Getting Here

The Aravis Lodge and Cooking in France cookery courses are based in the village of St Jean de Sixt in the heart of the Aravis range of mountains. The village lies two kilometres or so between the larger villages and winter ski resorts of La Clusaz and Le Grand Bornand.

We are also a 30 minute drive from the mainline railway station of Annecy and an eight hour drive from Calais. The journey is an important part of your overall holiday experience so with Cooking in France we suggest you fly to Geneva to give you:

Choice of many low-cost and regular flights to Geneva
Afternoon or evening departures from convenient airports
Transfer to the Lodge of just an hour from Geneva airport
Return to UK at a reasonable hour

Our cookery course packages have been designed to help you find good value and convenient flights which can be from as little as £45 return although we recommend booking as early as possible to find the best value flights.

Geneva is well served by flights from the UK. EasyJet is the largest carrier during the summer with flights from London Gatwick, Stanstead and Luton as well as Bristol, Nottingham East Midlands and Liverpool. Besides this, British Airways operate flights from London Heathrow and Aer Lingus have one flight a day from Dublin.

When do the free airport transfers operate?

Arrivals

Flight times landing between 1600 - 2130

We will always try to be waiting for you on arrival in Geneva and minimise your time spent in the airport, however due to our offering trips to small groups from a wide range of airports there may be a brief wait at Geneva for us to meet another flight joining your transfer.

Flights landing before 1800 mean that you'll be at the Lodge in time for a full dinner and a leisurely evening settling in. For later arrivals there'll be supper and wine waiting for you, should you want it, before you go to bed.

Departures

Flight times leaving from 1600 - 2200

We will leave the lodge around 3 hours before your departing flight, which means that you'll have a morning or full day of walking to enjoy before you go. We don't normally enforce check out times, so you'll be able to keep your things in your room so you can shower and change before leaving.

Flights at other times

Due to the poor air links between Geneva and the North of England / Scotland in the summer we will also always pick up and drop down to easyJet's Liverpool flight for free. This arrives at 1435 on Thursdays and leaves at 1025 on Mondays.

If you would like to catch a flight that arrives at a different time than afternoon or evening we are able to come and meet you direct from that flight but there will be a charge of £90 per transfer, payable in advance, for a transfer of up to 8 people (this is per transfer leg not per person, so is divisible between the number in your party).

Flight Search Guide

How to Find the Best Flight Prices

There are a number of things that you can do to make sure that you find the best value flights available. Many of these are listed below with the relevant links to the webpages that should help you find the right flight at the right price!

In general - to get the best prices you should try to:

book as far in advance as possible
compare all airlines and the different ways of buying the flights
be as flexible as possible (for instance on departure airport - Luton v Stansted)
when you find a price you are happy with take it and don't ask the guy next to you on the plane how much he paid!

No-Frills and Budget Flights

There is now a huge choice of flights to Geneva with the no-frills or budget airlines. For all of these airlines the best prices will be found by booking with them directly online through their websites.

There are now several websites who will search and compare these no-frills flights for you and will show you the choice of flights from various airports on a range of days - allowing you to find the most suitable flight and budget. You will still be booking direct with the airlines - but it can save time on the searching and comparing.

Please use the Skyscanner Flight Search provided here to check flight options from the UK to Geneva.

To reset the search - click on the Travel Button in the menu bar, then return to this Flight Search page and you will again find it ready to search for Geneva flights.

Now you really are closer than ever to Geneva!

Other flight comparison websites

Scheduled Flights

BA and SWISS have many daily direct flights from London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London City (plus many more indirect flights via Zurich and connections from all across the UK).

Other national airlines such as KLM, Air France and Lufthansa all have flights to Geneva from the UK but often with stopovers.

When searching for scheduled flights - compare the airline's own websites but also search on the Flight Agency Specialists, such as those listed below.