Avoriaz - transfer-guide

How to transfer from Cluses to Avoriaz

Avoriaz is a short transfer from Cluses station. Buses depart from right outside the station, and there's a taxi rank there too. The station has a waiting room and there's a large cafe, in Cafe de La Gare, right opposite the station.

Taxi transfers: Cluses station - Avoriaz

Daniel Elkan, Cluses station in snow

Bus transfers - Cluses - Avoriaz

Daniel Elkan, Cluses bus station

Buses depart from a bay right next Cluses station. You walk out of Cluses station and the buses are right there. 

Cluses station has a big hall and waiting room, so you can wait in the warm.

You can buy bus tickets at a counter at the train station, but it is recommended to buy them in advance online at www.altibus.com which shows timetable information too.

Apparently, the bus company will publish a timetable in English in due course.
Here is the Cluses to Les Gets and Morzine and Avoriaz winter 2024-25 bus timetable in French

Altibus contact details and booking
Phone number: +33 4 79 68 32 96
Email address: info@altibus.com
Book tickets: altibus.com
Tickets cost: Adults €12; youth (2 -26) €7.56

Cluses station information & restaurants

Daniel Elkan, Cafe de la Gare at Cluses

Cluses station has a waiting room so you can stay warm if you are waiting for a taxi, bus or train.

There is a cafe/restaurant/bar right opposite, called Cafe de La Gare, so you can get food and hot and cold drinks if or while you wait for a train or bus.

The town, which has plenty of shops, is just down the street (literally one or two minutes walk).  So you could stock up on provisions at a supermarket there too.

If you happen to be at Cluses in the evening, a good place to eat is Restaurant le 8 Mai (0033 450982450). It is 150 metres from the station.

You don't have to reserve but if there's a group of you the owner recommends it (you'll need to do this in French or ask a French speaker to do this for you).

Restaurant Le 8 Mai

Daniel Elkan, Cluses restaurant Le 8 Mai

If you happen to be at Cluses in the evening, a good place to eat is Restaurant le 8 Mai (0033 450982450). It is 150 metres from the station.

You don't have to reserve but if there's a group of you the owner recommends it (you'll need to do this in French or ask a French speaker to do this for you).

In the days when Cluses had overnight sleeper trains going back to Paris, we ate there a couple of times (see photo).  At the moment SNCF has axed the sleeper trains, but they are due to return in future years.