BB LA NIGRITELLA — Hotel in Bardonecchia

La Nigritella is a cute, small hotel about ten mins walk away from the main ski lift at Campo Smith. It has room enough for 20 people, which worked perfectly as there were 20 of us on a recent ski trip to Bardo. It meant we were able to treat the hotel as a home away from home. ||The owner, Stefano, made sure we felt like we could treat the hotel as our own home and went above and beyond what could have been reasonably expected. For instance, on arrival, his dad gave one of party a lift into town to collect something. He sourced a cake for one of the kids when it was their birthday. He made sure breakfast was ready 30 mins earlier than billed so that we could get the kids to their lessons every day. The man is a superstar. ||In terms of rooms, they are small but very comfortable with nice bathrooms and plenty of storage. Nothing fancy, but this is a small family run hotel after all. The dining area is a nice size and was more than adequate for 20 of us. ||The walk is down hill in the morning and uphill in the evening. All I can say is it’s only ten mins and you definitely get to burn off all that cheese and bread from the mountain lunches!||I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend La Nigritella. It was homely, welcoming and extremely good value. Above all that though is the most amazingly helpful host in Bardo. ||Grazie...

Bikers welcome! Highest recommendation! Lovely family-run B&B. Stefano is a very friendly, polite and welcoming host. Rooms are nice, cleaned daily and provided with towels and soap. There is a lovely decorated seating/drinking/breakfast area with wood stove. Breakfast is buffet style, all freshly made by Stefano and superb!!! There is a self service bar for the obligatory first (or last) beer of the day.

You can park your motorcycle in the garage, there are tools if you need to wrench and Stefano's father has extensive knowledge about all offroad tracks in the alps. He'll be happy to give you advice with a smile: TAKE IT! Listen to him and adapt your plans: you'll discover new routes and avoid others based on current weather/track conditions.

A true gem: go there, treat the owners with respect and kindness, and you'll get a home away from...

We spent a wonderful week in La Nigritella where the food and hospitality were superb. It is well located close enough to The Campo Smith ski lifts so that it is possible to walk there and not necessary to take the ski bus. It is also possible to leave your skis and equipment in lockers at Campo Smith so the morning walk is pleasant without having to carry heavy gear. The hotel is clean and warm with a beautiful tradional stove in the reception area where you can relax before a beautiful meal freshly prepared by Valeria. They stock a range of Piedmontese wines too - perfect with dinner. Gino is a great host and very knowledgeable about the area. He brought us on our skis to a charming mountain hut where we had some lovely food and drink. (Hello to Aldo and Rachel!) overall it was a great week and we hope to return to the...