 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi Guys, does anyone have a rough guide of prices of drink and food in the resort for us to expect? As the Euro isnt looking too healthy and people are telling me prices that are worring me!!! ha ha Thankyou
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| stubu1980 wrote: |
| As the Euro isnt looking too healthy |
The Euro is healthy it's the pound that is sick 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I would think you'll be paying at least double to what you're used to paying at home. VDI is an expensive resort at the best of times (I went in 2000 and drinks were about £4 then!). Eating out probably won't be twice as expensive but drinking certainly will...
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stewart woodward, I would say that it is more that they are both feeling poorly but the € has more of a bad cold whereas the £ has a nasty case of Ebola Virus!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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stubu1980, Prices certainly are bracing but you can really save by looking out for the many offers and happy hours. Guinness and other stouts are almost always extortionate. The Pacific Bar (sky sports & friendly staff - they put Rugby League on for us, something I assumed would be punishable by de-bagging and pelting with bread rolls in Val-di-do-dah) and the Petit Danois are not too bad and the latter does good value food at lunch time. Coming down the mountain to eat sounds like a bore but skiing the Face isn't such drudgery and it is only a 3 minute walk from the slopes to Le Petit Danois. Maison Chavollet on the main drag in Val d'Isere does great value food during the day; fabulous quiches and exotic savouries along with great coffee and divine hot chocolate. It is a bit cramped but great for eavesdropping on the fascinating conversations between Descent and Scott Dunn nannies and their charges ( it is a different world).
On the slopes value is harder to find, the place at the bottom left of the Madeleine green run on Solaise is reasonable for nice sandwiches, pastries, cakes, soups and drinks.
There are 2 takeaway places on the main street near the cinema that do great crepes and decent pizzas. The Spar has an excellent deli counter and always has a high quality cooked option on the go which changes daily. You can eat it as a takeaway or take it back to an apartment/hotel and microwave it. I have seen tartiflette, rabbit in grain mustard and white wine sauce, paella...
As for evening meals, Tufs in La Daille isn't too expensive and the food is good, there are always a lot of French families. Generally however it is a good idea resist restaurants as much as possible if you are on a budget: buy a heap of nachos with chilli and cheese with your round at the Morris instead.
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stubu1980,
Val has a captive clientele. On the 15th of December no one was allowed out of their accommodation on foot due to the avalanche risk in the town. All ski lifts and pistes didn't open.
In the poor economic situation here in the UK the £ doesn't buy a lot in € land. As pointed out above try and find the Happy Hours in the bars. Blue Note in the Mercure Hotel Building opposite the ESF Office do happy hour between 1500 and 1800 and you get free nibbles. Cafe Face has prices that start low and increase as the evening draws on.
In the Blue Note get a copy of "The Echo" the free local information paper which tells you what's going on in the town and where the happy hours are. This free paper is the unofficial paper, as opposed to the Val official "Valscope".
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I've just come from Tignes, where we skied across to VDI one day....... the prices scared me to death! We chose a cafe/restaurant near the foot of the slopes - large coffee £5, Cheeseburger & Chips - £19.50, Spagetti Bol - £17, 1 litre of mineral water - £6.50. I was working on the basis of 1 pound to 1 euro.
In Tignes it was roughly £5 / pint....... we therefore opted for bottles in the supermarket and take them back to our chalet!
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