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The ski season has already started! Finally you can ride on your favorite board and come to Andorra to enjoy the snow. This year, many surprises and novelties await you at Grandvalira. Do you want to discover them? Best slopes Grandvalira has modified several of its slopes to make them safer and accessible to all skiers. The Esquirol and Port slopes are now perfect for practicing if you are getting started in skiing or snowboarding. The legendary Riberal slope, which has seen its final stretch lengthen, has also been improved, and the Avet slope, which has been enlarged so that both slalom and giant slalom events can be held during the 2019 World Cup Finals. In addition, the various ski schools of the domain have been renovated, enlarged and now offer more services to students. To access and enjoy even more the ski area, Grandvalira has also multiplied the forms of transport of skiers. A new two-seater ski lift has been launched in the Grau Roig sector, specifically in the Cubil lake, and the old Pic Negre ski lift has been put back into operation so freeride enthusiasts could reach the area dedicated to this modality in the Pas de la Casa. And to ensure an optimal state of the slopes, this year also incorporated into the domain several low pressure snow cannons that can operate in even colder temperatures, being able to ensure a minimum of 65% of skiable terrain, if weather conditions allow it. More leisure and restoration Grandvalira is much more than skiing! Take a break and recharge your batteries in one of Grandvalira’s new terraces, such as the one on the Pulka restaurant, the one on the Abelletes slope or the one of the panoramic restaurant KSB Coll Blanc, where you can also listen to live music. Another of the great novelties of this season is the opening of The Exceptional Tea Lounge Experience, a place where you can enjoy the products of the prestigious tea brand of Sri Lanka, Dilmah. And for you to have a good memory of your day in the snow, don’t forget to visit the new sculpture in the shape of an eagle on the Àliga slope in the El Tarter sector. In it you can take a picture and share it with everyone. Book your room now at 200 meters away from Grandvalira with one of our hotel + ski offers and come and discover in first person all the improvements that await you in the ski area.

The most magical time of the year for the whole family is approaching: Christmas. The streets are filled with lights, decorations and, most of all, illusion. But, what if we proposed you to live a unique and different christmas? Discover what awaits you in Andorra during these dates: White Christmas Celebrate Christmas with your family surrounded by white mountains. From your room at the Hotel Del Tarter, located only 200m away from the Grandvalira domain, you can not only see the snowy forests of Andorra, but you can easily reach the slopes and spend the day skiing with your loved ones or practicing some activity . Walking with snowshoes, mushing, tubbing, snowmobiles … A thousand and one ways of fun at your fingertips! A 100% festive atmosphere As of November 25th, you will find in the streets of Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany several creative and playful spaces for both the young ones and adults. More than 20 activities will take place on Meritxell Avenue throughout the day, as well as various shows and animations. In addition, on that same street children can deliver their letter in the magical post office, which will be responsible for delivering it to Santa Claus. A movie country This year, the La Rotonda square will host the magic of Disney’s next short film: “Frozen: an Olaf adventure”. The kids can enter the little house of Arendelle, shelter from the cold and make Christmas decorations such as Scandinavian style garlands, pompoms or cardboard snowballs that will serve both to decorate the cabin and the most beautiful tree in the country. This Christmas, check our offers with a daily forfet, and live with your family a few forgettable days full of excitement at the foot of the slopes of Grandvalira.

If you are a lover of snow sports sure, in addition to wanting to escape to Andorra to tour the slopes of Grandvalira, you will not want to miss the great events that will take place in our country in the coming months. Here we present the three key dates that you can not miss this season. Total Fight Masters of Freestyle Once again, the Tarter snowpark will show us the best pirouettes and tricks of the freestyle world with the 14th edition of the Total Fight Masters of Freestyle. This freestyle event of reference in the Pyrenees, brings together the best riders in both freeskiing and snowboarding. Skiers will compete in a GOLD category event, key in the slopestyle world calendar, while the snowboarding competition will be in the ELITE category, the most important in the world and with only 7 events around the world. Kilometer World Cup Launched 2018 From 5 to 7 April, the fastest skiers in the world will meet at Grandvalira to participate in the World Cup of Kilometro Lanzado. A test that will be disputed in the Riberal track, of 900 meters long and a difference of 200m to which the 10 of the tower in which the starting point is located meet. During those days we expect to experience moments as exciting as when last year, in this same track and competition, the skier Phillipe May broke the speed record reaching 199.56 kilometers per hour. FIS ALPINE SKIING European Cup In 2018, Grandvalira will have to prove to be 100% prepared to host the FIS ALPINE SKIING World Cup the following year. The FIS ALPINE SKIING European Cup that will take place this year will be the definitive test for the ski resort. From March 12 to 18, the best skiers of the continent will see each other on the legendary Avet and Àliga tracks where they will compete in both the women’s and the men’s categories of the event. Book now your skiing trip to Andorra, rest just 200 meters from Grandvalira and do not miss the most important events of this season. We will wait for you!

Whether it’s your first time in the snow, the first visit of your children to the slopes or you want to improve your technique, in Grandvalira you will find the ski lessons that suit your goals the best. Discover which ones there are and choose the one that suits you for this upcoming season: For adults More than 400 monitors await you on the slopes to accompany you and teach you how to ski and / or snowboard. Whether you are a beginner or intermediate level, you can participate in group classes or go for a more personalized experience with private lessons. And if you are already an expert, Grandvalira proposes you the Top Class: 6 uninterrupted hours together with an expert monitor in the area that you want to perfect and during which you will be provided with high quality material, a video of technique correction after the class and even access to a VIP room. For children If this is the first time that children put on skis, the best way to teach them is to let a monitor guide them. They can also access group or individual classes, but surely the Imaginarium program will be the ideal option for their first contact with this sport. With it, they will learn the basics of skiing through games, thus discovering how fun it is to go down the slopes. For the more adventurous And if you want to learn new tricks, improve your technique or enter the world of freestyle, at the Ski & Mountain Academy you will find the best monitors. Feel the excitement of skiing on virgin snow outside of the slopes, let the adrenaline invade your body by doing pirouettes in the El Tarter Snowpark or venture yourself into the Andorran forests in a new way practicing mountain skiing … you choose what adventure you want to live! Choose the class you prefer, book your skiing trip to Andorra with the El Tarter hotel and prepare your equipment to live the best ski season. We await you!

Temperatures drop, days get shorter and nature changes little by little … autumn arrives! Whether alone, with friends, as a couple or as a family, Andorra offers you during these months the opportunity to enjoy this station to the fullest. Discover some of the plans that await you in our small country: 100% nature The green of the mountains is transformed into a whole palette of oranges, browns, and yellows that creates incredible corners and landscapes. By bike, walking, riding a horse … the possibilities to discover the forests and roads of Andorra are endless! It crosses the nature and knows more closely the flora and, with a little luck, the typical fauna of the Pyrenees. Purchases Prepare your closet for the coldest months of the year with a shopping session on the streets and commercial avenues of Andorra. You can also find the latest technology or your favorite beauty products at very competitive prices. Also, during the fall, you can enjoy great discounts and many animations at events such as the Andorra Shopping Festival, which will make your shopping afternoon a more fun and full of surprises. More than 5,000 shops await you! Popular Festivals And if you come to All Saints, you will be able to attend the celebrations that take place in the country of the Pyrenees during those days. Activities around the streets, popular “Chestnuts festivals”, or if you like terrifying things, even Halloween parties! In addition, you can try the famous “panellets”, some sweets prepared based on pine nuts and sugar that are consumed during these dates. And to combat the cold, immerse yourself in the thermal waters of the Caldea, a space where you can feel the effects of the thermalism in your body, either in a playful way in the Termoludic, or relaxing in Inúu. Book your room at Hotel El Tarter, get away for a weekend, or spend the holidays of All Saints in Andorra and live a different autumn.

At the beginning of the year, in the upper part of Escaldes-Engordany, the former Valira Hotel reopened its doors to host the Carmen Thyssen Andorra Museum. A space in which to be able to observe pictures of the most prestigious painters of the last two centuries, in the different exhibitions that will be changing each year. Discover all the details of this new point of interest that you cannot miss if you come to Andorra. The exhibition “Escenarios. De Monet a Estes. De Trouville a Nueva York”  is a series of 26 paintings that since January, 14rd of this year is exhibited in the museum. Among these works of art, which have been selected from the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, are paintings by great artists such as Monet, Ramon Casas and Richard Estes. The exhibition focuses on the representation of spaces and landscapes in different artistic styles such as impressionism, Catalan modernism and social realism. For everyone In order to be able to discover all the secrets and details of the exhibited works, inside the museum room, visitors will be able to find three large touch screens in which they will find information of the works or until they can be zoomed in to see each brushstroke. In addition, the visit can be made with an audioguide available in 6 languages or, reserving in advance, together with a museum specialist. Games and fun The younger ones will be able to enter the world of art in the EduCarmenThyssen space, a place where through pedagogical activities and workshops, they will be able to understand and enjoy the exhibition in a very fun way. And for the adults, the Museum organizes night sessions of Escape Room during which the participants will have an hour to solve all the riddles and find the codes with the help of the exposed pictures and get out of the museum. A unique experience that combines the fashion game with a guided tour of the exhibition. Whether you come for a couple of days, or if you are preparing your winter holidays, do not forget to include the visit to the Museum Carmen Thyssen Andorra in your plans.

Every time we get closer to returning to work and school, but the summer is not over yet! Take advantage of the last days of this season and escape to Andorra to live unforgettable days with your family. Here are some of the things you can do together. Family Adventure In summer, the domain of Grandvalira offers a wide range of different activities for all tastes and ages. More specifically in the Canillo Mon (t) Magic Family Park, you can practice canoeing, play mini-golf, do acrojump … or simply stroll through Fornatura, where you can observe the flora and fauna of Andorra alone or accompanied by a guide . A day full of fun and excitement in the mountains! An aquatic experience One of the almost obligatory visits in Andorra is the Termoludic of Caldea. In it, you can enjoy yourself while you feel the benefits of the hot springs of Escaldes-Engordany in your body. In addition, if your children are between 3 and 8 years old, they can enter the spa world with the new Likids space, where they can play, participate in activities and even receive treatments specially designed for them. Check out our Hotel + Caldea offer here. 100% Mountain Take advantage of the sun and the good temperatures to enter the forests and mountains of the country. Depending on your physical condition, choose one of the 54 marked paths and discover some of the places and magical corners hidden in these paths. A walk during which the smallest ones will be able to interact directly with the nature of the Pyrenees. Do not hesitate, book your end of summer getaway to Andorra with Hotel El Tarter and say goodbye to this station in a fun way with your whole family.

You have probably written down all the activities or places to go during your visit to Andorra. One of the almost obligatory visits is the Thermoludic of CALDEA, a space in which to recover energies and to feel all the benefits of the thermal waters of Escaldes-Engordany in a fun way. Don’t you know it about it yet? The Thermoludic In March 1994, after years of planning and construction, CALDEA opened its doors, offering visitors the opportunity to experiment with thermal water in all its states and forms. The original area, which we now know as the Thermoludic, has indoromanic baths in which to feel the effects of heat / cold contrast in your muscles, an exterior lagoon in which to swim against the current or simply float while observing the mountains that surround you and a central lagoon in which to find swan necks, jets of water of different intensities and 4 hydromassage baths. In the fitness area, you can visit a sirocco bath, saunas with relaxing lights, a hammam, a polar passage and even an Icelandic bath in which to dip your feet in cold water. In addition, the youngest of the family will be able to discover the world of spa in LIKIDS, the new space for children between 3 and 8 years old. A place where they can play with water, practice activities like baby yoga or receive treatments specially designed for them. Aquatic nights Every night of August, at 9:40 p.m., the central lagoon of Caldea becomes a stage where you will live a magical moment with the live music of Javi Lin’s violin, finalist of the 2016 edition of Got Talent Spain , with the show CASCADE. Lin will be accompanied by acrobatics with fabrics and games of lights and water that you can see without leaving the lagoon! This August, don’t forget to put your swimsuit in your suitcase! Book your Andorra getaway with the Hotel El Tarter and live in first person a unique experience in the water in the Thermoludic of CALDEA.

It’s mid-summer, but the fun is not over! During August and September you still have the opportunity to attend and even participate in major sporting events. Do you want to know which ones? Below, we detail them. La Vuelta If you are a fan of cycling, surely in your calendar you will have marked the start of the Tour of Spain. Enjoy two of the most intense stages of this competition on 21 and 22 August, when the best runners pass through Andorra. They will arrive on Monday after leaving from Prades Conflent Canigó and cross Alto de la Peguera, Coll de la Rabassa and Alto de la Comella, after almost 160km race. They will return to the road the next day to start the 4th stage of this competition until reaching Tarragona. A much flatter stage but that promises to give us many surprises in its first kilometers. La Purito And if what you like is to compete on your bike, do not miss the third edition of La Purito that will take place on August 6th. This year, Joaquim Purito Rodríguez Oliver and the Sprint Club of Andorra use La Vuelta again in 2011. In it, riders will have to overcome 5 mountain passes: the Beixalís pass, the Ordino pass, The Rabassa, the Col de la Gallina and the Alto de la Comella and reach the Cortals d’Encamp. A test with a total of 145km and only recommended to the most prepared. And if you want to participate but are still a beginner, you can also aim for the initiation course (about 25km) and intermediate (about 80km). Spartan Race If you’re more into running with your legs, you cannot miss the Spartan Race, the world’s leading obstacle course. In this competition, you can choose from 3 types of categories according to your physical preparation: Sprint, Super and Beast. In addition, you can also participate in the Endurance category, in which you will test your physical and mental limits. You have a date on September 16th! Prepare your suitcase, book your Andorra getaway with the Hotel El Tarter and participate in the best sporting events this summer.

Grandvalira is known for being the largest ski area in southern Europe, but did you know that in summer it becomes a territory where to live a thousand and one adventures? Here are some of the activities you can do during the warmer months of the year. On two wheels At more than 1,800 meters of altitude in the sector Soldeu, is the Grandvalira Bike Park. An area dedicated to mountain biking that has 13 routes adapted to different level of difficulty, from the green track for those who practice this sport for the first time to the Nou Ubac 2, a track 100% natural only suitable for experts. You do these itineraries alone or sign up to the school of the Bikepark in which you can start practicing this sport or perfect your technique. Adrenaline circuit From the minds of the brothers Jordi and Marc Gené, comes the Karting Marc Gené El Tarter. A path of 500 meters with Tecpro technology in which you can enjoy the speed alone or with a member of your family thanks to the new two-seat kart. And if you want to feel like a true racing driver, don’t hesitate to participate in one of the “Mini Grand Prix” … Will you be the one who crosses the finish line in first position? Fun for all the family In Canillo, in the middle of the mountain, is the Family Park Mon (t) Magic. A large area surrounded by nature where you can have fun with those who want to practice archery, canoe, zip line, araphoe and many more things while discovering the flora and fauna typical of the Pyrenees. A moment of tranquility And if you prefer calmer activities, you can also spend part of your day playing Golf in the highest field in Europe, located at 2,250m high. An area designed by Jeremy Pern that has an extension of 16 hectares where you will find 9-hole par 33. Don’t hesitate, book now your summer holidays in Andorra and live unforgettable days with the activities of Grandvalira.