Hotel Du Col great slope side location. Lift system quite old - slopes nice great variety, sadly not all open but it didnt spoil a good week.

Huge resort and very well connected by lifts. Can do different runs every day for a week without needing to repeat. Can find new restaurants and bars every day. Ski pass very good value and gets you to montgenevre if you fancy a challenge getting there and back in a day. One of the best feelings to have a proper Italian pizza with a Mountain View.

Not too bad, Snow coverage wasnt great and only a few lifts open. Runs were well maintained if a bit icy.

A great resort with lots of runs and further fantastic scope due to its links to the rest of the ViaLattea domain... on PREVIOUS visits, but NOT this one! Unfortunately, as I now know, Sestriere is NOT the right choice for an early break, e.g. the first couple of weeks of the season, pre-Christmas. Its height promising snow-sure skiing is meaningless as this time, as the local authorities did not open the lifts. A link to the lower resorts was not expected so early, but here well above 2,000m at the base there was plenty of snow, including much artificial cover, which the altitude and low temperatures ensure is going nowhere. Yet it was mostly inaccessible. Do they save the mountain above Borgata for the Christmas influx!? All I know is that there were only THREE chairs running for the whole week! This meant all the learners, including many school groups, in with the rest of us, were on a handful of runs only 'til the weekend, when one more lift (a short, very old, painfully slow chair) finally opened up a couple of extra routes. SO disappointing to be looking up at the bashers and sprayers in action, and km of snow-covered pistes... all tantalisingly closed. We did every run available, several times over, on just day one! I WILL be back, because the ViaLattea IS truly fantastic  but always in high season in the future.

We were there early (22-29th December) so only about 50% of the resort was open it was quiet with very quick queues though, apart from below borgata where they could have done with opening the other lifts.. Runs were well groomed, theres lots of on piste amenities and the linked reports mean a large ski area.

Good hotels Lots of bars & restaurants Not much live music Heavily dependent on links to sansicario for the rest of the Via Lattea area. Good value for money in most of the bars and restaurants. Not much apres early in season. Very high up for an itallian resort so generally good snow quality throughout the season.

Interesting history, Sestriere has many plus points. Great value for money, with fun apres ski. Despite being high, the snow conditions werent great when we were there. The blue runs were either closed, or incredibly challenging. In fact, in many cases you were better taking the red or black piste options. Theres a lovely vibe about the place and I found it really grew on me, but theres also an awkwardness that leaves you having to go uphill to get to the lift. Great options to ski into neighbouring Sousie Dou (?spelling) and a day trip to France.

Quiet town but has some busy slopes, overall was a very good experience. Some good quality Italian food around and lots of off piste opportunities.

Second time skiing, first time in Italy. The resort had some really nice snow and plenty of options for intermediate skiing. Some really nice routes with lots of space so you can avoid other skiers if youre a little inexperienced. The town was lovely and very fitting to the experience, matched the style of a ski village and was a lovely area to explore. The resort had some nice bars around the slopes that offered food and drinks so it was nice to have some pit stops on the way around.

5 different resorts all connected, good for any level skier. Great apres ski and accommodation. Can ski all the way into France too