Pyrenees Guide

Andorra is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. Its size is near 470 km² with an estimated population of almost 89,000. Its capital is Andorra la Vella. It is currently a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven.

Andorra la Vella, capital of the Pyrenees, is the country's nerve centre. The city offers visitors a major commercial centre with first-class hotel provision and a range of food and drink that is broad enough to satisfy the most diverse and demanding requirements. The Barri Antic (Historic Quarter) was the original heart of the town when it was little more than a village. It stretches from the Esglesia de Sant Esteve to Placeta del Puial and is characterized by atmospheric cobblestoned streets and arresting stone houses.

You can also take one of only three roads in Andorra and discover some of the beautiful landscape in all of the Pyrenees. Andorra offers the best skiing in the Pyrenees mountains, like in Canillo & Soldeu or Arinsal & Pal. Just for a moment, take care of your body in Caldea mineral waters.
 

Andorra La Vella - Andorra La Vella is the capital of this tiny principality nestling between France and Spain and is its biggest town. Lying at the confluence of the Gran Valira, the Valira del Oriente and the Valira del Norte rivers, Andorra La Vella is dwarfed by stunning snow-capped mountains of up to 2500 metres ...

Canillo Soldeu - Canillo is one of the parishes of Andorra. It is composed of the following villages and towns: Canillo, Soldeu, Bordes d'Envalira, El Tarter, Sant Pere, Ransol, Els Plans, El Vilar, l'Armiana, l'Aldosa, El Forn, Prats, Meritxell and Molleres.Its altitude ranges from 1400 m to 2913 m. The climate is ...

Pas de la Casa - In the parish of Encamp you will find two urban built-up areas: Encamp and el Pas de la Casa. The last village, permanently inhabited by 3.000 people, has an hotel capacity which may triple its inhabitant number. The main attractions of Pas de la Casa is the Pas de la ...

Arcalis - As the most remote resort in Andorra, it's easy to assume Arcalis is not worth a day-trip. But that would be a shame, as the variety of the terrain is better than most of the other resorts, even if the extent is not up to much. With no village at the resort, it does at least mean that Arcalis has ...

Pal Arinsal - Pal has escaped much of the development that other resorts in Andorra have succumbed to. Pal is a quiet and picturesque mountain village over the ridge from Arinsal (about 5km by road), with a small, reasonably varied, wooded ski area a couple of kilometers further up the hill. It is remarkably ...

Encamp - The big attaction in Encamp, whichis about 6km northeast of Andorra La Vella, is the Museu Nacional de l'Automobil (National Automobile Museum, 83 22 66, adult/student Eur 2.40/1.20, open 9.30am-1.30pm & 3pm-6pm Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-2pm Sunday). Located beside the CG2, this museum has ...

Sant Julia de Loria - Sant Julia de Loria (correctly Sant Julià de Lòria) lies on border to Spain in the southern parish (administrative division) in Andorra. Sant Julia de Loria lies some 7.5km to the south of Andorra La Vella on the main road CG1 which runs down the Gran Valira (Grand Valley) ...

Escaldes Engordany - Escaldes-Engordany is the seventh Parish of the Principality of Andorra, it was established in 1978. Situated in the middle of the country, it is bounded in the north by La Massana and Encamp, in the east and south by Spain and southwest by Andorra la Vella. Escaldes-Engordany is formed by the ...

Ordino - Ordino is large as far as local villages go but reatins its Andorran character: most buildings are built with local stone and are still in their original state. the tourist office (737080, open 9am-1pm & 3pm-7pm Mon-Sat, 9am-1pm Sun) is in the Centre Esportiu d'Ordino sports complex. Buses ...