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Sestriere

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Sestriere (sĕs'trēĕ`rā), Fr. Sestrières (sĕstrēâr`), village, alt. 6,670 ft (2,033 m), Piedmont, NW Italy, in the Alps. It is a fashionable winter sports center, located near the French border and the Montgenèvre Pass not far from Turin.


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Those who thought the Winter Olympics were all about slithering rapidly across ice or snow wearing a condom or sequins, might be reassured by the more culturally refined caperings of this year's Snow Show staged in the Italian alpine resort of Sestriere, as an adjunct to (and possibly distraction from) the Games.
In the Sestriere media mini-hub 10 televisions are set to different Olympic events, but every night half of them are turned to soccer.
Try the Swiss Gay Ski Week in Davos or the European Gay Ski Week at Club Med Sestriere in the Italian Alps, both in March, with Above and Beyond Tours or Alternative Holiday.
 
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