Help with my shortlist

bandit wrote:AFAIR the worst reported price atrocity from the French Tarentaise this winter was 36 euros for a burger :shock:

Stayed in Arc 1600 last week of march,and was pleasantly surprised with the prices.After reading so many horror stories about costs in the Tarentaise . Burgers 4 to 7 euro,large beer 3 euro.Also on a positive note didn't queue for a single lift all week,1st time that has happened in 25 years of skiing.Highly recommended.

Tony, why don't you go to Mayrhofen?? Fits your needs perfectly )

Done both Zermatt and Grindelwald this year and loved riding in Switzerland more than France, Austria or Germany.

Do Zermatt and lunch in Cervinia every day, very cheap in comparison, you and your crew will love it.

Pablo Escobar wrote: I have to say I found Switzerland no more expensive than France :roll:

I wonder if low season would have something to do with the lower prices.... :shock:

In Adelboden 21 Swiss for Spag bol the exchange rate was 1.58 = £13.29

In LGb 10 Euro for Spag bol the exchange rate was 1.06.............= £9.43

Total difference between Switzerland and France for Spag bol.......= £3.86

Now I call that more expensive than France :wink: :wink:

I paid £25 for a meal and a couple of drinks in London Heathrow, I paid £6 for a Big Mac in Glasgow airport. From this I can conclude that Heathrow is more than 4 times more expensive than Glasgow airport.


You see, a comparison like that doesn't work does it? It is a lot more complicated than that. A comparison you can't really make unless you have visited both places )

Pablo Escobar wrote:I paid £25 for a meal and a couple of drinks in London Heathrow, I paid £6 for a Big Mac in Glasgow airport. From this I can conclude that Heathrow is more than 4 times more expensive than Glasgow airport.


You see, a comparison like that doesn't work does it? It is a lot more complicated than that. A comparison you can't really make unless you have visited both places )

Trust me, I have visited both places on my list and it is as simple as that, both meals could be brought at similar mountain restaurants in both resorts, the same thing applies with swiss supermarkets on average I found the one I visited in Sion approximately 10 % higher than Uk. I would not know the price of a Big Mac as they are too high in fat for me so I don't eat them, being an athlete and all that :wink:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote: I have to say I found Switzerland no more expensive than France :roll:

I wonder if low season would have something to do with the lower prices.... :shock:

In Adelboden 21 Swiss for Spag bol the exchange rate was 1.58 = £13.29

In LGb 10 Euro for Spag bol the exchange rate was 1.06.............= £9.43

Total difference between Switzerland and France for Spag bol.......= £3.86

Now I call that more expensive than France :wink: :wink:

That's more than I would pay for spaghetti bolognese in Switzerland so it depends where you are. Last time I was in France the food was disgraceful regardless of cost as well, a chef serving it up here would be expected to fall on one of his kitchen knifes if he had the cheek to pass off that sort of rubbish. The time before I got food poisoning for the first and only time and I'm pretty well travelled :lol:

I've never seen anywhere where prices for food are lower in low season but it might happen somewhere.

A lot of Swiss food is fairly plain though, there's a general feeling that the quality of the ingredients is high enough not to need some fancy sauce and it's a matter of pride for most restaurants to use local ingredients.

Ian Wickham wrote: the same thing applies with swiss supermarkets on average I found the one I visited in Sion approximately 10 % higher than Uk.

that's going to rather depend on the actual supermarket you visit as well. Even then, I can't compare the prices because I can't work out a way to correct for quality particularly with meat.

ise wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote: I have to say I found Switzerland no more expensive than France :roll:

I wonder if low season would have something to do with the lower prices.... :shock:

In Adelboden 21 Swiss for Spag bol the exchange rate was 1.58 = £13.29

In LGb 10 Euro for Spag bol the exchange rate was 1.06.............= £9.43

Total difference between Switzerland and France for Spag bol.......= £3.86

Now I call that more expensive than France :wink: :wink:

That's more than I would pay for spaghetti bolognese in Switzerland so it depends where you are. Last time I was in France the food was disgraceful regardless of cost as well, a chef serving it up here would be expected to fall on one of his kitchen knifes if he had the cheek to pass off that sort of rubbish. The time before I got food poisoning for the first and only time and I'm pretty well travelled :lol:

I've never seen anywhere where prices for food are lower in low season but it might happen somewhere.

A lot of Swiss food is fairly plain though, there's a general feeling that the quality of the ingredients is high enough not to need some fancy sauce and it's a matter of pride for most restaurants to use local ingredients.

They were the price advertised in Adelboden but I have always found the food first class in Switzerland, france and Italy in fact the only time I was food poisoned was on a holiday in Turkey
and it was no fun so I can empathizes, never returned to Turkey again or since. As a matter of interest ise how much do you pay locally for Spag bol .