Expensive Cervinia Lift Pass - Local or Area??

Can anyone give advice on whether to buy a local (£179) or area (£231) lift pass? We are intermediate/advanced skiers but wondered whether paying the extra to ski Zermatt is really worth it? Thinking of staying in the Petit Palais Hotel - anyone stayed there and if so, do you recommend it?

Cheers!

This is one time when I might leave the lift pass purchase until you get there, although I have to say I would be 99% certain to buy the area pass. If you can see a window of several days bad mountain weather, then maybe go a bit cannily, as the link to Switzerland can be closed for several days. Assuming this is not the case, if you did not ski the Zermatt side, you would be missing out on the best mountain view in skiing.

The area pass allows you access to the swiss side of the ski area to zermatt which is apparantly super and worth the extra,

Thanks guys. I understand you can pay an upgrade in resort to ski Zermatt for the day but I suppose if its that good there, we'll want to ski there more than one day.