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Essentials
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Resort Height
1,500m (4,921ft)
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Transfer time
Geneva 2 hours. Transfers are by coach.
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Typical costs
· small beer €3 · half litre of house wine €10 · cup of coffee €2.50 · pizza €10
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Glacier High Altitude Guaranteed Snow
glacier resort guaranteed snow
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Fly from
Dublin
Good for...
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Advanced Ski Rating
5
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Intermediates Ski Rating
5
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Beginners Ski Rating
3
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Snowboarding Rating
4
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So what's it like?
Wide, sunny peaks, good nightlife and even better skiing
Verbier is a large chalet-style resort in a sunny, panoramic setting just 2 hours from Geneva airport. There are over 400kms of slopes with everything from beginner slopes to some serious mogul fields and off-piste opportunities. For snowboarders Verbier is one of the best resorts on the freeride world tour. Fashionable and lively the resort has a varied nightlife as well as a vast array of shops and restaurants.
Ski information
Ski Information Beginners
Verbier boasts some lovely, sunny, nursery slopes for beginners just above the village centre and on Savoleyres, with its tree-lined runs down to La Tzoumaz. New 'magic carpet' lifts have been installed in the Esserts beginner area.
Ski Information Intermediates
This huge ski-playground of the Verbier/Mont Fort area alone, offers some of the most varied skiing in the Alps with 206kms of runs served by 43 lifts.
Ski Information Advanced
An absolute paradise, with hundreds of new challenges every day. The Jumbo Mont Fort cable car will take you up to the glacier and the notorious Tortin snow bowl with its phenomenally high bumps from top to bottom.
Nightlife
• world famous for its après ski, Verbier is trendy, cosmopolitan and always lively • Offshore • the Pub Mont Fort • the Farm Club • Cental T bar • Murphy's Bar
Activities
Sports centre, swimming, ice-skating, sauna, curling, squash, fitness centre, solarium, paragliding, ice climbing and snowshoeing
Eating out
75 restaurants to choose from in this amazing resort · Steaks from approx. Chf33 · Fondue from approx. Chf25 · Typical 3 course evening meal from approx. Chf45 · Le Caveau, Le Fer à Cheval, El Toro Negro, Le Vieux Verbier and Kings.
Other amenities
· Cinema, often with English language films · Cleared winter walks · Vast array of tempting shops and boutiques · FREE bus service 0830-1900 · Nightclubs
Transfer
From Geneva airport
One-way (arrival) from €160pp. Return from €303 pp.Snow Savers for the winter 2011/12 season
Kids ski free: FREE helmet for kids booking skis & boots; FREE child ski and boot hire for each parent pre-booking skis and boots
Senior savers: reduced lift pass prices for seniors born 1934-1946
Our best deals to Verbier
Looking for the cheapest date/price combo? We've done the searching so you don't have to...
| Leaves | From | To | Board | Price | |
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| Sat 23 February 2013 | Dublin | Verbier in Switzerland | Catered chalet |
€888 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 9 March 2013 | Dublin | Verbier in Switzerland | Bed and breakfast |
€921 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 19 January 2013 | Dublin | Verbier in Switzerland | Half board |
€926 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 23 February 2013 | Dublin | Verbier in Switzerland | Catered chalet |
€1247 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 23 February 2013 | Dublin | Verbier in Switzerland | Catered chalet |
€1262 based on 4 sharing |