Snowboarding In Andorra - The Guide

Andorra offers snowboarding in a small and charming resort, connected with both France and Spain and unsurprisingly gaining a varied atmosphere from these two countries. Andorra is great if you are on a budget, it offers a fantastic holiday at competitive prices.

Airports such as Toulouse and Barcelona allow easy access. Budget operators also fly into Perpignan or Zaragosa. None of the runs are exactly what you might call especially challenging, and are perhaps best suited to the novice snow boarder rather than to the die hard adrenaline junkies, who might find themselves running out of worthwhile options relatively quickly.

Pas de la Casa, Arsinal, Soldeu, Pal and Ordino Arcalis are the central resorts for main piste runs. The highest mountain in the area is the Coma Pedrosa, at 2,946 metres above sea level.

The region was once known as being the cheap and cheerful region for snow boarding and ski-ing in Europe, a kind of Butlins-on-ice, but in recent years it has worked really hard to shake off the shabby tag. This has led to increases across the board price wise, most notably for things such as lift passes.

However, the aforementioned food and drink prices still rank amongst the lowest of any ski resorts anywhere on the mainland of Europe.

Nightlife tends to be more concentrated on the small villages that nestle around the slopes, as well as a few good local restaurants. Ideally, the place is perhaps ideal for people visiting for a refreshing long weekend break or a top up course, while factoring in a little evening entertainment amid good, if not outstanding scenery, and all of which are achievable on a reasonable budget.

Languages are varied, you will experience French, Spanish as well as Catalan. Like their near neighbours in Barcelona, the locals are intensely proud of what they see as their true national heritage. That said, the local currency is still the Euro.

Some resorts now also offer a combined lift pass that covers a number of areas. Typical of these are the twin main centres of Vallnord and Gran Vallira. For a small extra cost you will be able to access many more different pistes during your holiday.


------------------------

Use the search facility on http://www.directline-skiing.co.uk to find some great snowboarding deals & offers on snowboarding holidays.

This article was published by http://www.luxuryvillafinder.com