Organise your stay
Access
Access to the sanctuary by road
Arriving from the North of France
Expressway to Grenoble then R.N. 85 (Route Napoléon) by the “col Bayard” (name of the narrow road), or R.N. (State highway) 75 by the “col de Lus la Croix Haute” (name of the high mountain pass).
Arriving from Italy
Expressway to Oulx then col de Montgenèvre and R.N. 94 (State Highway 94) by Briançon.
Arriving from the Mediterranean coast
Expressway A-51 to La Saulce then D 924 (direction Briançon).
From Languedoc-Roussillon, the southwest and the Rhone Valley
Expressway to Bollène then D 994 by Nyons, or Expressway to Valence then D 993 by Die and the "col de Cabre" and D 994 to Gap.
Access to the sanctuary by train
Paris-Gap-Briançon
By the night train.
Marseille-Gap-Briançon
Three times a day.
T.G.V. (High Speed Train) to Grenoble and Valence
From these stations, there are regular train services to Gap. In winter additional trains are put in operation from some big towns (Le Havre, Mulhouse, Lille, Nantes, Metz, Quimper and Brussels) to Gap.
On request the Sanctuary provides a shuttle service for collecting persons at Gap from the SNCF railway Station (SNCF French National Railway Company) or the Bus Station (11€ for the journey).
Access to the sanctuary by car (coach)
Regular to and from service for Marseille Marseille, Grenoble, Nice, Barcelonnette and Briançon.
Information: bus station of Gap (SCAL).
Tél. : 04 92 51 06 05
The timings : www.05voyageurs.com
On request the Sanctuary provides a shuttle service for collecting persons at the Bus Station (11 € for the journey).
Access to the sanctuary by air
The nearest air ports
Lyon-Saint Exupéry : 195 km (of which 100 km on the Expressway)
Marseille-Provence : 180 km (of which 160 km on the Expressway)
Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs : 140 km
Nice : 327 km (of which 304 km on the Expressway via Aix en Provence)
Turin : 200 km (of which 70 km on the Expressway)
Genève : 247 km (of which 125 km on the Expressway)
Aerodrome of Gap-Tallard is 10 km away