{"id":3368,"date":"2019-05-12T12:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T12:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultimatesk2stg.wpengine.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra"},"modified":"2024-01-06T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:36:57","slug":"andorra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/","title":{"rendered":"Andorra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1980s, Andorra&#8217;s ski resorts were more famous for their tax status than their pistes. The country was VAT-Free and Duty-Free, so alcohol and tobacco were cheaper here than almost anywhere else in Europe and the winter holidaymakers who came didn&#8217;t care if the ski areas weren&#8217;t as big as in the Alps or the snow wasn&#8217;t as plentiful. They were either too busy getting drunk or they were beginners learning to ski, and a nursery slope in Andorra was just as good as one in France, and the teaching was probably better, because the Andorran ski instructors were nicer and didn&#8217;t mind speaking English.\u00a0And these traits continue. Andorra is still a great place to learn to ski. And booze is still cheap. In fact the price of everything you buy on a ski holiday here is usually less that what it costs in the Alps. But Andorran skiing has also got bigger and better.<\/p>\n<p>Andorra&#8217;s largest ski area is <strong>Grandvalira. <\/strong>The main part of this is a central lift-linked area with 210 km of runs above a sequence of resorts stretching from the French border into the heart of the country, some of which are very high: <a title=\"Pas De La Casa\" href=\"\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/pas-de-la-casa\/\">Pas de la Casa <\/a>(2,100m); <strong>Grau Roig<\/strong> (2,120m); <a title=\"Soldeu\" href=\"\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/soldeu\/\">Soldeu<\/a> (1,800m) <strong>El Tarter<\/strong> (1,710m) <strong>Canillo<\/strong> (1,500m) and <strong>Encamp<\/strong> (1,300m). Just by itself, this provides enough skiing for most people for far more than a week, but the Grandvalira lift pass also covers another area several miles away, connected by ski bus, called <strong>Ordino-Arcalis.<\/strong> It has only 30km of piste but it has the best off-piste, freeriding and ski touring in the country. And together Grandvalira and Ordino-Arcalis can compete with famous Alpine resorts on metrics like size of ski area and average height, although expert skiers will notice that the vertical drop is smaller, and Andorra&#8217;s mountains tend to get less fresh powder.<\/p>\n<p>The other ski area, <strong>Vallnord,<\/strong> is much smaller than Grandvalira with only 63km of runs above the linked resorts of <strong>Pal<\/strong> (1550m) and\u00a0<a title=\"Arinsal\" href=\"\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/arinsal\/\">Arinsal<\/a>(1475m). Down below is the valley-level\u00a0town of <strong>La Massana <\/strong>which has its own lift onto the slopes. The ski area is a good one for beginners and is very family-friendly. And Arinsal itself, whilst not exactly pretty, has some charm and character, and that&#8217;s not a claim that all the ski resorts in Andorra can make.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps we are being too analytical about a country that&#8217;s always been associated with fun inexpensive ski holidays. And if that&#8217;s what you want, Andorra is a great destination for budget ski holidays and for learning to ski or snowboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate-Ski guide to Andorra: covering the Grandvalira ski area of Soldeu &#038; Pas de la Casa, and the Vallnord ski area around Pal-Arinsal and Arcalis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":501,"featured_media":59430,"parent":1979,"menu_order":3368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"template-single-country.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3368","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-andorra","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Best Ski Resorts in Andorra | Ultimate Ski<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ultimate Ski guide to Andorra&#039;s best ski resorts, ski areas, ski lifts, ski schools, ski hire, where to stay, apres-ski and how to get there\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Ski Resorts in Andorra | Ultimate Ski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ultimate Ski guide to Andorra&#039;s best ski resorts, ski areas, ski lifts, ski schools, ski hire, where to stay, apres-ski and how to get there\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ultimate Ski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-06T13:36:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jsonimage\/Arinsal_Ski_Resort_Snowboarder-\u00a9Arinsal-1543x569.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1543\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"569\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/\",\"name\":\"Best Ski Resorts in Andorra | Ultimate Ski\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jsonimage\/Arinsal_Ski_Resort_Snowboarder-\u00a9Arinsal-1543x569.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-12T12:35:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-06T13:36:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ultimate Ski guide to Andorra's best ski resorts, ski areas, ski lifts, ski schools, ski hire, where to stay, apres-ski and how to get there\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jsonimage\/Arinsal_Ski_Resort_Snowboarder-\u00a9Arinsal-1543x569.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jsonimage\/Arinsal_Ski_Resort_Snowboarder-\u00a9Arinsal-1543x569.jpg\",\"width\":1543,\"height\":569,\"caption\":\"Arinsal Tourism\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/andorra\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ski Resorts\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Andorra\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/\",\"name\":\"Ultimate Ski\",\"description\":\"Ski Resorts, Accomodation &amp; 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