Not only does Alpe d’Huez offer a huge array of wonderful hotels, cosy chalets and apartments but it also has a truly fantastic motor home and camper van park.
Open 365 days a year, the camper van park offers safe and secure parking in a floodlit tarmac area which has parking and pitches for around 75 camper vans. It can accommodate anything from the smallest of VW type camper right up to 35’ American style RV’s.
The camper park gets really busy at peak times (Christmas, New Year, February, and of course Tour de France time and indeed the summer months as a whole).
Where is it?
Located in the Les Bergers/Altiport area of town, it's right next to the runway of the Altiport and underneath the Auris “scare-chair”.
What's included in the pitch price
The cost of the pitch includes your water as well, and the facility also provides a toilet and shower block, bin area, recycling bins, waste point and hook ups.
- access to the park is provided by an automated barrier system, in fact the entire park is completely automated so no need to worry about the “check-in” time, as all you need to enter is a credit card
- it's a double barrier entry system, so enter the code, wait for the first barrier to raise, drive forward, let the barrier drop behind you and then the one in front pops up and you can drive in and get your pitch
- the “machine” for the entry code is located in the little wooden hut next to the entrance barriers, and all the information for the park is contained inside the hut in a number of different languages (including English)
- insert your credit card, follow the prompts and get the access code to punch into the keypad by the barriers
Nearby amenities
The park is in a truly fantastic location around 150m away from the Les Bergers Commercial Centre which has a large supermarket (open all year), loads of shops, SATA ski pass office, ESF ski school office, cash point machines, bars, restaurants and a medical centre.
Lift access from the park
It couldn't be easier, simply walk the short distance back to Les Bergers from where you can get the Auris “scare-chair” over to Auris, the Marmottes lift up the Sarenne or the Rif-Nel Express and Romains to access some lovely rolling greens and blue runs back down to Les Bergers. From Les Bergers the whole of the Grande Domiane ski area is really easily accessed.
Summer
In summer there is also additional parking at the bottom of the DMC gondola (at the top end of town), which is popular for people staying for the Megavalanche mountain bike race. There are no facilities though, it's literally a field so you'll need to use the public facilities in resort.
Parking elsewhere
Motorhomes, caravans and camper-vans can also park up in Auris-en-Oisans. Located near to the village centre there is a swimming pool nearby and water, electricity and drainage are available for a nominal fee.
Down in Bourg d'Oisans the Casino supermarket parking offers a water point and a place for drainage, but that's all in terms of facilities – the “point-bleu” is located on the forecourt of the petrol station adjacent to the supermarket.
