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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 12, 2011 9:48:43 GMT
Re: Switzerland Posted by Julie H on 13/6/2007 I went on a Thomson holiday to Switzerland last year and even though I didn't know I would need gluten free food when we booked this holiday, all three hotels were very helpful. I took translation cards with me and had no problems. One of them even provided gluten free bread. They all speak English anyway. They have a supermarket Migros which sold some gluten free products. Best Western Derby Hotel Grindlewald Best Western Alpen Resort Hotel Zermatt SunStar Park Hotel in Davos www.mytravelguide.com/hotels/pro ... Derby.html www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review ... _Alps.html www.ehi.com/travel/ehi/switzerl/ ... -hotel.htm
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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 12, 2011 9:49:15 GMT
Switzerland
Posted by Gillian
GF board
I visit switzerland twice a year and have absolutely no problems. The C0-op supermarkets found everywhere in the country carry a lot of gluten free food, and their own range of foods carry allergy info including gluten. Also they stock a very good range of DS food, ie bread, bread rolls, pizza, biscuits, pasta, cornflakes, in fact everything you can get here! Also the reformhaus health food shops sell lots of gluten free foods. As we mainly self cater there i cannot tell you much about hotels, but the swiss coeliac society are very helpful - hope this helps. PS the migros supermarkets do not mark their food with allergy info, but do sell a glutafin cake!
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We found GF products in the MIGROS supermarkets in Geneva and other Swiss towns , whos's names elude me just now. I remember they did lots of ready made salads thjat were gf and great for lunches. We had real difficulty finding gf and nut free chocolate for my son, though! …
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Posted by ionised
I went to basel, … I didn't find any Gf alternatives in the local grocery near us, just naturally gluten free stuff (rice and whatnot). Resturaunts didn't seem to mark anything specfically but my BF (a german speaker) explained to the chef what i needed (no flour, use a clean pan for frying. no bread near my food) and when they brought out chips (i'd read the menu wrongly and thought it was baked? How did i do that??) he said to the bf "i thought it was best to use fresh oil for the chips since the other one had been used to fry things with flour". That's the kind of extra attention to detail that typified switzerland for me. (not that i'm suggesting you don't make that clear to the chef if you do know it's chips!)
Also, if your ok with dairy look for something called Raclette. It's a melted cheese and potato dish and soooo lovely. It's street food too, so hoepfully you'll be ok out and about.
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