Sestriere is legendary for skiing, especially if there’s lots of snow like this year. The Winter Olympics in Torino featured Sestriere prominently.
Sestriere Vacation Rental - Olympic Village
This year there’s yet another reason to rent a place in Sestiere. The 100th running of the Giro d’Italian bicycle race will pass by here on May 19th. The stage is a doozy, and is expected to feature Lance Armstrong trying to come back after a three year absence from the sport of cycling.
Why would you stay in Sestriere instead of anywhere else along the route? Well, Sestriere is on the stage that goes from Cuneo up through five mountain passes in the French Alps, then comes down to Pinerolo via Sestriere. Its a rerunning of the famous 250km stage of the 1949 Giro d’Italia in which Fausto Coppi beat Gino Bartali, a stage so legendary that there’s a book written about it.
Shoot, you could stay in the Olympic Village, you know. That’s it on the left. How many folks can say they’ve stayed in the Olympic Village and watched the Centenary Giro d’Italia?
Hello,
I have been to Italy and it is gorgeous, I stayed at the Veneri- gorgeous and reasonable villas.