Getting there
Giron is a small village located in the south of the Jura Mountains close to Geneva. The region is easily reachable by air (Geneva or Lyon airport), by train (high speed train TGV from Paris and InterCity trains from the Geneva railway station) and by car (high way A40 Macon/Lyon => Chamonix). As Giron is a small village there is no bus connection, but we will organise a shuttle from the closest railway station (Bellegarde sur Valserine) located 30 km from Giron.
Clearly the easiest airport to come to Giron is Genève-Cointrain, the airport is connected world wide, for European destinations Easy Jet offers low cost tickets. At Geneva airport you have to take a train to go to the main railway station down town Genève-Cornavin, it is a 5 minutes trip. Genève-Cornavin has plenty of trains (SNCF) (every 30 minutes at rush hours, otherwise every hour) to Bellegarde sur Valserine. From Bellegarde it is a 30 minutes trip by car to Giron, we will organise an IMC shuttle from the Bellegarde station to Giron. Tell the IMC LOC about your arrival time at Bellegarde in the registration form.
Train tables: Attention - always verify online SNCF
Geneva Airport to Geneva-Cornavin
Geneva-Cornavin to Bellegarde
Lyon Saint Exupéry is the French second biggest airport, it is connected world wide. To go to Giron you have first to take the Tramway Rhône-Express to Lyon down town railway station Lyon-Part-Dieu (30 minutes trip) and then to take a direct train (SNCF) to Bellegarde sur Valserine (about one hour trip). From Bellegarde it is a 30 minutes trip by car to Giron, we will organise an IMC shuttle from the Bellegarde station to Giron. Tell the IMC LOC about your arrival time at Bellegarde in your registration form.
For the high speed train TGV tickets must be booked in advance as all seats require reservations and no free seats can be guaranteed without booking in advance.
Genève-Cornavin is the main Railway station, it is connected by intercity trains with all Swiss destinations by CFF and many French cities by SNCF (Lyon, Marseille, Paris...). Note that with the high speed TGV it is only 3 hours to go from Paris to Geneva, with many daily trains. Genève-Cornavin has plenty of trains (every 30 minutes at rush hours, every hour otherwise) to Bellegarde sur Valserine. From Bellegarde it is a 30 minutes trip by car to Giron, we will organise an IMC shuttle from the Bellegarde station to Giron. Inform the IMC LOC about your arrival time at Bellegarde when you complete the registration form.
Train tables: Attention - always verify online SNCF
Geneva-Cornavin to Bellegarde
Bellegarde is the closest railway station to Giron, there are direct trains from Lyon and Geneva, reservations can be made on the SNCF site. Note that with the high speed TGV it is only 2h40m to go from Paris to Bellegarde. From Bellegarde it takes 30 minutes by car to Giron, we will organise an IMC shuttle from the Bellegarde station to Giron. Inform the IMC LOC about your arrival time at Bellegarde when you complete the registration form.
Geneva is connected to many European cities, the "Gare Routière de Genève" (bus station) is close to Genève-Cornavin railway station. Genève-Cornavin has plenty of trains (every 30 minutes at rush hours, otherwise every hour) to Bellegarde sur Valserine. From Bellegarde it is a 30 minutes trip by car to Giron, we will organise an IMC shuttle from the Bellegarde station to Giron. Tell the IMC LOC about your arrival time at Bellegarde in the registration form.
Gare routière de Genève
Giron is close to the Highway A40 between Geneva and Lyon. You can get real time informations about the French highways here.
| We encourage participants to consider carpooling. A list with sites of departure to Giron is maintained online. |
You must leave the Highway A40 at exit 9 (Saint-Germain-de-Joux), take the direction Geneva until Saint Germain de Joux where you will find an indication for Giron.
You must leave the Highway A40 at exit 10 (Châtillon-en-Michaille), take the direction Châtillon-en-Michaille then Saint-Germain-de-Joux where you will find an indication for Giron.
