There are 12 ways to get from Fort William to Chamonix by bus, plane, 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.
Bus to Glasgow Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, bus
best- Take the bus from Fort William to Glasgow Airportbus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane GLA - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
9h 11m€129–316Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Fort William to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane EDI - MXP
- Take the bus from Milan to Chamonixbus
12h 24m€75–227Train, bus
- Take the train from Fort William to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Genevetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Geneva to Chamonixbus
20h 36m€426–743Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 915
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
32h 56m€179–384Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Fort William to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Chamonixcar
18h 43mBus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Fort William to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane EDI - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
9h 44m€106–252Bus to Glasgow Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Fort William to Glasgow Airportbus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane GLA - MXP
- Take the bus from Milan to Chamonixbus
11h 46m€78–191Bus to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Fort William Bus Station to Inverness Union Streetbus
- 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
12h 3m€156–336Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Fort William to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane EDI - LIN
- Take the bus from Milan to Chamonixbus
13h 8m€104–266Train
- Take the train from Fort William to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayettrain Tgv
21h 9m€433–735Bus via Lille
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 915
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
33h 10m€143–243Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Fort William to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Chamonixcar
19h 48m€288–468
Fort William to Chamonix by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Fort William to Chamonix is to bus and fly which costs €75 - €230 and takes 12h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Fort William to Chamonix is to bus and fly which takes 9h 11m and costs €120 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Fort William station to Chamonix. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 56m.
The distance between Fort William and Chamonix is 1542 km.
The best way to get from Fort William to Chamonix without a car is to train and bus which takes 20h 36m and costs €420 - €750.
It takes approximately 9h 11m to get from Fort William to Chamonix, including transfers.
Fort William to Chamonix bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, depart from Bus Station.
The best way to get from Fort William to Chamonix is to bus which takes 32h 56m and costs €170 - €390. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €430 - €750 and takes 21h 9m.
Fort William to Chamonix bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Chamonix is 1h ahead of Fort William. It is currently 8:21 AM in Fort William and 9:21 AM in Chamonix.
What companies run services between Fort William, Scotland and Chamonix, France?
You can take a bus from Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 32h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Fort William to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc via Edinburgh Waverley, London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet, and Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains in around 21h 9m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–85
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–360
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Fort William to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Fort William to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Fort William to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Fort William Bus Station to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Fort William to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +41 24 539 10 17
- info@alpytransfers.com
- Website
- alpytransfers.com
Bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.alpytransfers.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Geneva to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 22 781 04 04
- Website
- cham-transfers.com
Bus from Geneva to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://www.cham-transfers.com/EN
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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