Hotel Martin Reviews

Fantastic holiday

Reviewed 6 May 2014

When we first got there we were slightly concerned thinking we were miles from the centre of Sauze d’Oulx... but in actual fact, you can get the bus up and there’s a chair lift 300-400 yards away (you walk uphill a bit then downhill). The chair lift was always quiet and we used to use it for a couple of warm-up runs in the morning which worked well for the week. Walking to Sauze d’Oulx took you along a steep road if you went on the shortest route, but we had no problems with it and often went over for a few beers in the evenings.
All the staff are very friendly. The guy who owns it is really good and does a nice job – he’s a ski instructor as well (you can book private lessons with him if you want to). We saw him on the chairlift on his day off and he has some great knowledge about the area – his son is also in one of the local ski teams.
Inside the hotel is basic, but all you want on a ski holiday is nice warm rooms and plenty of hot water, both of which we had.
There’s a good little bar and they often had the open fire going which was nice.
Breakfast was always tasty with plenty of food. I was a bit shocked that the dinner didn’t seem very big at first... they served me 3 inches square of lasagne which I thought was it, but it turned out this was just one of many courses! The only weird thing is that you all have to go down for dinner at the same time, but that’s just the way they did it here – as far as I was aware no one was ever put on a table with someone who wasn’t in their party. A couple of times we stayed out having a few beers, and if you weren’t going to be there you just had to let them know.
All in all, we’d definitely go back.