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Italian poster here - yes, from what I have seen, lift tickets etc are much cheaper in Europe. You can ski the whole Zermatt/Cervinia area for about 100 Euros a week. There is also a variety of relatively cheap accommodation - but now that we don't live in Europe the expensive part is the flights. I totally understand why someone would feel like they've spent a lot of money to ski so they want to ski as much as possible, but for me a skiing vacation is about all the rest of it as much as the skiing. I wouldn't be interested in the skiing for 8 hours a day and having a granola bar on the lift to fill me up as PP mentioned - as she said, different strokes![/quote]

Could you suggest a few places to stay and ski? This is on our bucket list and wouldn’t know where to begin looking for this info.   TIA[/quote]

Sure! Zermatt/Cervinia is my favorite place to ski, because it's high altitude so you always get snow (the same is not true of the Dolomites, for example), and you have access to the amazing skiing all around the Matterhorn on the Swiss side and the Italian side. Cervinia, on the Italian side, is definitely not the most attractive ski town - the towns in the Dolomites are much nicer, and Zermatt on the Swiss side is also nicer, but Cervinia is much cheaper than Zermatt, and the food is generally far better and far cheaper. I have two favorite places to stay - Aux Pieds du Roi, and Principe delle Nevi. If we get to go this Christmas, we'll be staying at the former, which is ideal with kids as you can get large 2 bedroom apartments. The latter would be my choice if it were just me and DH. There aren't many chalets in Cervinia, so if you prefer that kind of accommodation then look to the Swiss side. [/quote]

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