Accomodation in Andorra

What do you want: places to eat, good bars, wheres best to ski, what time to avoid the queues, info on the buses, other resorts to visit on the lift pass, the names of the barmaids in Happy End, where to find your skis when they unload them from the plane....?????



All of the above Tony!! well... don't really want the names of the barmaids...any barmen???? :D

J

They have actually booked to go to Arinsal..
Anyone know anything about Arinsal?
Skiing, ski school, apres ski...
i have found accommodation, now just need to decide whether to go or not???
Help me decide please )
Julie

Pas is actual quite difficult for an early skier certainly at the top where most of the runs are red the lower slopes are more gentle ,the place is a bit of an eye sore full of bars and shops selling duty free goods if your going for night life then your be ok. Not a pretty resort.

Arinsal is a bit of a nightmare - beginners central! It's a "V" shaped valley with a real bottle neck at the bottom. But it is linked by a large cable car to Pal which has a nice mix of runs and is on the same lift pass. Best of all (on the same lift pass now) is Arcalis, but this is about a 30-minute car or 2 buses (45 mins)drive from Arinsaln - definitely worth a couple of days if you have your own transport though.

stack72 wrote:Andorra is so small you can ski across most of it in a day - best advance would be to search for the cheapest accomodation in the area then ski to meet up with your family - that way you will get a better deal than staying in the same resort

Just bare in mind that Pal/Arinsal/Arcalis all operate on the "Val Nord" lift pass and are not at all close (On ski's) to the "Grand Valira" ski area. My advice would be to consider Soldeu or Pas de la Casa, Soldeu is next town along on the Grand Valira much more sightly but probo more expensive. About an hours ski away from Pas including lift times, quick pint etc..... ) But you could meet half way??

Agreed, Arcalis is well worth a trip - if there's snow! I went one day and Ice skates would have been more suitable! Catabatic Winds blew all the powder to the bottom and we were skiing on the base!

O no Arinsal sounds like a bit of a nightmare..... ah well at least i'll get to go skiing!!!
Gang I'm supposed to go to Mayrhofen with is being hit by the credit crunch...dunno if we are going now :-(

Start arranging a new gang then ?