Basic costs in Switzerland
Started by Runway in Switzerland 01-Feb-2016 - 10 Replies
Runway posted Feb-2016
Wife and self thinking of skiing in Switzerland (maybe Zermatt or Wengen but could be elsewhere). Have not skied there for 7/8 years and realise due to exchange rate etc its relatively expensive these days.(as already confirmed by quite a few contributors to the forum!)
However we would appreciate advice or comments on basic costs (Coffee, meals on mountain, beer, wine etc etc) from people who have skied there recently. -)
Bedrock barney
reply to 'Basic costs in Switzerland' posted Feb-2016
Therefore it's bound to feel about 1/3rd more expensive, notwithstanding the affect of inflation over the period. We've skied Zermatt twice in the last 2 years. I did a report on our 1st trip as below:
https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/15193.page
On the mountain, coffee and soft drinks were approx £3 to £4. Meals such as Rosti were between £15 and £20. It's possible to eat out in the town without blowing the bank account but you would need to restrict your choice to pizzas etc (I think these were £12 to £15). Restaurants offering traditional menus were considerably more. On our 2nd trip we spent over £350 on our final night in a nice restaurant (4 adults and 2 teenage children)! This was a mid price restaurant by the way! We were half board on our 1st trip so somewhat insulated from eating out costs. We self catered 2nd time round.
For our family of 4, I estimate that we spent between £75 and £100 every day on the mountain (lunch and separate coffee stop). We tend to ski the full day so need to keep well fuelled and I'm not keen on lumping around a backpack.
Therefore it ain't cheap. Superb resort though. We think it's one of the best we've skied.
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Msej449
reply to 'Basic costs in Switzerland' posted Feb-2016
Here's the menu and prices middle-of-the-road on-piste restaurant where we stopped for coffee/chocolate, called 'Chez Simon':
http://www.chezsimon.ch/chezsimon/index.php/nos-menus/carte-d-hiver
The rabbit (lapin) is very local - they live outside in their huts. I've always wondered if - as with lobster - you have to go outside and choose the one you want to eat.
Of course, if you decide to stop at one of the on-piste, up-market restaurants right in the middle of the Verbier slopes, then you'll probably pay a fair bit more. Chez Simon is somewhat out of the way in terms of the Verbier ski area, so it's probably the minimum you'd pay for that standard of food.
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Runway
reply to 'Basic costs in Switzerland' posted Feb-2016
Tony_H
reply to 'Basic costs in Switzerland' posted Feb-2016
Today is showing at 1.47 to the £.
We also paid 6 CHF for a decent sized beer up the mountain towards Gornergrat.
Zermatt, I have to say, is a superb place to ski if you are confident and like to travel around.
Msej449
reply to 'Basic costs in Switzerland' posted Feb-2016
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Runway
reply to 'Basic costs in Switzerland' posted Feb-2016
LOTA
reply to 'Basic costs in Switzerland' posted Feb-2016
https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/16054.page
Edited 1 time. Last update at 04-Feb-2016
Topic last updated on 05-February-2016 at 21:47