bus from Annecy - Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
19h 51m€621–967Bus, train
- Take the bus from Forres to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the train from Inverness to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
28h 27m€327–510Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Forres to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Chamonixcar
19h 42m€443–580Bus to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Forres to Aberdeen Airportbus
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ABZ - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
8h 42m€124–373Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane INV - LYS
- Take the bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
11h 8m€125–284Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Turin Caselle Airport, bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane INV - TRN
- Take the bus from Turin to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
11h 42m€107–320Train
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayettrain Tgv
21h 56m€504–779Bus
- Take the bus from Forres to Aberdeen Union Streetbus
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Chamonixbus
35h 53m€157–252Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Forres to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Chamonixcar
20h 42m€337–546
Forres to Chamonix by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Forres to Chamonix is to bus which costs €150 - €260 and takes 35h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Forres to Chamonix is to bus and fly which takes 8h 42m and costs €120 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Forres to Chamonix. However, there are services departing from Forres and arriving at Chamonix via Union Square Bus Station, London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Forres to Chamonix. However, there are services departing from Forres and arriving at Chamonix-Mont-Blanc via Inverness, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Massy Tgv and Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 56m.
The distance between Forres and Chamonix is 1550 km.
The best way to get from Forres to Chamonix without a car is to train and bus which takes 19h 51m and costs €600 - €1000.
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Forres to Chamonix, including transfers.
Forres to Chamonix bus services, operated by Ember, depart from Forres station.
Forres to Chamonix train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Forres to Chamonix is to train which takes 21h 56m and costs €500 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €260 and takes 35h 53m.
What companies run services between Forres, Scotland and Chamonix, France?
You can take a train from Forres to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc via Inverness, London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Massy Tgv, St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet, and Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains in around 21h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Forres to Chamonix via Aberdeen Union Street, Union Square Bus Station, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Paris in around 35h 53m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €270–440
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Annecy
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Europe to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Annecy
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- Phone
- +41 24 539 10 17
- info@alpytransfers.com
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Annecy - Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Annecy - Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Turin to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Forres to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Forres to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Forres to Aberdeen Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Forres to Chamonix bus services, operated by Ember, arrive at Aberdeen Union Street station.
Chamonix is 1h ahead of Forres. It is currently 3:43 AM in Forres and 4:43 AM in Chamonix.
Forres to Chamonix train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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