Location: Les Gets in France
Nearest Airport:
Geneva at 80
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Nearest Ferry:
Calais at 850
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Nearest Train:
Cluses at 19
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Nearest Motorway:
Cluses at 19
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Car: not necessary
The village of Les Gets dates back to the late 19th century. It began its history as a ski resort in the 1930s. Now it is one of the most popular resorts in Europe. It is wonderful in summer too. The local people love their village and this shows itself in the way they decorate it and care of it. All buildings are required to be in chalet-style which gives the village a unique charm. Les Gets lies at one end of the so-called 'Portes du Soleil system' which is a chain of villages linked by a ski-lift system that creates some 650 kilometres of pistes and stretches over to Switzerland via Morzine and Avoriaz. There is also a small ski resort at Praz de Lys, some 15 minutes away by car and the vaste ski area of Flaine can be reached by a 20 minute. Shops in Les Gets are a 10 minutes' walk from the chalet and there is a small supermarket about 6 mins' walk away. A free bus circulating round the village passes 150 mtrs from the chalet. The ESF and a very-well run creche are in the village.