How expensive is Switzerland to visit?

Last year I won a trip to Switzerland with Fred Holidays. The trip included everything bar food and drink (asides from breakfast) and I wanted to show you all how expensive is Switzerland to visit. Switzerland is considered the most expensive country in Europe so expect the total to be pretty high. I had budgeted around £500 for the week, let’s see if it goes over that!

The amounts are listed in pounds as that’s how it shows on my Chase account.

Day 1 Monday 10th June

We travelled all day to get to Lausanne so we didn’t spend too much that day.

£1.32 x 2 for the toilet- the guy charged me twice grr!
£59.83 for cheeseburger with chips and salad, fish cakes with salad, a pineapple and orange juice.

Total £62.47

Day 2 Tuesday 11th June

£4.00 for a Capri sun drink
£2.37 for a Tropical drink
£22.86 for Five Guys BLT and a hot dog with bacon.
£66.82 for sirloin steak, chips, salad, and carbonara with a pineapple juice and Coca Cola.

Total £96.05

Day 3 Wednesday 12th June

£35.03 for a pair of sunglasses at Glacier 3000 as it was so bright it hurt my eyes.
£10.97 for a hot chocolate and a fizzy apple juice. If that isn’t extortion I don’t know what is! (That was also at Glacier 3000).
£5.27 for a tropical drink and two chocolate bars for gifts.
£37.23 for spaghetti Bolognese and a omelette for dinner.

Total £88.50

Day 4 Thursday 13th June

£5.26 for a Ribena drink (can you believe it was out of date!), and a lolly
£55.21 for breaded chicken with chips and salad, and a club chicken sandwich with chips.
£6.92 for a magnet
£7.27 for three drinks.

Total £74.66

Day 5 Friday 14th June

£2.63 for a fruit juice drink
£6.93 for a tropical juice drink, nuts, a big bag of crisps and a banana
£38.42 for a pork chop and curly fries, and hot dog and curly fries with the tiniest bit of salad

Total £47.98

Day 6 Saturday 16th June

£9.49 for a tuna sandwich, Coca Cola, orange juice and a packet of sour cream crisps.
£9.98 for a bottle of tropical fruit juice, apple and mango juice and some throat pastilles.
£1.33 for a can of peach iced tea.
£7.00 for two scoops of ice cream.
£46.04 for a ham pizza, orange juice, spaghetti Bolognese and a Coca Cola Zero.

Total £73.84

Day 7 Sunday 16th June

£52.87 for two pork roasts with vegetables and mash, coke, martini and lemonade and a peach sorbet.

Total £52.87

Day 8 Monday 17th June

£13.39 for a ham roll, bottle of Coca Cola and a bread roll on the train home.

Total £13.39

So how expensive is Switzerland to visit? The answer is very. In total I spent £509.76 on food and one excursion in a week. I didn’t include the cost of taxis as we paid for these in cash, but these came to an extra £100.00. Obviously you will find some places are pricier then others, make sure you avoid the hotel restaurants if you want to eat cheaply. Luckily we got our accommodation, travel and most of the excursions for free or we’d probably be looking at a cost of £3k+!

However don’t let the cost put you off, Switzerland is an incredibly beautiful country and is well worth visiting for the alps alone.

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