There are 10 ways to get from Salzburg to Val Thorens by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, shuttle, train, or train (TGV)
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Train via Verona
best- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Re
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Modanetrain Fr
13h 8m€189–354Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus stationbus N86 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Lyonbus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Val Thorensbus
21h 54m€86–160Drive 774.7 km
- Drive from Salzburg to Val Thorenscar 774.7 km
10h 36m€130–188Fly Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SZG - GVA
- Take a shuttle bus from Genève Airport to Val Thorens Arolles
9h 49m€183–408Train, shuttle
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Feldkirchtrain
- Take the train from Feldkirch to Zürich HBtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroporttrain Ic1 / ...
- Take a shuttle bus from Genève Airport to Val Thorens Arolles
14h 33m€169–270Train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozentrain Nj
- Take the train from Bolzano-Bozen to Milano Porta Garibalditrain Re6
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Modanetrain Tgv
15h 10m€174–297Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MUC - GVA
- Take a shuttle bus from Genève Airport to Val Thorens Arolles
9h 55m€190–413Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane MUC - LYS
- Take a shuttle bus from Lyon Airport to Val Thorens Arolles
10h 15m€190–403Fly Salzburg Airport to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane SZG - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Modanetrain
9h 50m€211–465Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane MUC - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Modanetrain
10h 7m€213–490
Salzburg to Val Thorens by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg to Val Thorens is to bus which costs €85 - €160 and takes 21h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg to Val Thorens is to fly and shuttle which takes 9h 49m and costs €180 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Salzburg to Val Thorens. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Rathaus and arriving at Val Thorens via Salzburg South, Munich central bus station and Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 54m.
No, there is no direct train from Salzburg to Val Thorens. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Hbf and arriving at Modane via Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Brennero - Brenner, Verona Porta Nuova and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 8m.
The distance between Salzburg and Val Thorens is 884 km. The road distance is 774.7 km.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Val Thorens without a car is to train via Verona which takes 13h 8m and costs €180 - €360.
It takes approximately 13h 8m to get from Salzburg to Val Thorens, including transfers.
Salzburg to Val Thorens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Salzburg South station.
Salzburg to Val Thorens train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Salzburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Val Thorens is to train via Verona which takes 13h 8m and costs €180 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €160 and takes 21h 54m.
What companies run services between Salzburg, Austria and Val Thorens, France?
You can take a train from Salzburg Hbf to Val Thorens via Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Brennero - Brenner, Verona Porta Nuova, Milano Centrale, and Modane in around 13h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Salzburg Rathaus to Val Thorens via Salzburg Alpensiedlung P+R, Salzburg South, Munich central bus station, and Lyon in around 21h 54m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–750
Flights from Munich International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Munich International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–360
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Munich International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–500
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €30–50
Train from Feldkirch to Zürich HB
- *
- €22–35
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €25–40
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €55–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–50
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Feldkirch
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Feldkirch to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–94
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €90–94
- Couchette Carriage
- €55–70
- Seating Carriage
- €25–31
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Bolzano-Bozen to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Val Thorens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Shuttle from Genève Airport to Val Thorens Arolles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Website
- BensBus Airport Ski Transfers
Shuttle from Genève Airport to Val Thorens Arolles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Website
- BensBus Airport Ski Transfers
Shuttle from Genève Airport to Val Thorens Arolles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Website
- BensBus Airport Ski Transfers
Shuttle from Lyon Airport to Val Thorens Arolles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- BensBus Airport Ski Transfers
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Salzburg to Val Thorens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Salzburg to Val Thorens train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Salzburg to Val Thorens is 775 km. It takes approximately 10h 36m to drive from Salzburg to Val Thorens.
There are 9278+ hotels available in Val Thorens.