Ski Trip to Italy
 

Has anyone been to Torino and Sestriere since the Olympics? We're planning a trip for March. Also considering a side trip to Florence. Any advice/suggestions?
Thanks.

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By "side trip to Florence," I hope you mean part of your trip skiing and part of your trip in Florence and not some sort of day trip. It's about 5 hours from Torino to Florence (plus time to get to Torino from a ski base). Think open-jaw air reservations: into Torino, out of Florence.

Another option would be to divide the trip in thirds: ski for x days, visit Florence for 2-4 days (leaving your ski stuff in Torino if possible), and return to Torino for 1-2 days before flying home. Even presuming you'll rent skis and poles (and possibly boots), you'll have more luggage to haul around than you would on a typical touring trip. If you rent a car for the Florence portion, taking your extra luggage isn't as problematic, as long as you rent a large enough car. Travelling by train with extra luggage would be a pain.

Thanks for the response. And yes - the plan is ski x days and go on from there. As far as ski equipment - learned that renting EVERYTHING is the way to go. Hadn't really thought about car rental - really enjoy train travel, but thanks for the ideas.

Or you can go to Abetone, Tuscany located about 60 km northwest of Florence. This is a international station for ski with modern lifts and 52 Km of slopes.
European contests are run here for ski and snowboard.