Sauze d'Oulx Reviews & Ratings

Really quaint and pretty village with bars, restaurants, and shops. Eydallin ski shop was very helpful and accommodating with everything. The friendliness of the locals was a standout. The resort and connectedness was easy to navigate and explore.

great for intermediates who do not want v posh hotels but like good resort and mountain food. lift system surprisingly good. relaxed and helpful vibe both on and off slope

Lots to offer, with access to many ski areas.
Options for evening entertainment to suit all tastes.
Overall, a great base to ski from.

Nice resort..lovely town lots of character..variety of bars..Nice for a stroll too..Clotes chairlift is too slow and there os a queue there in morning..if bus was free or more publicised would help..the links over from Sauze sadlyvaffected by wind so often closes and bit slow to get from one resort to neighbouring ones..there are enough slopes..but would benefit from more chairlifts or a fast gondola from top to bottom

Good all round resort, snow is great, well groomed runs, its part of the Milky Way so not short of runs, lifts are good and plenty, resort town is limited with some good bars to eat or drink, can get busy in the late evenings, not that cheap either, its about 1 hr transfer from the airport by car/taxi.

Such an incredible family friendly resort. The most amazing locals and incredible iff piste skiing! Endless options to explore at all levels!

Sauze is a very popular party resort. Although it is still a very relaxed location to enjoy a family orientated holiday. The overall vibe from Sauze is far more pleasant than resorts in other countries with lift queues being short and people (usually) easy going. There are a good amount of pistes at Sauze but due to its lower elevation, powder is a novelty. This resort is best suited at beginner to intermediate skiers. Advanced skiers should explore further afield to neighbouring resorts (accessible by ski lifts) for more challenging terrain but be warned the neighbouring resorts are busier leaving you eager to return to sauze!

Great friendly resort, plenty of apres ski lots of places to eat and drink up the mountain, best bombardinos at bar clotes on the way back to the resort. Get the ski bus to sportinia neverca que and the quickest way up the mountain 10 for a weeks bus ticket as of 23/24 season. Lift from the bowel to the top is a slow old 2 person chair, there is also a drag lift that sometimes is operational. There is a blue and 2 black runs from the top, we always take the blacks the blue is a path for the first 200 or so meters and gets busy, you can get to the bottom on blue runs mostly a path (road) that winds itself down some flatter parts to it so you may end up walking.
Overall a great resort especially in March, if the sun is out the snow is normally ok till about 2-30 ish as it starts to go a bit slushy do the tree lined runs first thing they are never busy make the most of them while the snow is holding up. Then hed up to the top then you have options to where you want to go.

Great resort for families, beginners, couples, advanced skiers

A bit for everyone. Does get busy in holidays

As quite a package resort, many of the accommodation options are through companies like crystal ski. The resort doesnt go that high so towards the end of the season it can get rocky and thin. With good snow there can be really good runs through trees and off-piste through trees. Local companies also offer guiding for proper off piste. General cost in resort is quite reasonable for a ski resort, with a lift pass allowing you the whole of the via lattea ski area

One of the best value for money resorts in the alps. Lift passes are roughly 35 a day compared to around 55 in most French resorts. There are 3 excellent long runs from the top of Sauze winding through the trees. I could ski them all day and not get bored. Alternatively if youre after a trek you can ski across to Montgenevre and back in a day (quite lifty in the middle but worth it for a day out) Ive never had to queue too long for a lift although Im sure at peak times it can get busier. The majority of lifts are fast 4 and 6 man chairs, although there is one abysmally slow 2 man that you have to endure if youre planning to head further afield. The apres is excellent, the food is excellent. I highly recommend this resort.

A beautiful resort that is so friendly and relaxed. Its a short transfer from the airport. We had beautiful weather and snow. The food in the village was really good and on the slopes it was beautiful food and really cheap! Everyone is so friendly. Would really recommend it especially as a family friendly resort.

We have skiied in Sauze twice - once as a family with 3 teenage kids, and once with a large group of families. The resort is fun, cost effective, and has something for everyone. Scope to ski further afield to Sestriere so plenty to do. Good range of cheap accommodation - quite variable in quality. One hotel we stayed at was incredible value for money (Hotel Splendid) with half board and sauna/pool which was a welcome bonus. Not a fancy hotel decor wise but very friendly with big open bar areas to relax in. Great for kids - pool table and space to run around. Only big issue with Sauze is the horrendous final run back into the resort at the end of the day - which every day was either icy or slush and littered with people struggling to get down!

Visited soon after Covid so may not have been the ideal time to go. Ski instruction for the children was excellent and I enjoyed a lesson too. Great teaching.
Only quite a small resort and was very busy at the main central ski lift. With long waits.
The variety of slopes were less as only a small resort. However there were a couple of lovely red runs which were nice and wide.
Access to the mountain was a trek up through the village and then two chair lifts or a bus ride and single lift straight to the ski school.
Nice atmosphere at the resort though and plenty of lively bars and restaurants.

Snow wasnt amazing, so difficult to judge the off piste slopes.
Nice high mountains so even though the snow wasnt amazing the piste was ok up high.
Lovely town with good atmosphere and restaurants.
Enjoyable week

Ski instructors really helpful ski lift speed very slow food options are decent quite expensive but expected overall 4/5

I enjoyed a great week of skiing with a group of friends in Early March.
Best things about the resort have to be the town and the food, the restaurants serve the best in Italian cuisine and are very reasonably priced - significantly more so than most French resorts.
The lift passes and accomodation were also excellent value for money, as well, the transfers only took 70mins so were very affordable too.
The views from the mountain were amazing, the slopes were very good although snow was rather poor further down and the resort seemed not to want to turn on any of their snow cannons all week - irritating.
During the week, the pistes were very quiet, though at the weekend, especially in the sun, the locals were out in force and the queue did grow noticeably.
There was very good apres on a couple of the nights but very little unless you looked quite hard on others. Although it was fine for us, nightlife late into the evenings was limited.
Worst things about the resort had to be the refusal to use the snow cannons as mentioned, the lifts were also rather slow and old in places. On two of the days, the connections to Montgenevre, and to Sestriere were closed due to high winds so it shouldnt be taken for granted that it will always be passable.

Italian hospitality is fantastic, food is amazing. Limited runs in resort and although it has linked ski resorts, any sign of wind, the lifts shut and can either leave you stuck in your resort or stranded in another. Lofts are very dated and slow. Snow park is shut most days. Lifts shut too early but allowing enough time to visit furthest linked resort.
Good value for money but needs updating.

Well maintained resort but was a little bit busy so sometimes had to queue for the lifts.
Great bars and atmosphere in the towns and around the bottom of the slopes

Great traditional old village.
Very atmospheric .Some really nice restaurants and bars.
Good value for money.
Lower parts not snow sure so some lifts close when conditions are not right.
Always ok if you stay high and great links to sestriere and claviere /Montgenevre.