Skiing in Andorra
- Katherine
- Sep 30, 2024
- 2 min read
Planning your next ski holiday and considering Andorra but want some more information, you’ve come to the right place!
Why we choose Andorra?
So let’s get straight to it, why did we choose Andorra to ski? Well we were looking for good value for money, able to stay somewhere with a bit of luxury and not too far to travel from the UK.
With a relatively short flight time and transfer, a selection of good 4 star hotels and compared to other near countries, good value for money. Andorra ticked all the boxes.
Which Resort?
There are two main ski areas in Andorra, these are Grandvalira and Vallnord. Each have multiple resorts with you can access the slopes from, in Vallnord there is Arinsal & Pal and in Grandvalira there are lots of towns including Pas de la Casa, El Tarter and Soldeu.
Arinsal & Pal are great for beginners, Pas de la Casa has the best night life / Apres and Soldeu has more luxury hotels. We stayed in Soldeu for its nicer hotels and excellent intermediate ski area on it’s doorstep.
Where to stay?
We stayed at the Sports Village Hotel in Soldeu. The rooms were lovely with views of the slopes. We were half board and the breakfasts and evening meals were fantastic with live cooking stations, a 4 course evening meal was buffet style and there was so much choice for breakfast as well. The gondola and ski hire is in the same building so it’s very easy to get to the slopes. Its a ski in ski out hotel. The hotel also has ski lockers to store your boots and skis at night, this worked well for use. There is a spa in the hotel but the cost is extra so we didn’t use the spa this time.
When to ski?
The ski season in Andorra is December – March, although there wasn’t much snow in early January 2023 as the temperature warmed up and the snow melted. We visited in late January 2023 and it snowed a lot during our stay, we did have one very cold day so this is something to consider.
Ski Levels
As I mentioned Vallnord is great for beginners and Grandvalira is great for intermediates as there are lots of blue runs. There are some more challenging runs for advanced skiers but the majority are blue.
Tips
I thought I’d finish off this post with a few tips:
The ski school in Grandvalira is very good at all levels. They offer 5 half days so there is still plenty of time to explore with your friends / family but really good if you want to improve your technique. There are taught in English or Spanish.
A lots of the food on the mountain is fast food. We’d suggest visiting the lake side pizza place on the Cami de Pessons run
Note that if you get heavy snow when you are out there you may need to transfer back to France via Spain if the road is closed (this takes around 4 hours).
If you have any questions, drop them in the comments.
Until next time, happy travelling.
Katherine x
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