Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
Wonder if anyone has any inside information on this... A group of us are very keen to ski in Ischgl, having skied St Anton a number of times over the last few years and really enjoyed it, and having heard good things about the skiing in Ischgl. However, it looks like there is a lack of cheapish budget accommodation - the choice seems to either be reasonably affordable B&Bs, or pretty expensive half board hotels.
So my question is - how expensive is it to eat out in Ischgl? Are there places to eat out at the lower end of the market? Could a group stay in a B&B and still eat out without massively breaking the bank (pathetic pound:euro ratio notwithstanding!)
Any first-hand experience would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Chris
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There is a Burger King right in the centre of Ischgl if you want to go budget.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Pizza is always affordable but there are more than a fair share of 4 and 5 star hotel restaurants around. Eating out in Ischgl didn't appear expensive to us but we did get whacked in places like St Moritz and Davos.
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I didn't think it was bad, but wine in restaurants seemed more expensive than usual. We had some superb food, I have to say.
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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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I booked an apartment in Versahl which was a bit cheaper than Ischgl. It has a free ski bus and is walking distance to Ischgl.
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cps26, Accommodation, beer, lift passes, equipment hire is all pretty expensive in Ischgl but food is much less so and from memory no more so than St. Anton.
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Eating out was very reasonably priced when we were there, but would agree that wine is expensive. After a not particularly good and rather expensive bottle on the first night we had beer with meals after that.
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Last time I was in Ischgl was 07, so quite a while ago, but then, we never paid more than EUR30 for an evening meal. That included usually 2 courses and wine throughout the meal - not falling over drunk quantities, but a good few glasses. Sometimes it was as low as EUR20. We ate in a variety of places - some pizza/pasta type places but also a couple of hotel restaurants. You could eat for less than that, and you could of course spend a lot more. Food was generally though of a very high quality and extremely generous portions, so in terms of value for money I think it is quite good. One thing to watch, they seem to have this weird thing in Ischgl about tap water/bottled water in restaurants, they really resist giving you tap water, and we had to be quite persistent to get it.
I guess it will have gone up a bit since then, and as you say the £/Euro rate is painful, but I wouldn't expect it to break the bank. I have struggled though with the same conundrum though, as on the whole I am wary of B&B if I don't know how much it will cost to eat out.
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There is plenty of choice in Ischgl for both food and accommodation- they are some really fancy places which are pretty good - but there is plenty of reasonably prices places to eat- we ate out every night that we were there from pizza/pasta to steak- there is a good place Salt & Pepper which is very reasonably priced-
Its good fun in Ischgl and food shouldnt be your main worry- there are a couple of supermarkets if you want to stock up if self catering.
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