Andorra la Vella, Andorra Travel Blogs

Hilltop duty-free!
Apr 14, 2007 (5 photos)

(C) Who knew the world's best duty free corn nuts are to be found at the top of the Pyrenees?!  If you happen to pass through, owever, and you find yourself tempted by any one of the hundreds of shiny green bottles of absinthe so ...

WE COME FOR SKI WORK
Dec 19, 2004 (2 photos)

... country of the Pyrenees) goes its motto in the local Catalonian tongue. We come to the little capital town, Andorra la Vella. Its crowded streets are full of angry cars and pedestrian tourists and the most modern commerce selling electronics and ...

Andorra
Aug 22, 2007

Was working close last summer so we went a few times for shopping! Exciting place!

Pyrenees & Andorra
Aug 7, 2007 (9 photos)

Pyrenees

FAM TRIP ANDORRA 2005 COM IBERSKY
Dec 15, 2005 (6 photos)

... terminou, por volta das 16h quando voltamos para o autocarro. Seguinte... Paragem no Hotel e visita Livre a Andorra la Vella para quem assim o entendesse, escusado será dizer que os Portugueses praticamente foram todos. A busca para encontrar ...

Those of you who are getting bored of my ...
Feb 12, 2003 (5 photos)

... a great time and everyone returned home in one piece, although there were a few bruises. First, I will tell you a little about Andorra. It is a country, not a region of Spain or France, as it is often confused. It is small - 60, 000 people, total! ...

Andorra la Vella - Walking In A Winter Wonderland
Dec 2, 2005

... pine tree covered mountains and ski runs. Just brilliant. The bus returns and takes me back for the hour journey into Andorra la Vella. It was a worthwhile effort coming here to this little principality, if only for the views. Back in town, and I ...

Little Country in the Pyrenees
Apr 16, 2009 (23 photos)

... nbsp; Arriving at Pas de la Casa, it was 0 degrees and snowing hard.  Thirty minutes later we made it to Andorra la Vella, the capital city, where I would stay at the Festa Brava hotel.  I seriously considered going snowboarding, but it was just ...

This country is so cute!
Nov 2, 2004 (4 photos)

It is getting all snowy in Toulouse so we headed to the Pyrenees to see the mountains all glittery and white in Andorra. The country is so little and cute! We drove across it in half an hour, and it would have taken less time but the mountains are icy. ...

Andorra
Jul 5, 2007

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Andorra, round two
Jul 14, 2008 (7 photos)

... ...amazing! my crew went to Andorra on the 14th of July because we knew that nothing would be open for France's holiday. I bought a cheap pair of puma's, and everyone else bought cheap alcohol and ciggarettes! Andorra, the place you go to buy stuff!

Andorra
Jul 4, 2007

... ... we have never been through a boarder control still in use because of the whole European Nation thing... but it was easy enough, they checked through the van to see what we had brought and we were on the way again....   Thanks Andorra!!

A land oft forgotten by cartographers
Jun 16, 2006 (1 photos)

... pleasures. The last of our Spanish bound compatriots exited, only fived remained. Five brave souls. On the horizon stood Andorra, nussled inbetween the Pyrennes mountains. As the bus drew near, Andorra greated its guests with dark skies, thunder, ...

ANDORRA- #100 AND COUNTING
Sep 25, 2009

... last time I was in Barcelona, but it was February… and it was raining… and I had no proper footwear… Andorra la Vella is a duty-free town in a duty-free country.  I guess that’s its other claim to fame.  The traffic jelly ...

Crusty pie eyes
Sep 4, 2009 (18 photos)

... .  Like I've said before, I can have deep conversations in Spanish, yet lack very basic vocabulary, at times.  Andorra sounds so regal, but as I planned this trip and researched this tiny little principality, my expectations dropped - it's got a ...

Home cooking, mushroom hunting, and tax-free grog!
Sep 7, 2004

... great because they spoke English (except when they were talking about girls, cars and football!) and the alcohol was amazingly cheap (Andorra is a tax free country, which makes for some fun shopping as well)! I was really quite sad to leave Andorra, it ...

Andorra
Mar 28, 1977

Drove to Andorra & camped just outside town again with George & Sue

Andorra
Nov 29, 2001

... French bus to Toulouse, crossing the high mountain passes covered in snow. There were a number of ski resorts operating around the Andorra Valley. On the French side the snow cover on the ground was complete, and the weather turned to light snowy mist.

Skiing in Andorra
Feb 11, 2006 (18 photos)

... de Michigan, eso me consta. American School of Barcelona (ASB, donde Derek enseña), organiza cada año una semana en Andorra para llevar a los estudiantes a esquiar. Derek y yo nos apuntamos para formar parte de los maestros coordinadores y al mismo tiempo ...

Andorra (Shithole)
Feb 3, 2009

... in car parks and dodgy looking hotels (I'm not personally).  Eventually the bus pulled into the bus station at Andorra La Vella (the "capital" of this tiny principality) and I got off. After crossing a truly massive car park, probably their ...

How else does a small country survive
Aug 22, 2007 (5 photos)

The shopping mecca of Europe; Lyle just had to go.  Of course, the rest of us complied.  However, we quite enjoyed the trip.  The windy roads just about kill you.  You do have to give this little country(about the size of Jasper ...

Sunny Skies Over Lourdes and Andorra
Apr 28, 2009 (5 photos)

... . Now.... 37 years ago Shane, Jerry and I thought we were in this village.  We all have memories of being in Andorra da Ville but.... it weren't anything like what we see outside.  Totally confused we spoke with a local today and discovered that ...

Over the hills and far away
Jul 4, 2007

... was awesome as we drove over the Pyrenees, but was very cold at the top! We stopped off in the capital city (also called Andorra) andstocked up on alcohol for Pamps, then we were going to fill up with cheap diesel (85 euro cents) but somehow we ended up ...

Nov 17, 2007
Nov 17, 2007 (58 photos)

Weekend in Andorra
Sep 8, 2007

Weekend in Andorra

High Altitude Shopping Strip
Apr 30, 2002 (2 photos)

... wide with spectacular views on snow-covered mountains.  The last part already within Andorran borders. The capital of Andorra, Andorra La Vella, proved to be little more than a shopping strip.  Admittedly, prices were very attractive, for ...

Andorra
Oct 20, 2004

Andorra

Skiing in Andorra
Mar 19, 2008

Traveled from Barcelona to Andorra to add one more country to my list and to ski on one more continent.

andorre
Sep 26, 2007

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Andorra
Feb 19, 2008

Andorra