In these difficult days, we at the Hotel Etoile des Neiges also recommend everyone to stay at home!

But, if you want some suggestions about something nice to do while you are at home, we suggest you to explore the beauty of the Valle di Susa and its surrounding areas.

We are sure that you will be fascinated and that you will look forward, at the end of the emergency, to come in person to stay in these wonderful places that will help you to forget the sad days of quarantine and will make you return to appreciate how beautiful is outdoor life, especially in the mountains of our beautiful valley.

We are optimistic and hope that this situation will end before the arrival of summer; therefore the itineraries and places that we suggest below are mainly of summer nature, although many of them can be fully enjoyed even in winter with snowshoes on your feet.

Some institutional sites to know the main places and beauties

• Natural Reserve of Gran Bosco di Salbrertrand
• Natural Reserve Orsiera Rocciavrè
• Natural Reserve of Val Troncea
• Fortress of Fenestrelle
• Mount Chaberton
• Tibetan Bridge in the Gorge di San Gervasio

Interesting routes and itineraries

For lovers of mountain biking and off-road motorbikes or 4x4s, we have selected some itineraries, some very well-known and others a little less, both in the Susa Valley and in neighboring France, but all easily accessible having as a base departure from the Hotel Etoile des Neiges in Sauze d’Oulx:

• Savoulx – Forte di Foens – Colle del Sommeiller
• Chiomonte – Frais – Alpe d’Arguel – Forte (caserma Grand Serin) – Lago Grande
• Villar Saint Prancace – Chalet des Ayes – Lac d’Orcey – Chalet de L’Alp
• Briançon – Risoul – Tunnel del Parpaillon – Colle di Vars – Embrun
• Bar Cenisio (Venaus) (IT) / Lanslebourg (FR)

For those who love hiking, these routes will satisfy every need:

• Frais – Alpe d’Arguel a Lago Grande + Caserma Gran Serin
• Montgenèvre – Forte Infernet (2377mt)
• Monginevro – Lago dei sette Colori