Just to thank Marilyn and staff for another fantastic holiday at Sport Hotel Sauze d'Oulx.We had a great week and were really lucky with the weather, sun every day and snow still good; were able to ski right back down to village and almost to the Sport. Taht's what we like about the hotel,great locatin! Food at villa cary was great as usual with homemade lasagna on the first night delicius. What was good this year was that there was a soup alternative to pasta as one of our party doesn't like pasta. Also been told that as we asked we will have kettle and cups in rooms for next year to have a cup of tea. Roll on 2012!!!!

I have just returned from my second stay at the Villa Cary hotel and could not ask for more. Working for a luxury travel specialist means I don't normally stay in 2 star hotels and some of the comments below made me a bit dubious, but the Villa Cay exceeded all expectations! The rooms may be small, but they're perfectly comfortable with cosy beds, they're clean, have newly laid wooden floors and are nice and warm. What's more the people are incredibly friendly and its easy to see why so may guests return year after year - during my stay there was a family of 3 generations who had stayed at the hotel every year since 1997 and the grandson (now 3) was learning to ski!!

The hotel is ran by Marilyn (who is from England), Ezio (her husband), Davide (their son who is bilingual) and Ferruccio (Ezio's brother). Ezio, Davide and Ferruccio teach at the main ski school and if you're having lessons they make sure you're looked after, but also do private lessons if you want to brush up on your technique.

Everyone at the hotel is really helpful and are the best people to ask on what slopes to aim for, where to hire skis for minimum walking/carrying and which places to see.

The hotel is located just off the main square so its far enough away if you're looking for a quiet night, but just around the corner from all the action!

I would have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending the Villa Cary to anyone and Sauze is a great ski resort. You have access to the entire milkyway and even after my second week, I don't feel I've seen it all...counting down the days until next year already!

I stayed here with some friends whilst on a ski trip. The hotel is dated but the rooms were clean and comfortable. It was half-board and the food was great - The owners were lovely and really added to the atmosphere (The owner is and English lady who has married an Italian)
The bus stop for acces to the slopes is directly outside the hotel which is great but you can walk the chairlift within a few minutes if you dont mind carrying your skis.
I found the location quiet with all the bars enough distance away to not be a problem (but close enough for us to attend!)
The village is nice but head to the old part of town for the rustic feel with some great restaurants and bars.
Skiing in the Viallatea (Milky Way) is really quite good - there are several challenging runs if you are advanced.
All in all I have rated it 3 (Proabably 3 and a half) as despite needing an update I really enjoyed my stay and feel that the atmosphere and location really made our holiday.
I would recommend anyone to stay.

The hotel itself is quite old, not been touched for at least 30 years, but the staff are very nice. The food was excellent for a 2 star hotel, set meals every night, but all were very tasty. The rooms however, left alot to be desired. Our room,(rm 12), was approx 3m sq. this included the 'so-called' en-suite, which was minute, with a very rickety, 'bodge job' shower rail (half hanging off the wall), a toilet you couldn't hardly get to to sit on, and to top it all, no hot water or working shower for two days ! The massive 'victorian' radiator was on full chat all night, so if you couldn't sleep for all the noise going on from the 'lager louts' outside at closing time (approx 4am) then you got baked in your sleep! I had read various reviews about Sauze D'Oulx, which said the resort would suit a single male of age 25-40, looking for a good booze up and sky football all day long, these were unfortunately absolutely spot on. We were a party of 3, 2 adults and one child aged 12, and there was nothing for a family to do, other than walk around and eat take away pizza. The ski-ing on the other hand was absolutely marvellous. Great slopes and lovely weather, at least for half of the week, but of course we can't control the weather. The mountain restaurants have nothing on Austria. The food quality and indeed price, varied enormously from place to place. The best we found was Col Bourget on blue run 30. A bit of a hike to along a flat trail, but the food was lovely, with waitress service and the cheapest we came across. Beware of runs that are not open, especially if going to Sestriere, as we were caught out when we couldn't get back to Sauze. We had to catch a bus from Sestriere town, which took nearly 3 hours in total! The signposts around the runs were quite minimal, almost on a need to know basis! So you should always make sure you know what lifts are open and which aren't. We have been skiing to Austria four times, and we can very safely say, in Sauze D'oulx, although the runs are good, certain aspects of your holiday, like accomodation, facilities for families and lunchtime on the slopes leave alot to be desired and do not even come close to those in Austria.