This winter skiers have the selection of reserving a package deal vacation to the Alps by rail, together with their resort lodging and generally the carry cross too, with corporations like Inghams, SNO and Travelski, or they will make their very own preparations and simply purchase a practice ticket by way of RailEurope.com
From at the moment, winter lovers can guide their Eurostar Snow practice tickets to the French Alps for the 2025/2026 season at RailEurope.com with their newly rebranded Eurostar service from London St Pancras.
RailEurope operates its Snow Practice service from London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp.
“The Snow Practice supply is a extra acutely aware method to journey — reducing emissions whereas crossing a few of Europe’s most scenic winter landscapes. With no site visitors jams or airport queues, travellers arrive within the Alps relaxed and prepared, with out ever setting foot in a ca,” an organization spokesperson mentioned.
The Snow Practice service from the UK operates each Saturday all through the season, linking London St Pancras with six Alpine stations — together with Moûtiers, Aime-la-Plagne and Bourg-Saint-Maurice — by way of a connection in Lille Europe. Return journeys from Bourg-Saint-Maurice run on Sundays, making it straightforward to plan a full week on the slopes. From the practice stations, ski resorts like Les Arcs, La Plagne, Tignes and Val d’Isère are only a shuttle or funicular trip away.
Journey time between London and the Alps is roughly 7 hours and 44 minutes. At the moment the second, probably the most inexpensive return fare out there from London to Bourg-Saint-Maurice is £224. That is based mostly on a departure on Saturday, 7 March, for an eight-night keep within the Alps, returning on Sunday the next weekend.
“Greater than only a practice, the Snow Practice is a part of a rising motion: travellers selecting rail over highway or air, not just for consolation however as a result of it’s a better option for the planet. At Rail Europe, we imagine the journey must be as accountable because the vacation spot — and that is rail journey at its finest: scenic, easy and sustainable,” the Rail Europe spokesperson added.
Rail Europe is the worldwide platfom for European practice reserving with a 90 yr historical past of working with rail corporations and sells round 5 million European practice tickets yearly
Picture credit: Purple Eurostar practice: © Eurostar – picture courtesy of Rail Europe (above), Scenic bushes panorama: © Patrick Fore by way of Unsplash (prime).
