Hotel Sciatori

First ski trip, stayed for 1 week. Welcoming & friendly staff. Rooms small but clean. We all enjoyed our stay here but it’s noisy. Attention to the level of noise needs to be addressed, in particular the door at the bottom of the stairs to reception area. Every time this door is opened it slams shut. Our room was on the first floor and we could hear this door each time which disturbed our sleep. Not sure if the owner of the hotel has a dog but one afternoon we wanted to have a sleep but couldn’t because it kept barking. The same dog on the same evening well after 10pm was still barking. Rooms are small but clean. Fresh towels and hot shower. Comfortable bed. One wardrobe with two hangers , not much storage therefore we left some of our clothes in our cases. Breakfast was ok, continental style with some scrambled egg & bacon unfortunately it wasn’t kept warm. Hotel is situated in a quiet hamlet not much choice of restaurants or bars. You will have to get the bus into Sestriere for more choice. To get to Sestriere. you can order the infrequent bus at the cost of €1.70 per person per trip. Don’t forget to book your return trip or else you will have to pay a huge bill for a taxi. That’s if you can get one. You have to book your return trip for the bus before 8pm or that’s it! You could get stranded and have a very long walk back in the cold ( winter time) no paths or a taxi ( if you can get one, ( as mentioned earlier) On our first night we had our evening meal at the hotel for ease. Small menu, not much choice. I had the trout which was nice but some members of my group didn’t enjoy their dinner. Ski hire shop is around 5-10 walk away from the hotel. Lifts and ski lift ticket office. Ski hire shop staff very helpful and they allowed us to store our hired ski gear overnight which made it so much easier than lugging it back to the hotel each night to store it in the ski room. Hotel has a sauna & steam room with relaxing area. We didn’t visit this because it isn’t open during the daytime but only open from 4.30pm until 7pm ( This is Apres ski time) we didn’t have time to go in and have a relax. I was hoping it would be open to use if the weather was too bad to ski but it isn’t not open. Not ideal. Hotel furniture in the hotel lounge/ bar area is a bit tired ie the white chairs which are ready for replacing but other than that it’s ok. All in all had a nice time here but certain things could be better as mentioned above. I’m not sure I would return due to it’s location, I’d much prefer to be closer to Sestriere centre where things would have been much easier we would have been able to explore the area and use a spa that is open during the daytime. 💕We enjoyed the company of the lady waitress Alieche ( apologies for the spelling) she was very friendly, warm, bubbly and helpful. Thank you for much 🤩