Olympic Village Hotel
, Sestriere
Olympic Village Hotel Reviews
This is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in!1
You get treated like cattle fron check in to check out..
2hrs to check in, 100 E Cash no cards damended for deposit
Keys to room not avialiable until 5pm!
Food awful, ifyou are not the first in the queue for dinner then you wont get a seat, and you will be lucky to get fresh food.
Rooms too hot, managers solution open patio door!
rooms not cleaned all week, 1 roll of loo paper for 4 people for a week,
HOTEL VERY TIRED STAFF VERY RUDE!
Rooms inspected before you leave, we were told to remove rubbish from bin and clean sink!
Do not stay here!
- Advice: Do not book here!
- Board Basis:Half Board
- Tour Operator:Crystal
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Having read the reviews after I had booked my holiday, I was slightly concerned about where we would be staying. On arrival at the apartments, we received our room key and ski locker key. The directions to our apartment were simple and easy to follow. There are however a number of different routes that you could take.
The rooms are functional. The bedroom is a good size and the storage within the bedroom is brilliant. The beds in the living area are easy to set up and put down, and there is plenty of storage there also.
The apartment has a microwave which also doubles as a grill and 2 ring electric hob. It could benefit from a toaster and a kettle. However we managed to eat in for a few nights and it was absolutely fine.
The furniture is functional and not aimed for comfort. The decor is contemporary.
The bathroom was small, but had a seperate sink and toilet area. Again, whilst ski-ing I would have liked there to have been a bath to rest my aching bones!!!
The ski lockers are ok for boots, however we did have some ski poles stolen. There is no room in the ski lockers for snow boards and we had to keep ours in our apartment.
We had to leave a cash deposit of 100 Euro on arrival. This was returned without any checks on our departure.
The supermarket in the complex is ok and stocks the basics. The self service restaurant lacks any character, and the food and service was not particularly good. The bar is more like a cafe and again lacks much character.
Generally it was ok. It is not luxurious, but it was ok.
- Good For: Ski
- Board Basis:Room Only
- Tour Operator:Booked Independently
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I dont know about you but when you book 4 star accommodation you expect a certain standard in your room
this was supposed to be 4 star but was 2 star accommodation at best - rooms like dormitories, Ikea style hard chairs to sit on. very long very cold corridors before reaching rooms no natural light. hotel rooms for those staying BB or HB are at basement level, window is approx 5Ft up the wall and very dirty so not a lot of light and no view of anything. the whole of the hotel has horrible dirty grey tiles to walls and all floors including bedrooms which makes it very noisy.
the staff are less than helpful as very little English is spoken and no information leaflets available - very much geared to Italian and other nationality guests.
we arrived to be told we had to leave a 100 euro deposit for any damage to the room but to be honest you would be hard pushed to do any damage as [-] all in the rooms and what is in is already damaged. bathrooms very smelly and cramped, not enough room to sit on toilet before your knees are pushing the shower cubicle in approx 22cm between edge of toilet bowl and the shower screen. shower cubicle is 70cm x 70cm (28in x 28) when you lift your arms to wash your hair your elbows bash the sides of the shower unit and wall. the shower always leaked, the only good thing was the maid service, always lots of clean towels which was a good job as most of them we needed to soak up the water on the bathroom floor. the room was a depressing place to have to sleep.
our skiis stayed in our room as no ski locker had been allocated we had been told on several occasions that this would be sorted but even as we left it was still being sorted.
Breakfast was a choice of yoghurt's cereal burnt and stale croissants and bread rolls with a choice of cheese or ham. a toaster arrived on day 3 but soon disappeared.
very loud music playing for most of the day as there was no comfy chairs in the rooms you had no option to sit and listen to this if you did not ski.
I would return to sestriere again as skiing was very good but would warn anyone away from staying in the hotel
DREADFUL PLACE
- Board Basis:Bed & Breakfast
- Tour Operator:inghams
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Well basically, our holiday came to a rubbish start, as our flights were lovely and so was the transport to the hotel, from then on it seemed to go downhill.
We found reception, and the time it took us to get to our room was around 2 hours, we spent 1 hour at the check-in desk, with one receptionist, a full que of people surrounding him, and his priority was to answer the phone calls, i suggest it would be easier for the italians to check-in, as the guy spoke pretty bad english, and the room-card key system obviously wasnt working, as the guy at reception spent half the time trying to get our keys to work.
We were then told the wrong directions to our room(Our room was a 5 minute walk down a cold corridor, some people's rooms where even further) With Two teenagers, we were not impressed at all.
When we finally reached our room(after walking all over the resort) The room was in alrite conditions, but clearly the hotel was not built to last, with cracks in some of the floor tiles, shower cubicles, which are the most flimsy i have ever seen which definately do not keep the water out, our beds where comfortable, but the rooms often got very hot, so if you're staying there, adjust the thermostat to the lowest, and reduce the fan setting.
The meals seemed ok, however we where ok, the younger of our group didnt think much of breakfast, the only thing they seemed to eat was a yoghurt and a bread bun, so for the price we payed, i wouldnt of said it was value for money, i would highly recomend the self catering, as there is a mini mart at the bottom of the hotel.
I was impressed with the storage provided for people's ski's with ski-boxes for everyroom, and the facilities seemed alright, swimming pool is a messing on pool- You cant do serious stuff in it, its very small, and often ridden with kids with floats, perfect if your a family.
I think this is a reasonable hotel, but if i was to go back, i'd stay somewhere else. Ski-ing and the general resort was great.
- Board Basis:Bed & Breakfast
- Tour Operator:Inghams
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My girlfriend and I booked purely on price as it was only our 2nd time skiing and had never visited Italy before. The positives of the holiday were the Crystals tour company and reps, together with the flights and transfers. The reps were great and offered an escort service for skiers of all abilities so that they could experience the slopes and get their bearing before heading off on there own. Unfortunately the Hotel Olympic Village somewhat spoilt what was a great skiing expeience in Sestriere. The rooms were uncomfortable, the staff were rude and extremely unhelpful, the facilities were poor and the resturant was a cross between a school canteen and prisoner cell block H. Although we were on a self catering basis, we did eat in the resturant on 2 occasions given that the hotel gave us 2 free meal vouchers. If we were on half or full board I would have been very disappointed and would be requesting a full refund from the tour operator on my return to the UK. The layout of the hotel was very confusing, noisy with a constant echo of people talking and walking around in ski boots rather than using the equipment store. We had very little sleep and didn't manage 1 undisturbed night rest for the entire week. It certainly wasn't a relaxing holiday but we did make the most of the skiing. Although we were inexperienced skiers, we managed to make the most of the opportunities of Sestriere. However, the runs and lifts are not well signposted and the piste map is difficult to interpret. The lift pass allows you to ski all over the Milky Way but you have to be an assured skier to be able to transit over the the other resorts. This is definitely an intermediate/advanced skiing area and beginners should beware. Due to the terrain surrounding Sestriere, the slopes become very steep very quickly. If you do nothing else during your stay in Italy, pay the extra 22 Euros and go on the ski away day to Montegenvre in the french alps. Its a 45 minute transfer with a full morning of escorted skiing with the Crystals Reps. Very enjoyable day, the best of our holiday. My final comment is that if you can afford to stay somewhere else in Sestriere then do it. Do not expect 4* accommodation for the price you pay at the Olympic Village. I hope you find this review helpful. Safe skiing.