Car parking in Alpe d'Huez

There is free outdoor parking in resort in certain areas designated as blue zones. 

Parking in a blue zone is limited to 90 minutes from 09:30 until 12:00 and 14:30 until 19:30, and you must have a blue European parking disc to display your arrival time in your vehicle's windscreen. 

You can obtain the discs for a small fee from all resort shops, the tourist office, Mairie reception, the Sports Palace, the swimming pool and the ice rink. 

Here's a list of all the free parking areas, which you can locate on the Alpe d'Huez town map:

• Avenue de Brandes (J6)
• Chemin de Fond Morel (N5) 19:00 until 23:00
• Place Paganon (F6)
• Avenue de l'Eclose (D7)
• Chemin de la Chapelle (H6)
• Les Bergers (L/M5)
• Avenue du Rif Nel (I3)
• Place Maurice Rajon (H3)
• Rue des passeaux (G/H/I8)
• Altiport (N3)
• Huez Village (D12)
• Avenue de l'Étendard (J4)

Free parking in Oz en Oisans

There are a number of outdoor free parking areas, the largest of which are at the bottom of the Poutran gondola and the Alpette gondola. As you'd expect the free parking spots get filled up pretty quickly, so be prepared to get there early on a Saturday to grab a space, or go for P2 parking which involves a bit more of a walk and is therefore less popular.

The following car parks are free and parking is limited to between 09:00 and 00:00:

• L'Alpette (P5) 20 spaces - parking limited to 40 minutes
• Le Sauget (P4) 18 spaces - parking limited to 40 minutes
• Poutran (P10) 70 spaces

Parking from 08:00 until 00:00: Les Sorbiers (P8) 50 spaces

The following car parks are free and parking is unlimited:

• Les Cheneviers (P4) 200 spaces
• La Pierre (P7) 43 spaces
• La Pâques (P9) 40 spaces
• Myans et les Côtes (P12) 24 spaces
• Les Côtes (P14a) 54 spaces
• Le Relais (P14b) 64 spaces

Parking de l'Olmet (P13) 32 spaces - Drop off zone for 1 minute, with electric charging spots.

Lots of accommodation providers offer parking spaces on the property or nearby, so check to see if they have space before you set off.

Please check times, dates and fees at the time of parking as these may change.

There are a number of covered car parks in Alpe d'Huez.

At Les Bergers the parking is barrier accessed and there's an automated machine for 24/7 access. There's also an office inside by the machine, but this is only manned from around 09:00 to 17:00.

In Oz en Oisans there's a pay and display car park next to the ice rink, across from the open air car park from the bottom of the Poutran gondola lift, which you can use in winter and summer.

A number of chalets, apartments and other holiday residences offer secure covered parking, so enquire with your accommodation provider.

Please check times, dates and fees at the time of parking.

There is free outdoor parking in locations mentioned above in the 'free parking' section, and paid outdoor parking on Route de l'Altiport at the Dalle du Parking des Bergers.

Please check times, dates and fees at the time of parking as these may change.

For those of you driving an electric car to Alpe d'Huez, you'll find charging stations at the following locations:

Enquire with your accommodation provider at the time of booking as some hotels and chalets have charging points installed for guests to use.

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.