Sportinia Chairlift — Hotel in Sauze d'Oulx

Parking here can be difficult if you are staying in Sportinia and need to park for 7 days. The machines are very temperamental and in the end I could only get two days using a credit card. I would recommend anybody who wants to use this car park to download the Sosta+ app and pay for parking that way it is very easy except that you have to load credit from paypal rather than link it to a card like others I have used. I was able to update my parking from the comfort of my hotel room. I also put a note on the car to say that I had used the app so the parking attendants would be aware. The parking is enforced here and a friend had a ticket withing 24 hours of not paying. By the way for a car it is €5 per...

The Milky Way has some great skiing but is unfortunately let down by an old lift system. Chairs are slow & subject to frequent stoppages. Sauze has been left behind by its neighbours in France, Switzerland & Austria. These countries have invested heavily in increasing uphill capacity & eliminating system bottlenecks. Montgenevre boasts 8 man, heated chairs & telecabins running at high speed to move skiers effortlessly up the mountains. The Italian Milky Way is light...

This is NOT a lift for beginners! Without any training or warning beginners find themselves asked to get on a fast moving lift. The first morning of their first ski school they are subject to this experience. Asked to get on the lift and to carry their skis under their arms. It is difficult to believe this can be classed as a resort for beginners when the first experience they will encounter appears designed to put...