Great Savings and Deals for Comfortable, Modern Accommodation

Hotel Review: The Novotel Grenoble Nord Voreppe offers cheap deals in a comfortable hotel for families and travelers to Grenoble, Chartreuse, and the French Alps.

The Novotel Grenoble Nord Voreppe is a typical Novotel hotel. The hotel is modern, if a bit characterless, but offer great value and comfortable accommodation for travelers and families of up to four. As the hotel aims mostly at business travelers, very cheap deals are available over weekends and during holiday periods including most of summer. A large garden and outdoor swimming pool are added bonuses.

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Cheap TGV, ICE, and Eurostar Tickets and Reservations via Railteam

Passengers can travel fast, cheap, and environmentally friendly on TGV, ICE, and Eurostar trains between France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland.

Railteam High-Speed Trains in Europe © railteam.eu

High-speed trains have been traveling in European countries for around thirty years. The most famous fast trains in Europe are the French Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV) and the German Inter-City-Express (ICE) trains, which also cross the borders to travel to neighboring countries. Eurostar trains provide high-speed rail links from London to Paris and other continental destinations including seasonal travel to ski resorts and the south of France. Railteam was formed to coordinate international high-speed rail travel and not only increase the speed of trains on cross border journeys but also make online bookings and reservations of rail tickets on European trains easier.

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Direct Buses & Trains to Genève Aéroport (GVA) from Lyon, Grenoble, etc

Cheap buses, transfer services, and trains from Geneva Airport (GVA) in Switzerland go to French towns such as Lyon, Grenoble, Chamonix, and Alpine ski resorts.

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Geneva International Airport (GVA) is on the Swiss-French border. Genève Cointrin Aéroport is used by travelers not only to Geneva but also to French towns such as Lyon, Grenoble, Chamonix, Chambéry, Annecy, and many Alpine ski resorts. Direct buses run from the airport to many French destinations while transfer services to Alpine ski resorts are popular and best reserved in advance, Train journeys from Geneva Airport to French destinations including Lyon almost always requires a transfer at Genève Cornavin station.

All public transportation, except taxis, from Geneva Airport depart from the Swiss side of the airport. Passengers go through the same (Schengen) immigration whether traveling to France or Switzerland but as Switzerland is not part of the EU, passengers using public transportation have to pass through Swiss customs whether traveling directly to France or not (and repeat the procedure at the train station or when the bus pass the border again).

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