Signature experience — Val d’Isère
Day trip to Tignes and the Chevril dam
Duration
Half day
Price
From €390
Mercedes
Dedicated vehicle & chauffeur
It’s a short hop from Val d’Isère: 7.5 km along the D902 to the Chevril dam, where the Isère has been held since 1952 and the painted “Géant” reappears when levels drop. Continue another 5 km and climb 300 m to reach Tignes le Lac at 2,100 m, facing the Grande Motte glacier and the Perce-Neige funicular. The road skirts the site of old Tignes, flooded in 1952, and passes viewpoints that tell the story of schist, moraines, and a high-altitude basin shaped by ice.
Your driver collects you at the hotel and keeps the vehicle at your disposal throughout. You explore and taste; he handles the road, the parking, and the timing. Walk the lakeside loop in about 45 minutes, then pause for photos over the Chevril wall before a coffee in Tignes le Lac—or a detour to Val Claret if skies clear over Grande Motte. In Val d’Isère, our private chauffeur fine-tunes stops to lift schedules and can secure a terrace table by the water.
Your itinerary
- I
09:00 – Pick-up at your Val d’Isère hotel and drive on the D902 to the Chevril dam.
- II
09:20 – Stop at the dam viewpoint; read the landscape and spot the “Géant” mural if water is low (15 min).
- III
09:45 – Reach Tignes le Lac (2,100 m) for a lake loop walk or a terrace coffee (45–60 min).
- IV
11:15 – Optional detour to Val Claret for Grande Motte views, then return to Val d’Isère before 12:30.
What’s included
- ✓ Dedicated Amania driver
- ✓ Late‑model Mercedes
- ✓ Hotel pick-up
- ✓ Waiting time included
Your chauffeur’s tip
From mid-September to October, Chevril lake is often low: set out before 9:30 to catch the “Géant” mural from the right bank in soft, raking light.
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