Les Gets is part of the Portes du Soleil ski area. It includes 12 resorts spread over France and Switzerland, with over 650 km of pistes. Les Gets is a family resort that offers a wide range of activities in both summer and winter.
Les Gets, between lake and mountain
There are a dozen or so high altitude restaurants with ski in/ski out access. In the resort, we recommend taking a break at theAprèski to enjoy local specialities and music. It is a very popular place to have fun after a good day on the slopes. For the first round of the 2022 presidential election, the resort was selling its ski pass for €1 to everyone who had done their civic duty.
Les Gets ski area
If you are new to downhill skiing, Les Gets offers the Mappys reserved area. It allows you to practice your skiing on a gentle slope, in complete safety and at a distance from experienced skiers. This area is free.
Top rated hotels
There is a wide range of tourist accommodation in the ski resort of Les Gets. From hotel rooms to flats and chalets, there is something for everyone. It’s up to you to decide what you want for your stay in the mountains.
Depending on your budget, we have selected five hotels in Les Gets that offer excellent value for money. They have very good customer reviews. Discover also theunusual accommodation in the heart of the forest:
Chalet-Hotel La Marmotte, La Tapiaz & SPA
From 154 € per night.
Hotel Alpina
From €110 per night.
Le Bellevue
From € 90 per night.
Le Chamois d’Or Hotel
From 160 € per night.
Hotel La Grande Lanière
From 160 € per night.
The most beautiful chalets
For an unforgettable holiday in the mountains, we offer three chalets for rent in Les Gets that have received excellent reviews from guests:
Chalet Orlando
Chalet L’Arolle
Le Grand Canyon
The athletes of the resort
Jules Segers
Originally from Les Gets, Jules Segers has been a member of the French Paralympic Alpine Ski Team since 2017. Specialising in slalom, he nevertheless competed in all five disciplines at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games. He finished 17th in the slalom.
Lauryne Chappaz
Lauryne Chappaz is a downhill mountain biker. It’s a family affair as her father also cycled a lot during his youth. An ambassador for Les Gets and a member of the village’s Vélo Club, Lauryne Chappaz won the world downhill mountain bike title in 2020, in the junior category.
The Lounge Music Festival
This music festival, which takes place over two weeks during the first two weeks of August, offers free concerts at various sites in Les Gets. On the programme: 12 concerts in the village and 20 open-air concerts in splendid natural locations. The musical styles are varied and suitable for everyone. You will be able to hear electro, blues, funk, pop or jazz.

The opening night is dedicated to pop folk and blues music. It takes place on the Esplanade stage. During a hike on Mont Chéry, you can have a picnic at the Belvédère restaurant while listening to a jazzy band. In the evening, at the top of Mont Chéry, the world of electro music resounds. The access is by cable car and the return is a torchlight descent to Mont Caly. Shuttles will then take you to the resort of Les Gets.
Aperitifs are offered in the mountain pastures to a funk sound. The festival closes in the evening, on the Esplanade stage, to the rhythm of soul and funk. Multiple shows are proposed in the bars and restaurants in parallel.
Snowshoeing routes
Beautiful snowshoeing itineraries are marked out and secured in the resort of Les Gets:
The Belvédère des Nauchets
La Combe via Mont-Caly
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes for 6.8 km
Le Bouchet
The Golf tour
Duration: 2 hours for 5 km.
Ideas for activities in summer
Tourism in Les Gets offers many activities:
The museum of mechanical music
Price: €9 for adults and €5 for children.Address: 294 rue du Vieux Village, 74260 Les Gets.
Alta Lumina
- For the gourmets, it is the occasion to discover the restaurants which propose local specialities like the fondue, the tartiflette.
- Les Gets lake: ideal for swimming, supervised by lifeguards, children can enjoy the water course with more than 30 modules to master.
- Mountain bike rides on the Chavannes and Mont-Chery: by taking the 2 cable cars, you can access the well-marked paths. You can hire an electric bike in the village.
Access and public transport
To reach Les Gets resort, several choices are possible:
- Car: take the A40 motorway (exit at Cluses), then the D902 to Les Gets
- Train station: TGV from Cluses (22km), or from Thonon Les Bains (35km)
- Plane: arrive at Geneva International Airport or Lyon St Exupéry Airport
The resort is committed to sustainable tourism. It offers holidaymakers soft mobility, leaving the car in the car park and using the transport below:
- The Petit Train takes you around the resort and its surroundings for free.
- Electrically-assisted bicycles are self-service with GetsLib’.
- The Balad’Aulps buses serve the tourist sites in the valley, between Les Gets and Le Jotty.
- A night shuttle serves the resort every day from 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm in winter.
Free shuttles connect the various hamlets every day.