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Geneva to Morzine Transfer

If it’s your first time flying in to Geneva Airport and heading off to Morzine, you will be pretty amazed at how quick and easy your journey is, with just a 90-minute transfer time between Morzine and Geneva Airport.

Leaving the Geneva motorway behind, you’ll start the climb up to Morzine, with the snow-capped mountains as the backdrop to the last part of your journey. Your transfer driver will take you through some lovely alpine locations, including Taninges, the last big town before the Portes du Soleil resorts.

Passing the turn off to Praz de Lys, you’ll soon find yourself in Les Gets and from the windows of the transfer bus, you’ll spot your first ski lift of the journey! After that, it’s just a few more kilometres along the road before you arrive in the heart of Morzine.

Hard to believe that just a couple of hours ago you were flying into Geneva Airport and now you’ve arrived in resort in your transfer bus, ready to enjoy all Morzine has to offer!

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Morzine Destination Guide

Morzine – The All Seasons Resort for Everyone!

Morzine village is spread out along two sides of a valley, with a mix of modern areas and the old village centre. Lifts run from both sides for skiing and boarding in winter and for mountain biking and walkers in the summer, making it the perfect all year round resort for active types.

SO much skiing in winter!

The extensive, cruisey skiing in Morzine and neighbouring Les Gets is excellent for getting your ‘ski legs’. Once you’ve found them, head over to sister resort Avoriaz, the gateway to exploring the whole of the vast Portes du Soleil area that stretches across France and Switzerland.

In a week of skiing you could easily do different pistes every single day!

Morzine excellent skiing for all levels
Pic: AnastasiaBugriva@Unsplash

And lots of biking & hiking summer!

With over 650km of mountain bike trails plus freestyle and dirt parks, Morzine is paradise on two wheels in summer. The resort is well-organised for bikers, with easy to use lifts to take your bike up, good value lift passes and jet washers to hose down your bike at the end of the a good day of riding.

Mountain Drop-offs is also totally geared up to summertime in Morzine, with all our transfer buses operating out of Geneva Airport offering bike carriage (please book this service in advance).

Morzine après ski fun
Pic: Yutacar@Unsplash

Morzine’s great in-resort feel

Back at resort level, Morzine has long been a favourite destination for British holidaymakers who’ll feel at home in the many English-owned bars and restaurants in town.

If you’d prefer to be immerse yourself in local life, there are lots of restaurants and bars offering Savoyard fare. We’re talking a raclette with local reblochon cheese, followed by a quick Genepy digestif or full strength Mutzig. And after you’ve eaten, you’ll find that out of all the Portes du Soleil resorts, Morzine has the most vibrant apres-ski and night life.

Leave the car at home

And with so much apres-ski and partying on offer in Morzine, we can highly recommend abandoning the idea of a hire car from the airport. After all, who wants to wake up feeling a little ‘tired and emotional’ and having to dig out the car and then drive all the way back to Geneva Airport?

Much easier to let the transfer bus take the strain all the way from Morzine to departures!

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Things to do around Morzine

All-action Morzine

Active types will absolutely love Morzine as there is so much to do. Besides the skiing, boarding and biking, there are lots of unusual activities that’ll make your time in Morzine even more memorable.

Here are some ideas that are faves with our Mountain Drop-offs transfer team:

Snowmobile Trekking

Head out on a thrilling night time snowmobile trek around Avoriaz and the Morzine valley! You can drive a snowmobile, or ride as a passenger, heading along the moonlit trails and pistes for a 20km adventure as the sun sets.

Guided treks leave at 5.30pm from Avoscoot HQ, which is the little wooden chalet right next to the La Chappelle drag lift.

Ice Diving at Lac Montriond

Once the water has frozen, you can try ice diving at the beautiful Montriond lake during the winter season. Amazingly, you don’t even need to have scuba diving experience to do this daredevil activity.

Your fully qualified instructor Jean-Marc Bel will show you a wonderful underwater winter wonderland with his Ice Diving experiences. The lake is covered with a 60cm to 100cm-thick layer of ice in winter and the water is up to 19m deep in places.

Morzine ice diving in Montriond Lake
Pic: @Plongeesousglace Montriond

Leisure activities at the Parc de Dereches

Head to the Parc des Dereches sports centre in the heart of Morzine in summer or winter for a whole host of leisure activities.

Fitness and leisure facilities including a gorgeous open-air pool, indoor pools, tennis, equestrian centre, pro-standard indoor ice-rink, skate park, street hockey, basketball courts and fitness classes. Makes us feel exhausted just writing about it all.

Gone fishing in Morzine

Try catching your supper with a day out fishing in the summer season. There are some gorgeous places to cast your line around Morzine including Montriond lake, the plan du Rocher lake, or on the banks of the River Dranse.

If you’re lucky, you might reel in a trout or two for a delicious fish supper!

Morzine helicopter rides
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Helicopter rides in Morzine

See Morzine, the whole of the Portes du Soleil and beyond from a new angle on a helicopter ride. Hop onboard and be whisked away on a pleasure flight that’s sure to wow.

The family-run Blugeon Helicopters is located on the Route des Nants near the Fys chair lift in Morzine and offers VIP transfers, porterage, rescue servicespleasure rides, wedding flights and charters too.

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Upcoming Events around Morzine

There is always lots going on in Morzine. And with flights operating from all over the UK into Geneva Airport all year round, heading over to Morzine for that event that’s caught your eye couldn’t be easier with Mountain Drop-offs and our shared and VIP transfer service.

Rock the Pistes 2024

Rock The Pistes 2024The celebrated Rock The Pistes festival is all about high altitude stages for high altitude gigs in the spring time sunshine on the slopes and apres-ski concerts too in resort. This is a seminal event for the whole of the Portes du Soleil region, with previous editions having bagged big names such as Martin Solveig, Rag n Bone Man, Chinese Man, High Contrast and Basement Jaxx.

Pretty cool when you think all concerts are free – you just a need a lift pass to get up there. So far the likes of Joey Starr, The Inspector Clues and have been announced for Rock The Pistes 2024. (As this is a busy weekend in resort, get booking your transfers from Geneva to Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets early if coming out for Rock the Pistes – Ed.)

A morning with Morzine Piste Control

Morzine open the pistes with ski patrolA fantastic opportunity to get an insight ‘behind the scenes’ of a ski resort! Meet the ski patrol team at 08:15 at the bottom go the Pleney bubble lift and head out with them to get the slopes open and ready for all those eager skiers.

It’s a free experience, but you must book in advance via the Morzine Tourist Office. Pic: MichaelBoalch@Unsplash.com

Morzine-Avoriaz Penguins Ice Hockey Match

Morzine ice hockey teamCheer on the Morzine-Avoriaz Penguins ice hockey team when they play their home matches at the Skoda Ice Arena in Morzine. The team is currently playing in D1 division and they’re currently fighting to stay up, so go and support them!
Matches are mostly on Wednesdays with puck-off at 20:45. Tickets are usually 10€ for adults, 6€ for 6-16yrs and free for under 5s. Don’t forget to join in with the chant : ‘Allez Les Pingouins’! Pic@HCMA 

ESF Morzine Ski School Torchlit Descent

Fireworks in MorzineLoved by little and big skiers alike, everyone adores a torchlit descent on skis after the sun has gone down! ESF Morzine hosts the event every Thursday evening during the main holiday periods of the season. Start time is 18:30.
It’s free to take part and there will be fireworks after the descent too. Bring a goblet for your free vin chaud, or buy one for 1€ on the night from the drinks stands. It all takes place the Pleney snow front. Book your place for the run with ESF Morzine or the Tourist Office. pic@MorzineTO

Pass’Portes du Soleil Mountain Bike Festival 2024

Pass portes du soleil MTB 2023The 2024 edition of this world-renowned, multi-country mountain bike festival week is from the 28th to the 30th June and it is going to be epic. If you’ve never done it, it’s a must. On bike or on foot, you follow a specially curated range of rides and hikes around the whole Portes du Soleil area ranging from the full 80km to special sessions for kids with a guide. This year the Bike Village (where the trade stands and shows are) is in Chatel.

Things like roadbooks, food at special stops and the lift passes are all included in the day packages. You’ll need to reserve your place in advance (and the 80km sells out very quickly). Registration on the Pass’Portes du Soleil official website from the 17th January 2024.

Morzine Market

Morzine market

Cheese, fruit, veg, meat, fish and a whole lot more will be on sale every Wednesday in the Place de la Poste in Morzine. The market is great to visit as it gives you a real taste of everyday French life. It’s on from 08:00 to 12:30 and runs all year round.

And that’s our Morzine destination guide complete!

Summer or winter, skier or non-skier, with family or with friends, there’s so much to do in Morzine. Maximise your time in resort by letting one of our fleet of modern transfer buses whisk you straight from Geneva Airport to Morzine in just 90 minutes, so you can get on with the serious business of enjoying yourself as soon as possible.

Book your transfer here