Bessans, joyau de la Haute-Maurienne, village montagnard regroupé autour de son église et de ses chapelles baroques, est le point de départ de superbes découvertes. L'hiver, parcourez son vaste plateau nordique : classique ou skating, promenade ou pulka, à vous de choisir. L'été, en famille, parmi de nombreuses possibilités de randonnées, le chemin du Petit-Bonheur vous permet de parcourir, à pied ou à VTT, toute la haute vallée.  
 
 
By road
From Lyon, take the RN6 or the motorway A43 towards Chambéry-Turin to Modane (Le Freney). At Modane, take the RN6 to the direction Lanslebourg. At Lanslebourg, D902, towards Col de l'Iseran, Bessans is at 14 km. Bessans is at 40 km from the motorway exit (Modane).

Price Lyon-Modane with the motorway: 19.60 €
Price Frejus tunnel: 1 return way: 62.40 €
The pass of Iseran is one step of the Grandes Alpes route.

Important: the col de l'Iseran and the col du Mont-Cenis are closed in the winter.

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By train

Modane railway station is 40km away, PARIS-LYON-TURIN-MILAN main line services.
4 hours between Paris and Modane by TGV.
Connection by the Transavoie bus from Modane to Bessans.
-> For timetables and bookings: Altibus - Tel. 0820 227 413


By plane


Chambéry Airport and "Transneige" links for Modane with connections to the resorts.


Other distances:

BORDEAUX
792 km
CHAMBERY
136 km
GRENOBLE
166 km
LILLE
915 km
LYON
236 km
MARSEILLE
363 km
NANTES
952 km
PARIS
698 km
TURIN
107 km
ST JEAN DE MAURIENNE
66 km

Tourist Office 73480 Bessans - Tel. 04 79 05 96 52 - Fax : 04 79 05 83 11 - E-mail : info@bessans.com
Updated by Gwenaëlle Doyen - E-mail : cyber@bessans.com
Creation : Alliance Réseaux