Hotel Grand Hotel Sestriere

Features

Terrace/Balcony
Half board

Having been fully refurbished for the 05/06 season, this alpine style hotel has a great location close to the main square at the town centre. The lifts and slopes are approx. 6 minutes walk from the hotel, and there are variety of shops and restaurants within a few minutes walk.

Facilities:-

Lounge

Bar

Restaurant

Revitalise:-

SaunaTurkish bathHot tub

Wine therapies

Massage

Beauty treatments

Hydro massage

Meals: Extended continental breakfast and four course evening meal.

Rooms (2-3 people): Twin and triple rooms with ensuite shower and wc, hairdryer, satellite TV and safe. Superior rooms with balcony are available at a supplement.

Board Basis: Half Board. Christmas and New Year meals included.

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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