- If you arrive from Italy, you will probably drive up the Gran St-Bernardino pass. Then, you will have to choose between:
- a motorway to Lausanne and Geneva along the swiss bank of the lake.
- driving the shortest way to Evian by the south-east french coastal route, but this would be the worst choice as this is the easiest acces to control, as I explain it here.
- the best choice for Italians, according to me, would be to leave the motorway at Monthey and try to acces Evian by the "Vallée d'Abondance" (from Monthey, follow Champery, Chatel (Swiss-French border), Evian).
- you can also try to approach Evian via Chamonix by the "Tunnel du Mont Blanc". This choice is interesting for Italians, because it allows you to pass the France-Italy border far enough from Evian to avoid tight controls. From Chamonix, follow Cluses, Samoens, Morzine and Thonon by the Dranse Valley.
- If you arrive from Germany, try maybe to get into Switzerland somewhere in the Jura mountains (west of Switzerland) as customs could be a bit more loose there than at the Basel border. Then, just follow Bern, Lausanne and Geneva. There shouldn't be much control until you get to Geneva.
If you can't even get into Switzerland, you can still join Geneva through France which means no border at all till Evian!
- If you arrive from France, I recommend to avoid the coast road between Geneva and Evian (N5) which will be for sure the most watched acces on the south-west side of the lake. Choose one of the numbrous smaller roads a bit more south.
