Getting around | Vars: Hautes-Alpes ski resort

Closure of Val d’Escreins

The access road to Val d’Escreins is closed to traffic. It is due to reopen shortly.

26/11/2025

Getting around

thanks to the shuttles

Free shuttlesVillages & Val d'Escreins

Timetables available soon

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La gare de Montdauphin Guillestre se situe à 15 km de Vars.
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ShuttlesRailway station

Shuttles running between Vars and Montdauphin SNCF station.
Timetable available soon.

Parking

Car parks

Village maps

Car parks are also indicated on our map of the resort and villages, so don’t hesitate to download it.

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Do you drive electric?

4 recharging points are available in Vars:

2 in Vars les Claux next to the health centre and 2 in Vars Sainte-Marie in front of the Tourist Office.

I find a terminal

For local travel, a local car-sharing list is also available from the Tourist Office. It enables local people to share short, local journeys.

Parking

by motorhome

P5 car park

Free parking without prior reservation (50 spaces), located in Vars les Claux, this large space specially dedicated to motorhomes and other vans is ideally placed. You’ll find an emptying area and the chance to buy electricity tokens from the Tourist Office (Electricity connection: Use of the electricity terminal (6 sockets) is subject to conditions (€5 for 3 hours, token, conditions of sale and use available from the Tourist Office, grey and black water terminals offered by the resort, free water refill, toilets available).

Thanks to the free shuttle bus, which stops 500 m downhill, you can easily get around the village of Les Claux, towards the Col de Vars, as well as the traditional villages.