Tài Khoản Khách
ngày 21 tháng 3 năm 2023
A quaint little hotel which we discovered by chance when researching a ski trip to Italy back in 2020. We booked and then Covid hit - the owners called us as the situation was turning sour over there and he advised us to cancel our holiday. They paid us back our deposit with no questions asked - it goes without saying that when we started planning our first post-pandemic ski trip, Sauze and Etoile des Neiges in particular were top of the list. Because they had been so kind and fair-play back then! We enjoyed our stay at the hotel and appreciated its old charm. The location is ideal as it is literally a 30-second walk from the bottom of the chairlift up to Sportinia. Our rooms (#8 and #9) were spacious, clean with good bedding. Breakfast buffet was rich and tasty, but we did not try the evening dinner. They also have an agreement with a ski hire shop nearby which means you can leave your rental equipment at the end of your stay at the hotel and the shop will pick it ip after you have gone - a nice touch! And finally, it felt like good value for money (130 euros per room per night). There were however a few negatives: - it is an old traditional stone building which means very small windows and limited natural light in the rooms as a result; - its location, although good for take-off in the morning, is not ideal at all for après-ski as it is a 25min, very steep, downhill walk back from the main bars and the village centre. You can grab a taxi but it will cost you 20 euros per ride. Same thing if you want to walk to the centre for dinner, better be in shape to hit that hill! - the hotel is very isolated on the outskirts of the main town, and there is absolutely nothing near it restaurant- or bar-wise, except for their sister restaurant / pizzeria 50m down the road which serves reasonable food but nothing to write home about (although, to be fair, it was equal or better than most of the food we ate in Sauze, which was generally a very big disappointment). - The biggest issue for us was the lack of soundproofing in the rooms - you can literally hear your next-door neighbour doing business on the toilets (and i guarantee you will know if they went for nbr 1 or nbr 2… and if they use the bidet - we are in Italy after all - then you will hear that too!) Also, should you be unfortunate enough to have noisy guests stay in the room next to you, you will not be able to sleep. And forget a lie-in once the maids are at it hoovering and chatting away in the corridor at 8am… A real shame that this was not thought about when the building was converted into a hotel - charm should not come at the cost of comfort in my opinion… Would i go back? Most probably no, because i think we could find equivalent quality and charm without the downsides i listed, for the same price or close. But push come to shove or without any alternative, i would be happy to return, although only for a short stay. This is why I gave it a 3 rather than a 4 - i would have given it a
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