Sauze d'Oulx - Italy

10 reasons to visit Sauze d'Oulx ski resort

1. Part of a huge ski area with 400km of lift-linked piste
2. Ski across the French-Italian border to Montgenevre
3. 5 villages in the ski area to explore, each with some great restaurants
4. Attractive old town with narrow cobbled lanes and some great bars to watch the world go by
5. The livliest apres ski in the Milky Way, you can party till dawn if you want with a great range of bars
6. Great intermediate terrain with plenty of long (and quiet) red pistes
7. Tree lined lower slopes give good visability when the weather comes in
8. With around 15 mountain restauarnts in the local area you'll be spoilt for choice when lunch comes around
9. Impressive views from resort and higher up the mountain
10. Ski bus service (for an extra charge) means you don't have to stay close to the slopes

Resort overview

Sauze d'Oulx is by far the liveliest of the 5 villages within the 400km Milky Way ski area spanning the border of France and Italy. The resort centre at the base of the slopes is pedestrianised and it sprawls out to the old village full of cobbled streets and wooden buildings with stone roofs, a 16th century church and fountain at the centre as well as plenty of bars and restaurants.

Skiing in Sauze d'Oulx

Around Sauze d'Oulx you'll find a huge array of long quiet slopes with the lower reaches covered in larch forest giving you some fantastically winding tree runs. Higher up you'll find spectacular mountain panoramas through to France - if you get the area pass you can ski over here as well. Suited well to intermediate skiers, the resort is full of reds and the few blacks there are aren't the most challenging, creating a cruisy ski area with the size to give you a real sense of travelling through it.

Apres ski

Overlooking the Susa Valley, Sauze d'Oulx is nicknamed 'the balcony of the Alps' and there are definitely the views to back this claim. A year-round population keeps the town (or rather, large village) thriving. Renown for a buzzing nightlife Sauze offers a good mix of bars. You'll be able to find the right spot for you whether you're after sophisticated wine bars or up for partying till the early hours.