October 30, 2024, 1:59 pm | Read time: 2 minutes
The new ski season is approaching, and some winter sports resorts in the Alps have already opened lifts and slopes. If you haven’t booked for this winter and want to spend as little as possible on your ski vacation, you should check out a current ranking of Europe’s cheapest ski resorts.
Anyone who has been on a ski vacation knows it’s not the most affordable way to travel. In addition to travel, accommodation, and meals, there are daily ski pass costs. Recently, it has become even more expensive. However, there are ski resorts that remain relatively affordable despite the energy crisis and inflation. This is shown by a recent analysis from the vacation rental booking portal Holidu.
Overview
273 Ski Resorts Were Examined
The study examined a total of 273 ski resorts in Europe, each with more than 20 kilometers of slopes, and compared them. The evaluations included ski pass prices for the 2024/2025 season per day and accommodation prices per person per night in a vacation apartment. Specifically, the travel periods from December 22, 2024, to December 29, 2024 (peak season), and from March 23, 2025, to March 30, 2025 (off-season) were analyzed. TRAVELBOOK presents the ranking based on the average price for both periods combined.
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Surprisingly, eight of the top ten cheapest ski resorts in Europe are in France. In third place is a ski resort in Greece, which may also come as a surprise to many. After all, Greece is more commonly known as a summer destination.
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The Holidu study also reveals which ski resorts in Europe are particularly expensive. Leading this ranking is Obergurgl-Hochgurgl in Austria, where visitors pay an average of 284 euros for accommodation per person per night and a daily ski pass.
In second place is Zermatt in Switzerland (256.50 euros), and third is the Hintertux Glacier in Austria (245 euros). However, all three ski resorts offer significantly more kilometers of slopes and ski lifts than the ten cheapest ski resorts.