Private Transfer Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Airport → Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
Arriving through a major hub and leaving from an old mountain village: the two ends of this journey raise quite different questions.
Distance
182 km
Reference route: A43 then A430 motorways to Albertville, the RN90 dual carriageway to Moûtiers, then the D117 for 20 km — around a 30-minute climb according to the tourist office. Distance measured from the Terminal 1 drop-off area to the Maison du Tourisme. Your chauffeur adapts the route to real conditions.
Winter journey time
≈ 2h10 driving time in free-flowing traffic — indicative; varies with traffic, weather, winter conditions, transfer Saturdays and your final drop-off point
Outside changeover Saturdays
Vehicles
V-Class · Sprinter
Depending on group and equipment

This journey links two opposite worlds, which is exactly what makes it interesting to organise. At one end, a connecting hub with two terminals and a TGV station. At the other, a mountain village of old buildings whose streets were never drawn for large vehicles.
Vehicle size is decided at the start, not on arrival
A party arriving through a major hub often travels with more luggage: connecting flights, longer stays, personal equipment. The instinct is then to ask for the largest vehicle available. At Saint-Martin, that instinct can backfire: a large vehicle cannot reach everywhere a smaller one can.
For a big party the right answer is sometimes two vehicles rather than one, and sometimes a dedicated luggage van that frees the cabin entirely. That carries a real cost, which we quote before you book rather than discover with you in front of a street that is too narrow.
And then the departure
The return from a village to a major hub is the most exposed leg of the trip, because it has a deadline: check-in for your flight. We set the margin against that deadline rather than an average journey time — and we account for the fact that an early start from an old village is not the same as pulling out of a resort car park.
Saint-Martin in its valley
Saint-Martin-de-Belleville gave the commune its name before it became Les Belleville. It is the first of the valley’s three arrivals and the lowest — less exposed to altitude constraints, more to constraints of size.
What the figures on this page are worth
The distance and journey time shown are measured on the public road network, from the Terminal 1 drop-off area at Lyon-Saint-Exupéry to the resort’s public reference point — its tourist office — never to your accommodation. The time is free-flowing driving, excluding winter conditions: it places the journey, it does not commit it. Traffic, weather, changeover Saturday and your final address all move it — your flight sets the departure time.

Frequently asked questions — Private Transfer Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Airport → Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
On this route
Should I ask for the largest vehicle available?
Not necessarily. At Saint-Martin a large vehicle cannot reach everywhere. For a big party, two vehicles or a luggage van may be the right answer — we say so before you book.
How do you set the time for the journey back?
Against your check-in time, not an average journey time. We account for the fact that an early start from an old village is not the same as leaving a resort car park.
Why is the commune no longer called Saint-Martin-de-Belleville?
The village still carries the name, but the commune is now Les Belleville, which also takes in Les Menuires and Val Thorens.