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Essentials
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Resort Height
1,500m (4,921ft)
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Transfer time
Sion 1 hour. Transfers are by coach.
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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
Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle
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.
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2 for 1 equipment
Book now to get 2 for 1 equipment hire on holidays departing December 2012 - April 2013. If you don't have your own gear or if you simply want to remove the trouble of transporting it, then take advantage of this offer now.
Available on holidays departing December 2012 - April 2013. Terms apply.
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 £136 pp. Return from £259 pp.Snow Savers
Kids ski free: FREE helmet for kids booking skis & boots
Senior savers: reduced lift pass prices for seniors born 1933-1945 -
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 17 March 2012 | London Gatwick | Verbier in Switzerland | Catered chalet |
£475 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 17 March 2012 | London Gatwick | Verbier in Switzerland | Bed and breakfast |
£610 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 17 March 2012 | London Gatwick | Verbier in Switzerland | Half board |
£613 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 7 April 2012 | London Gatwick | Verbier in Switzerland | Catered chalet |
£681 based on 4 sharing |
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| Sat 7 April 2012 | London Gatwick | Verbier in Switzerland | Catered chalet |
£681 based on 4 sharing |