Try before you move
Test-drive Briançon for a month
Nobody should relocate to the mountains based on a summer holiday and a property listing. Spend a real month here first — working, shopping, skiing, living — and find out if this is your place.
What your month looks like
- Work, uninterrupted. Fibre internet and a proper desk — from a rental with genuinely good wifi, a coworking day pass, or a small coliving if that's your style.
- Mountains at the door. Serre Chevalier's lifts and the Écrins trails, minutes away — before or after your calls.
- The real season. A January month tells you the truth about winter; an October month tells you the truth about the quiet weeks. Both are worth knowing before you sign anything.
- The town, not the postcard. Groceries, the market, the neighbours, the admin — daily life, tested.
Where to stay for a month
- A monthly rental. The most independent option. Easiest in the shoulder seasons (October, May–June); winter is tight and books out months ahead — our housing playbook (coming soon) covers how locals actually find places.
- A small coliving. Briançon has a tight-knit coliving community of remote workers — and it is deliberately small. We don't do booking buttons for it: if living with others around a shared table is your thing, tell us about your month in the form below and we'll say honestly whether it's a fit — and point you somewhere better if it isn't.
- Gîtes and apart-hotels. The family-friendly option, especially outside French school holidays.
Who this is for
Remote workers and families seriously considering a move to the Alps — French or international — who want evidence before they sign anything. If the month convinces you, you'll already have a head start: contacts, neighbourhoods you know, and locals who can help with the next step.
Full transparency: the publisher of this site runs a small coliving in Briançon. It's kept deliberately small to protect its community — which is exactly why you won't find booking buttons here. If it isn't the right fit for your month, we'll tell you so and point you somewhere better.