Hotel Du Col

Features

Terrace/Balcony
Half board

The popular Hotel Du Col is ideally placed in the centre of Sestriere village overlooking the piste and offering door step skiing with easy access to the Milky Way's 400kms of ski area. The Du Col has a warm and friendly atmosphere throughout the hotel, with a cosy bar/lounge boasting panoramic mountain views. Rooms are comfortable and simply furnished offering a great base for your holiday.

Location · central location · less than a minute walk to ski school meeting place, nearest ski lift and nursery slopes · ski back to your hotel (conditions permitting) · at the foot of the slopes

Features · lobby bar/lounge with panoramic mountain views · pub/bar with giant flat screen TV · games room with pool table and table football · TV room with satellite · extra charge for WiFi connection · large restaurant · lift · 70 bedrooms

Meals · buffet breakfast · 4 course evening meals with a choice of menu, salad, starter and dessert buffets · afternoon tea and coffee is served between 4.30pm-5.30pm · Christmas and New Year gala dinners included

Rooms for 2 people on half board sharing a room with twin or double bed, private bath and WC. Interconnecting, triple and quad rooms are also available. Twin and double rooms with balcony and single rooms are available at a supplement. All bedrooms have satellite TV, telephone and fridge.

Official Rating ****

Sestriere Resort Info

Most probably the best resort in the Milky Way, Sestriere was the first purpose-built village in the Alps. It hosted the 1997 World Championships and ran many of the races at the 2006 Turin Olympic Games. Because it's at high altitude, there is top-class snow, supported by widespread snowmaking. All levels of skier should find something to sink their teeth into. There is steep terrain and off-piste for advanced skiers, great scope for intermediates and good facilities for beginners. This is all supported by a continually improving lift system, which only gets overloaded at weekends and on major holidays. Boarders will not find any territory of their own. And the Milky Way isn't the best for convenient access to all its disjointed parts.

The resort itself is not overly attractive, as opposed to the stunning scenery around, but it does have everything you need off-snow: plenty for non-skiers to do, a good range of restaurants, mainly hotel-based accommodation and up-tempo nightlife at the weekends, which caters to the Italian brigades up from Turin and Milan.

Overall, Sestriere is a surprisingly good value resort, considering its renown. It's also an excellent base for exploring the Milky Way, with its own all-ability pistes to satisfy everyone. Ignoring the less-than-heavenly architecture, this is one of the best Italian resorts.

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