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January 25, 2006
Paul Stoker from
United Kingdom
Paul Stoker from
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January 23, 2006
robert binning from
United Kingdom
robert binning from
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January 19, 2006
simon from
United Kingdom
simon from
United Kingdom
Spent 7 days at the Hotel Sayonara over Xmas 2005. The deal was £170-ish inc flights, HB, transfers etc. from Iglu, so very much bargain basement.
Hotel basic with good food-no problem. We liked the town which has more character than most. Forget about the lager lout reputation - it is an outdated image.
We enjoyed the week in Sauze however a couple of points:
1.This resort is not good for beginners or nervous intermediates as the resort operators do not keep any blue runs open with snow cannons !!!
2. Weather was fantastic but there seems to be an issue with snow cover. A very large percentage of runs stay shut and you can forget about ski-ing the so called milky way unless you are very lucky with snow falls. When we were there most weather sites were saying there was 50cm of snow on the lower slopes - obviously not the ones we skied on !!!!
January 12, 2006
CR Leeds from
United Kingdom
CR Leeds from
United Kingdom
Spent 7 nights in Sauze at the Hotel Hermitage booked through Airtours. Booked about 3 weeks before Christmas, half board, Manchester to Turin all for £194!! I can highly recommend the Hermitage, all the rooms have just been completely refurbished, everything is brand new for this season including flat screen TV's in every room. Dinner was 4 courses: anti-pasta, pasta (2 different dishes), meat and with sauté potatoes and veg., desert. Serving are very generous, with as many helpings as you eat. It's also located just 50m across the piste from the brand new 4 man Clotes chairlift.
The skiing was good considering they only had limited (40cm) snow for the first week in the season. They've invested in plenty of new snow cannons and managed to provide plenty of runs to keep both intermediate and beginners entertained for a week. The only problem was getting to Sportina for Ski school using Clotes lift meant descending a steep red, a bit tough for beginners to negotiate.
Watch out when hiring equipment, we used the Airtours recommended Faure Sport. The Ski equipment was good although only after paying 25euro to upgrade, a bit of a scam there. The Snow Boards were totally worn out, no edges and no flex, a dangerous combination causing a number of painful falls when crossing some ice patches, should be thrown away. I returned mine after 3 days once I realised the cause.
Overall excellent value, I’d certainly return.
December 27, 2005
Lionel Griffiths from
United Kingdom
Lionel Griffiths from
United Kingdom
Just got back from christmas in Sauze. Very hard packed pistes and only 3 runs back to the resort. Snow cannons did their best but this actually made skiing more difficult. However. . . we had a mega time - the pistes are 99% reds and narrow in places but this only served to bring our standard up. If you can ski here you can ski anywhere. This is not a beginners resort and the walk up to the main ski lift at Clotes is steep and longer than the brochures tell you - it is at least 400 mtrs from the centre of Sauze. Sportinia is another option but you need to get on the ski bus - not easy! BUT, beware, Sportinia is packed with beginners - head straight up to the top and avoid it like the plague. The lifts are old and slow. When there is no snow, Sauze struggles - there was no link to Sestriere open. However, we had a great week skiing on the limited pistes and would definately go back to Sauze later in the season. The ski and boot hire is a racket - some try to get you to "upgrade" to better gear at extra cost - by hiring you awful condition skis & boots. The BEST shop for ski and boot hire is Besson Sport. We asked for our money back at another shop and went there. Good service and good gear.
With more snow and less dog-pooh, Sauze could be a great resort - if it could drag itself out of the 80's Benidorm-in-ski mindset and offer more piste and less pi**ed! The old town is lovely, the rest is concrete. Oh, and there is NO ice rink despite what Airtours insist. It is not a family resort but fab if you want to booze all night and sleep all day.
During the week, several horror stories emerged about the variation in quality of ski instructor - some were left up the mountain after their first 2hr lesson and walked back down - the only other way was steep reds! Others reported impatient instructors. hearsay? Certainly there is only ONE beginner piste, 75 mtrs long - learn at Xscape before you go.
In conclusion - there are plenty of better resorts, but with plenty of snow, Sauze would be excellent for intermediates and I would go back - but only for the skiing and only if the Vialattea links were open. If you're a beginner - go to Montgenevre at the other end of the milky way - all blues and greens.
November 26, 2005
Debbie Pheby from
United Kingdom
Debbie Pheby from
United Kingdom
The fact that my son and I will be retuning for our sixthe Xmas in Sauze, I think, speaks volumes! I can only reiterate other visitors reviews regarding the resort; the range of runs and facilities is there for every conceivable ability and the atmosphere on the mountain is 'cracking' not to mention the apre ski! the 'natives' are unbelievably friendly and hospitable. Anybody who says Sauze is the 'Ibiza' of ski resorts in Europe needs to try it for themself before they believe that! If you want to ski hard all day, apre ski all evening and then party through the night, you can....... and if you just want a quiet relaxing day on the slopes followed by a quiet night in, you can do that too and not even know the youngsters are partying (unless you want to join then if you are allowed!)
I have skiied in America, France, Austria and other resorts in Italy, but for me Sauze is without a doubt the best. This xmas and new year cannot come soon enough!
October 31, 2005
robert binning from
United Kingdom
robert binning from
United Kingdom
Read J & C's review, had to respond.
Sauze d'Oulx rocks! Great apres ski, blieant food, great range of pistes, miles of ski-ing, remember to visit Sestriere, Claviere, San Sicario and Mont Genevre.
Yes, snow is sometimes a bit absent, but snow making is now phenomenal. Uplift from centre of village was a joke (but 4 man to sportinia is quick) but this is being replaced for this season.
I've skied here every January for last five years, only going to Mayrhofen this year to avoid the Olympic crowds.
I'll be back in 2007.
January 26, 2005
Richard Gardiner from
United Kingdom
Richard Gardiner from
United Kingdom
I have been to Sauze twice before in mid 90's and have had a great time on both occasions, sun, skiing, beer bars and suprisingly good places to eat. Lucky with good snow I think. It does get busy at the weekend but quiet for the rest of the week. Mostly intermediate runs, with some steeper stuff in Sestriere. Some good potential for off-piste diversions. Chairs are definitely slow in comparison to other areas and the old two man chair that you have to jump off holding your ski's is always good for a laugh, unless it has now been replaced(remember to step to the side, rather than run away from it!). Going again this year because feeling poor, like to have two trips a year and got a good price for a resort that offers a lot of potential if snow OK (and short transfer). However, would always chooser higher, larger French resorts, or Selva in Italy if not skint. Would recommend Cervinia for beginners and early intermediates who want to go to Italy and want loads of easy runs. Sauze is well worth a visit if you get a good price and can tolerate some of the limitations.
December 09, 2004
J and C from
United Kingdom
J and C from
United Kingdom
We are back from our ski weekend in Italy and in short â¦â¦.never to return again!!
We arrived at the Turin Airport ½ hour late, due to massive snow falls in the UK, to quite a warm Italy. my husband and I made our way to the closest toilet in the terminal and were pretty grossed out at how dirty they were. Outside the guy from our hotel was waiting with his blue jersey, to take us to our so called âhotelâ. This guy, we still do not know his name, wore the same jersey from Friday when we arrived until Sunday when we left. The cab stunk of wet smelly stinking socks so we had to endure this for 1 hr. When we got to the place, we realized we were not in Sauze DâOulx where our friends were staying but rather the town way below it called Jouvenceaux. There were just mountains everywhere and we could see this coming, the mountains we would be climbing to get to ski lifts and back to our âhotelâ. The guy showed us to the closest ski hire shop which we could not believe. The skiâs were from 1800âs with tie bindings, not even click ones (like we were used to) so we asked for another shop which was now not in our village but Sauze instead. We eventually got our blue jersey man to drive us up the hill to try and get some skis before the shop closed in 15 mins. We soon realized most things closed btw 1230 and 1530 even the ski lift near to our town. We managed to get some skis and once again persuaded our man in the blue jersey to take us up to Sauze so we could ski on Friday afternoon from the Sauze lift system. But before skiing we got shown to our room which we were horrified at. This was also from the 1800âs. The beds were camper beds and if you sat in the middle of them, you got folded inside them. The mattresses were an entire 5cm thick with springs sticking out everywhere. The bathroom had no shower and there was so much junk all around the room, we could not believe our eyes. To top it all, it was the most we have ever paid for accommodation when skiing and it was def the worst. We then proceeded to the slopes which were probably the highlight of the w/end. The snow was great, there were no moguls and the slopes were strangely empty maybe it was because most of the lifts took about 45 mins to get anywhere at all not to mention uncomfortable at all â they all seemed to stick into the middle of your back. The lifts are in sure need of a major revamp and soon at that. They are supposed to be having the 2006 Olympics at this place and as far as we were concerned, they need to break down the entire of the village, ski lifts, restaurants etc and start again!! We had lunch at a restaurant in the Sportina region where we were served our meals on plastic plates. There must have been about 6-7 restaurants in this small area and yip they had all but one toilet!!! We really liked the slopes but seriously that was about it for Sauze. The Italians were nice and friendly but most of them seriously needed some deo!! Out on Friday night, we went to a bar which had about 200 people inside it and it has a communal bathroom for men and woman which was a ceramic hole in the floor. We were not impressed to say the least!!
Friends went on a weekâs package deal which was quite reasonable but I think if it were us, we would have left after the 2 nights we had experienced no matter what the cost!!
Saturday it snowed huge and on Sunday morning there was at least 40cms of snow which melted so fast because we think it must have reached about 10 degrees on the mountains. We skied loads on Sunday and our bodies felt the effect. Last night we were delayed in Turin airport which is also filthy so only got back at 230am in th emorning.
To sum it all up, we think Austria RULZZZZ big time, it is spotless, much cheaper and so modern and you can't even compare Austria's great nightlife to Suaze. We will never return to Italy, at least for a skiing holiday. We will need something really special to make us go back â maybe the Italian Riviera ....who knows??
So take advice from this, you might get a good ski package for Italy but DO NOT TAKE anyone/anything up on it.
March 30, 2004
A Jones from
United Kingdom
A Jones from
United Kingdom
Just been to Sauze for a week. Was pleasantly suprised especially as a friend had said it was the Bendorm of ski resorts. The town is small but nice, especially the old town which has retained some of its character. There's plenty to do at night and if you're not into UK-style pubs abroad (which I personally think are sh*te) there's some places that are pretty cool - like the Derby Bar, just off the main square.
Skiing is good - there are loads of runs in the Sauze/Sportina area, as well as the adjoiing areas of Sansicaria and Sestriere. Some of the lifts are old and slow so moving between and around the different areas can be a bit time consuming (which also means you freeze your arse off). Runs are mostly red and intermediate, but if you're confident and not a complete beginner the skiing is great. There's a few nice tree-lined runs for those 'scenic' descents.
Not sure what the conditions are normally like but the runs were hard and icey for most of the week (Mar 21st to 28th). There was a 6 inch snow fall over the thursday and friday, which was great for the first half of the day but once everyone had skiied it the ice was showing through again so the skiing got pretty hairy in places. I get the impression that Italian piste-bashers are laid back as they didn't bother getting the bashers out at all in most places after the snow fall, which was a shame as this would have made the pistes much better. There's some great off-piste skiing to be had, especially of you're a boarder.
All in, a good resort with great skiing as long as the conditions are ok. I'd recommend checking the snow reports before booking. Oh yeah, and don't stay in the Hotel Syanara. It was dreary, the beds were like old camp beds and the hotel manager was the most miserable woman I've met in a long time (it was only 2 star, but still...).