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For 715 years, from 1278 to 1993, Andorrans lived under a unique co-principality, ruled by French and Spanish leaders (from 1607 onward, the French chief of state and the Spanish bishop of Urgel). In 1993, this feudal system was modified with the titular heads of state retained, but the government transformed into a parliamentary democracy. Long isolated and impoverished, mountainous Andorra achieved considerable prosperity since World War II through its tourist industry. Many immigrants (legal and illegal) are attracted to the thriving economy with its lack of income taxes. To be updated

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By rodandsandra
March 9th 2008

Andorra Skiing (again!) Europe » Andorra » Soldeu

We're going up there!?!

Another trip to Pas de la Casa to practice my skiing. Much better conditions this year with 1m snow on the slopes. Chatted to a group on the bus journey who took pity on me and invited me to ski with them for the week. Also blagged my way into the intermediate group lessons and was bricking it when they started mentioning black runs and jumps! All I could keep thinking was that I've just handed in my notice at work and I have a medical next week for my new job - I can't afford to break anything!!!! Nevertheless onwards [View Full Entry]

By B C vs The World
February 27th 2008

Andorra February 2008 Europe » Andorra

Our little hotel

Snowboarding :D Not a place for people who are any good at this, it was perfect for us as we’re still beginners and the slopes are fairly easy so you can start to play around and get your confidence up so you can show off a bit. We were definitely glad we had a car so we could travel between the 3 different mountains. We were only there for a long weekend and we managed to cover the lot. We didn’t have great snow but we had 2 sunny days and it only got overcast on the last day - we [View Full Entry]

By The Open Road
February 20th 2008

Andorran road trip Europe » Andorra

bad food, good view

Our experience in Spain up to this point had been wonderful and we had been on some great trips both in the country and outside of it, but there was one great North American tradition that we were beginning to miss - the road trip. So we paired up with experienced roadtrippers Nadine and Aaron, rented a car, and set our sights on the snow capped peaks of Andorra. If you aren’t familiar with the country of Andorra (as I wasn’t prior to the planning of this trip), it is a tiny country stuffed between France and Spain, atop the Pyrenees, [View Full Entry]

By Morgan Pitts
February 4th 2008

Skiing in Andorra Europe » Andorra » El Serrat

View from the bus

My first weekend in Barcelona, I went with a group of 25 other people from my program to Andorra, a tiny country between Spain and France that is known for its cheap prices (because there are no taxes) and good skiing. One of the guys in our group set up the whole trip through his señora, who is a travel agent, which was awesome because no one else had to do anything. And we got a great deal, transportation, 2 nights in a 3-star hotel, lift tickets, boots and boards, and breakfast and dinner for 2 days for only 130 Euro! [View Full Entry]

By CarliD
January 21st 2008

Andorra Ski Trip Europe » Andorra » El Serrat

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Hey guys! So you´ll never guess what I did this past weekend... I went skiing in Andorra in the Pyrenees Mountains! Skiing! I know what you´re thinking, and you´re right, I definitely don´t know how to ski, but after two days on the slopes I feel like I learned a lot! In case you don´t know (I didn´t), Andorra is a tiny country in between France and Spain and it is all mountains. I think from the top of any mountain in Andorra you can see both of the other two countries and someone said that all of Andorra is about [View Full Entry]

By Brittany Greer
January 19th 2008

Snowboarding in the Pyrenees Europe » Andorra

BrittÂ´s Pictures 074

My first weekend here, and I was off to Andorra! I was having snowboarding withdrawls already because I just couldn´t turn down the offer even though I hadn´t even settled in yet. I´m very glad I went though, it was beautiful in Andorra and so much fun to get on a board again! There are many old medieval castles to look at in town and the Pryenees are beautiful (thought I still don´t think nearly as great as the Rockies, but I´m probably just being bias!) We went on a greyhound type bus with about 20 american students and 20 local [View Full Entry]

By Karen and Mick
January 13th 2008

Andorran Adventures Europe » Andorra

Andorra

After a whirlwind few days back in Cardiff where we unpacked, washed, and packed again, we were off on another trip. This time our destination was Andorra, a tiny country in the Pyrenees mountains famous for skiing and tax-free shopping. To get there we were up in the middle of the night, drove with Jason and Kirstyn to Bristol airport for our flight to Toulouse in France before getting on a coach for the 3-4 hour journey to our resort, Arinsal. We sorted out our equipment and had the obligatory meeting with our holiday rep to get our ski passes before [View Full Entry]

By jasonkirstyn
January 6th 2008

Snowboarding Andorra Europe » Andorra

Buckle up

After a few days reorganising our lives again in Wales we headed off to Bristol in the wee hours for our early morning departure to Toulouse. From here we took a four hour bus drive up into the Pyrenees to the tiny country of Andorra...known pretty much soley for its snow resorts and tax free shopping. The country only covers and area of around 480 square kilometres with a population of 82,000 and interestingly the highest life expectancy in the world (83.52 years...thanks Wikipedia)!! Very very interesting given the fact that just about the entire population seems to enjoy a cigarette [View Full Entry]

By MeganCarpenter
December 20th 2007

Andorra la Vella Europe » Andorra » La Vella

Andorra lights

We left early Monday morning for what should have been a 6 hour journey to Andorra’s capital, Andorra la Vella. As it turns out, online directions in Europe are just as crap as they are in America & we ended up relying on my map reading skills to get us there. Needless to say, we made some wrong turns and added a couple of hours onto our trip...The drive was lovely though. Andorra reminded me of Switzerland in that the entire trip was spent winding around snow covered mountains. We arrived in Andorra, found our hotel and grabbed some food. We [View Full Entry]

By Tantina
November 29th 2007

TINY TINY CITY! Europe » Andorra » La Vella

Went to Barcelona.... The direct night train hotel from Paris was so freakin expensive even with a railpass!!!!!!!! so I actually took a night train to a border city then another high speed train down to Barcelona....and cost only 15% of the hotel train...haaaa!!! Barcelona = Gaudi!!!! without him Barcelona will not be the same!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS CITY!!!! just by first sight...I remember Sevilla was beautiful and I loved it..I did think Northern Spain wouldnt be as nice but NO!!!!! Barcelona is as clean, and beautiful and vibrant in a very different way!!!!! Really liked the whole feeling [View Full Entry]

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