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Essentials
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Resort Height
1,500m (4,921ft)
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Transfer time
Geneva 2hrs
Transfers are by coach
Please note for Winter 13/14 departures private transfers will be provided to and from this resort -
Typical costs
· small beer £2.60 · half litre of house wine £9 · cup of coffee £2 · pizza £9
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Glacier High Altitude Guaranteed Snow
glacier resort guaranteed snow
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Fly from
Belfast (Aldergrove), Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Southend, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Southampton
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
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.
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.
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
Private Transfer
From Geneva airport
One-way (arrival) from £79 pp. Return from £149 pp.Special offers for holidays between Dec 2013 to Apr 2014
Kids ski free: free helmet for kids booking skis & boots
Senior savers: reduced lift pass prices for seniors aged 65 yrs