# Ski instructors in Sestriere

> Purpose-built at 2,035 m by the Agnelli family, the highest village of the Via Lattea and a 2006 Olympic venue on the French border.

- Region: Via Lattea, Piedmont
- Country: [Italy](https://alpinepal.com/en/ski-instructors/italy)
- Time zone: Europe/Rome
- Currency: EUR
- Coordinates: 44.95823, 6.87882
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10302

Page: https://alpinepal.com/en/resorts/sestriere
Last reviewed: 14 September 2026

## About Sestriere

Sestriere was built from nothing in the 1930s by the Agnelli family, the founders of Fiat, as Italy's answer to the fashionable Alpine resorts — which makes it one of the first purpose-built ski resorts in the world. Its two cylindrical hotel towers are still the landmark.

At 2,035 m it is the highest village in the Via Lattea, the 'Milky Way' area that runs across the French border to Montgenèvre, and it holds snow when the lower villages of the system are struggling. It hosted the alpine events of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, and the race pistes are still there to ski.

## Where lessons start

The village-level slopes are gentle and convenient, and the altitude means they stay in condition. The linked area is large but strung out; for a first week there is no need to leave Sestriere itself.

## Getting there

Turin is about an hour and a half, which makes Sestriere one of the most accessible high resorts in the Alps from a major airport.

## Instructors at Sestriere

- [Andrea Bandi](https://alpinepal.com/en/instructors/andrea-bandi) — qualified, 65 EUR/h, en, it

## Qualifications required in Italy

Teaching for payment in Italy requires the Maestro di sci, registered in the regional albo, issued by Collegio regionale dei maestri di sci.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does the Sestriere lift pass cover the whole Via Lattea?

The Via Lattea pass covers Sestriere, Sauze d'Oulx, Sansicario, Cesana and Claviere on the Italian side; Montgenèvre in France needs the international version. For a first week there is no need for any of it — the village-level slopes at 2,035 m are gentle, convenient and stay in condition, and a Sestriere-only pass is cheaper.

### How do I get to Sestriere without a car?

Fly to Turin, about an hour and a half away by road, and take a train to Oulx on the Paris–Turin line; from there a bus climbs to Sestriere in well under an hour. The transfer is short by Alpine standards, which is one of the reasons Sestriere works for a long weekend.