Where is Les Gets?

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Les Gets is in the heart of the Porte Du Soleil region of the French Alps. You will find a car useful if your visit is in the summer as there is so much to do in the whole region. Winter visitors can use the free buses which run regularly throughout the resort and area.

How to get to Les Gets
By Air
Les Gets is only about 1 hour by car from Geneva Airport, making this the most convenient airport to use. Several airlines now offer low cost flights from various European airports. 

GENEVE – COINTRIN  55 km
LYON – SATOLAS - 170 km
ANNECY - 70 km

Airport transfers
Transfers can be arranged in a private 8 seater minibus. Prices are from £35 per person return depending on the number of people in your party.

Car Hire
Les Gets is easily accessible via the ‘Autoroute Blanc’ motorway directly from Geneva Airport. There are a range of car hire companies at the airport if you wish to self drive. We also recommend hiring snow chains and snow tyres in winter.

Self Drive
It is an easy 900km drive from Calais on French toll motorways which will cost approximately £40. 

Paris - Les Gets	Paris - Mâcon Nord (A6), Annemasse - Cluses (A40), Cluses - Les Gets (D902).
Lyon - Les Gets	Lyon - Chambéry (A43) Aix-les-Bains - Annecy (A41), Bonneville - Cluses (A40), Cluses - Les Gets (D902).
Geneve - Les Gets	Genève - Cluses (A40), Cluses - Les Gets (D902).

Bus



Train or TGV
PARIS - CLUSES : 4h30 (TGV)
Connection to  Cluses - Les Gets by taxi or by coach
PARIS - GENEVE : 3h30 (TGV)
Connection Genève - Les Gets by taxi or by coach

The History of Les Gets
From its origins (in the 11th century), the village of Les Gets has had wood in its veins...
The name "Les Gets" came from the local dialect words "gitte" or "giette" meaning the corridors used to send logs rapidly down the hillside.

Well before tourism developed from winter sports, wood and water were the main resources for the inhabitants of Les Gets. They used different varieties of pine for building: from the main structure to chimneys, from partition walls to roofing tiles; everything was made from wood. It was also used to make kitchen utensils (spoons and buckets for example) and agricultural tools, such as forks, rakes, scythe handles and coffis.
The sawmills would operate in the springtime, because at that time of year, the water volume is higher due to the melting of the winter snows. Today, the forests which cover 2/3 of the Commune are still a veritable livelihood, such as: A wood fired heating system supplying 12 Commune buildings, Sawmills which are still functioning, a tradition still present in our architecture, crafts and heritage etc..
 (History from the Les Gets website)
Mechanical Music Museum
Did you know that Les Gets is the world Capital of Mechanical Music?  The museum in the village is open every day except Saturday from 2.15 to 7.15 p.m., last guided visit at 6 p.m. Features include:-

• Carillon bells, pendulums and music-boxes
• Animated scenes and automatons
• Barrel organs (dance and fair-ground types)
• Orchestra scores and violins
• Mechanical and wind pianos
• Phonographs and gramophones...

They are displayed throughout the museum in their historical context.